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Bodycam Footage Shows Response To Deadly Pedestrian Crash Involving Waterford Police Sergeant
Christofe “Christopher” Wita, 44, of Berlin, was struck by a Waterford police vehicle in the Atco section of Waterford on Nov. 23, 2023, Attorney General Matthew Platkin said. The fatal police encounter is under investigation by the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA). Wita was struck by...
Good Samaritan helps rescue driver after truck rolls over in Connecticut
(WJAR) — Police said five people were sent to the hospital after a crash just over the Rhode Island border in the Pawcatuck section of Stonington. A box truck partially tipped over and crushed a landscaping trailer, narrowly missing the landscaper's black pick-up truck. A car was also involved.
CT DEEP reports elevated levels of ozone on Tuesday, projects the same for Wednesday
HARTFORD, Conn. — The state’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection witnessed temperatures rise into the mid-90s on Tuesday and projects that similar temperatures will persist into Wednesday. According to a release from DEEP on Tuesday afternoon, the National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for the...
Connecticut marijuana sales outpaced by Massachusetts
Eighteen months after the sale of adult-use cannabis became legal, Connecticut marijuana sales remain lower than Massachusetts but above Rhode Island. The average price per gram of cannabis is also cheaper in Massachusetts than in Connecticut. The average price per gram of cannabis in Connecticut peaked in March, at $12.51 per gram. During June, it […] The post Connecticut marijuana sales outpaced by Massachusetts appeared first on Connecticut Inside Investigator.
Wildfire smoke could make for dramatic sunset in Connecticut
CONNECTICUT (WTNH) — A little nastiness coming through this afternoon as far as the sky goes. We’re going to have a band of wildfire smoke. It should stay high up in the atmosphere, but you might smell this a little bit in some of the higher elevations of Northwestern Connecticut. Between 4 and 7 p.m., […]
Standoff Escalates Over Tiny Shelters
(Updated) As a group of unhoused activists on Rosette Street held a press conference denouncing the city’s bid to shut down their backyard tiny homes, a state marshal arrived with a cease-and-desist letter from the Elicker administration — ordering the group to vacate the “illegal” dwelling units in 24 hours.
Lamont provides $1.7M for Borer, Cavallaro collaboration for school conversion to community center
WEST HAVEN, July 16, 2024 — (Pictured): Gov. Ned Lamont is joined by Mayor Dorinda Borer, right, on Friday, July 12, to announce $1.7 million in state bond funding to convert the former Anna V. Molloy Elementary School at 255 Meloy Road into a community center to provide services and programs for seniors, veterans and youths.
“Uncle Chip” Collins Celebrates 100
As guests entered Milton “Uncle Chip” Collins’s 100th birthday party at Amarante’s Sea Cliff, they might have had trouble distinguishing the World War II vet, beloved New Havener, aesthete, and now centenarian from a crowd of dancers. However, Collins could be found by the band, grooving along to swanky jazz.
Killed Peace Activist’s Memory Kept Alive
At a memorial service for 70-year-old local peace activist Yusuf Gürsey, friends and colleagues joined in person and over Zoom from all over the world — California, Puerto Rico, Turkey — to share stories and poems for the hit-and-run victim. All knew him as a lover of...
EHL Announces Sale of Connecticut Chiefs to International Sports Group, LLC.
SIMSBURY, CT -- The Eastern Hockey League (EHL) is pleased to announce that the Connecticut Chiefs junior hockey franchise has been purchased by Adam Westhaver, President, CT Nor’Easter. As part of the relocation to the International Skating Center of CT (ISCC), the team, coaching staff, and hockey operations staff will remain in place within the program.
Tradesup youth workshop in plumbing Saturday
KENT–Tradesup! will present a free trades educational program on plumbing Saturday, July 20, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Eric Sloane Museum, 31 Kent Cornwall Rd. Participants will experience S.T.E.A.M-based (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) learning through this hands-on workshop. It is open to young people ages 10 to 17.
Shopping for free furniture at New London middle school
Jul. 16—NEW LONDON — There was no room for basketball or laps around the gymnasium of Bennie Dover Jackson Multi-Magnet Middle School in New London on Tuesday. Instead, visitors walked through stacks of student desks, chairs and tables as they tried to figure out how they could get them home. Hundreds of pieces of school furniture left over from renovations were available to the public for ...
Fall's Village Selectmen appoint Dick Heinz to Housatonic River Commission
FALLS VILLAGE — At the July 8 meeting for the Board of Selectmen, the board accepted the resignation of Matt Gallagher as an alternate on the Housatonic River Commission and appointed Dick Heinz to the position. The selectmen voted to send $1000 from federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)...
Tenants of Niantic apartment complex face up to $900 monthly rent hike
Jul. 15—EAST LYME — Jean Church lived in a house in Waterford for 65 years before downsizing to a Niantic apartment more than two years ago. Now she's trying to figure out her rights as an elderly tenant facing a rent increase of more than $800. She and other renters who gathered last week at the Windward Village complex on Main Street said they didn't want to leave the community that ...
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