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Flanders offers program on honeybees
Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust will offer a brand-new program, “Conversation with a Beekeeper,” Saturday, July 20, at 2 p.m. in the Flanders South Barn at 596 Flanders Road in Woodbury. This program is an introduction to the life of the honeybee and its keeper. Equipment management,...
The Center for Cancer Care at Griffin Hospital 16th Annual 5K Set for Sept. 28
The Annual 5K Walk/Run to benefit the Center for Cancer Care at Griffin Hospital, 350 Seymour Ave., Derby, will celebrate its 16th year on Sat., Sept. 28. This non-competitive, family-friendly event begins with day-of registration at 7:30 a.m., and the walk/run kicking off at 9 a.m. Registration is $35 and includes a t‑shirt. The registration fees will increase by $5 after Sept. 15. Pre-registration is encouraged at griffinhealth.org/5k.
Ansonia Aldermen Approve $2.2 Million In Public Safety Radio Upgrades
ANSONIA – The Ansonia Board of Aldermen voted on July 11 to approve up to $2.2 million in radio upgrades for police, fire, EMS, and the public works departments. At the meeting, emergency management director Jared Heon submitted a request for funding to the board, saying that the departments had been in talks to upgrade their systems since 2018. The current systems have outlived their intended lives by years, according to that request.
Power company asks customers to conserve electricity
NORWICH, CT (WFSB) - A power company asked its customers to conserve electricity with the state in the midst of a third potential heat wave of the season. Norwich Public Utilities issued a power alert on Monday. As it said earlier this season, customers’ rates are affected by “peak demand,”...
Ex-Boston Prosecutor Gets 5-10 Years For 2021 Rape; Victim Says Her Life Full Of Fear, Paranoia
Zerola, 52, of Salem, was found guilty last month after prosecutors said he broke into a 21-year-old woman's home in the middle of the night and sexually assaulted her. He had been accused and acquitted of several rapes in 2008, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said. Zerola's victim submitted...
4 charged after Groton home invasion sends victim to hospital
GROTON, Conn. (WTNH) — Four people were charged after allegedly beating a victim with a bat and displaying a gun inside the Branford Manor apartment complex, according to City of Groton Police officials. Police said they were dispatched to the complex around 3:23 a.m. on July 14. While en route, they learned an involved vehicle […]
Fence posts dot the forest
A recent Middlebury Land Trust (MLT) hike went through the Tuttle Woods preserve. Keen observation brought up a mystery: what were the concrete posts that marched off in both directions from the trail, a short way off the entrance on South Street, and who put them there? Remnants of wire wrapped around some of them.
Man arrested in Meriden after search of property with violent past
MERIDEN, Conn. (WTNH) — A 41-year-old man was arrested in Meriden on Saturday after police found a firearm while conducting a search of a property with a checkered past. According a release, Meriden Police Department served a search warrant at 190 Grove St. in an attempt to recover evidence from a recent assault that took […]
Police seek information after 1 killed in crash that shut down I-91 South in New Haven
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Interstate 91 South in New Haven closed Monday afternoon due to a crash that killed a 59-year-old man. Segundo Manuel Guaman, of Hamden, was driving a 2002 Toyota Camry at about 12:45 p.m. on I-91 South near Exit 2 when he veered across four lanes of traffic, hit the off […]
Car crash on I-91 in Meriden causes rollover, injuries reported
MERIDEN, CT (WFSB) -Emergency responders were called to the scene of a car crash involving a rollover on I-91 northbound near Exit 16 in Meriden Monday morning. The incident occurred around 7:54 a.m., with Troop I dispatched to the area. Details on the extent of injuries sustained in the crash...
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