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Technical school graduate making the cut as a carpenter
MIDDLETOWN, CT (WFSB) - Channel 3 is your back to school authority and we know college students will be heading back to school very soon. This week we are profiling other teenagers who are already joining the work force and making good money thanks to Connecticut Technical High Schools. Roger...
Cigna’s health equity fund aims to narrow health care access gap in Hartford
Bloomfield-based Cigna Health Group launched a health equity fund that plans to invest $9 million in communities nationally over the next three years, starting with Hartford. In Hartford, more than a quarter of residents surveyed had asthma. Between 2017 and 2021, Hartford averaged 53 days per year of “poor” air quality or worse.
2 families displaced after fire in Westerly
WESTERLY, R.I. (WLNE) — Two families are displaced after a fire on Batterson Avenue in Westerly. The call came in around 6 a.m. According to officials, the start of the fire was due to an electrical fire in the kitchen ceiling. There was very little extension, said Fire Chief...
Shakespeare at the Manor Revived with 'As You Like It'
Like Juliet awakening after her false death, the Shakespeare at the Manor series returns to Sylvester Manor Educational Farm after seemingly dying five years ago. Robin Aren Productions presents two outdoor performances of As You Like It, directed by Allen O’Reilly, at 6 p.m. on Saturday, July 27 and Sunday July 28.
WLAX Announces 2024-25 Captains
STORRS, Conn. - The UConn Women's Lacrosse team announced their captains for the 2024-2025 year on Thursday, July 25th. The captains are graduate student attacker #31 Eliza Bowman, and senior defender #4 Riley Daly. #31 Eliza Bowman Bowman appeared in all 18 games for the Huskies in 2024, scoring 28 goals overall. Bowman notched consecutive 4-goal performances against Xavier on 4/6, and Albany on 4/13. Prior to transferring to UConn, the Darien, Conn. native played two seasons at Johns Hopkins University. While at Johns Hopkins, Bowman scored 11 goals and was named to the IWLCA Academic Honor Roll. Bowman was...
Kate Martin's Fiery Message to Caitlin Clark During Intense Iowa, UConn Game Goes Viral
Former Iowa Hawkeyes Caitlin Clark and Kate Martin created quite a solid bond together during their college basketball careers. While the duo never managed to secure the Iowa women's basketball program its first ever National Championship, they came agonizingly close. Martin returned to ...
Peruzzi named to UConn men’s hockey coaching staff
STORRS, Conn. (WFSB) - The UConn men’s hockey team has welcomed a new assistant coach. “We are thrilled to be adding Nick to our program,” Huskies Head Coach Mike Cavanaugh said in a release. Before joining UConn, Peruzzi spent three years at Northern Michigan as an assistant coach...
CSP ends East Lyme internal affairs investigation saying officials violated terms
The archive video above aired in June. EAST LYME, Conn. (WTNH) — State police say they will no longer be doing an Internal Affairs Investigation for the East Lyme Police Department after they say East Lyme police violated the terms of the investigation. In a statement issued Thursday, they said the investigation into the department’s […]
Boys and Girls Club of New Haven has a new name and is growing in a new chapter
The New Haven Boys and Girls Club has turned a corner, according to the chair of the board of directors. Erik Scaranuzzo says they’ve put in a lot of work since the day in 2019 when the organization abruptly – and briefly - closed. On Wednesday, the center...
Ducks of Connecticut: I-91 is Not a Good Place For You to Waddle
I love animals, but it's been a rough week for them in Connecticut, and it's not about bears for once. A group of ducks wandered onto a highway in Hartford, and a disturbing story about a poor doggy in Avon made me wince. We'll start with the good news first,...
Dog thrown from moving car on Route 44 in Avon recovering; community funds surgery
AVON, Conn — The Avon community is coming together to help fund surgery for a dog that was thrown from a vehicle in town Tuesday. The Town of Avon Animal Control took in a 1-year-old Lhasa Apso, nicknamed "Amelia Airheart," who was thrown from a moving vehicle on Route 44 near Petco and Puerto Vallarta around 4 p.m. Tuesday.
Water quality closes 2 CT state park beaches
(WFSB) - State environmental officials closed the beaches at two Connecticut state parks on Thursday because of water quality concerns. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection announced that the beaches at Black Rock State Park in Watertown and Wharton Brook State Park in Wallingford were off limits. DEEP said...
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