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$8.8M In Repairs Readied For Floyd Little
A new indoor track, roof, locker rooms, and scoreboard are all one step closer to coming to the Floyd Little Athletic Center — as alders endorsed accepting nearly $8.8 million in state funds to make those planned improvements a reality. Alders voted unanimously in support of that state-money-receipt plan...
Johnston’s Stop & Shop chopped
On Tuesday evening, around 6 p.m., the long row of registers at Stop & Shop in Johnston was empty. There were clearly more employees than customers in the store. When asked about the Johnston grocery store’s recently announced closure (slated to close by the end of the year), employees have been instructed to hand out tiny white slips of paper that assure the customer: “WE WELCOME YOUR COMMENTS.”
Family of four displaced in East Providence fire
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Two children and two adults are displaced following a fire in East Providence yesterday. Fire officials responded to a home on Miles Street for a report of a fire. According to officials, the cause of the fire was due to discarded smoking materials outside...
Sound Schoolers Test The Waters
The traffic from the Q Bridge rumbled overhead, oblivious to the scene below at the mouth of the Quinnipiac and Mill rivers, as two students on a small Sound School boat lowered a piece of scientific equipment into the water, at surface and at depth. The reason: to continue a...
21 guns stolen from Salem store by teens who jacked cars and trafficked guns: Prosecutors
HARTFORD, Conn. — Two 18-year-olds from Waterbury were indicted by a federal grand jury in New Haven last month for stealing 21 guns, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut. The indictment also includes allegations of gun trafficking and armed carjackings. Tyssan “Tigger”...
Connecticut weather drops to 80s as heat wave passes
As the third heat wave of the summer comes to an end Thursday, the oppressive humidity and scorching temperatures in Connecticut will be replaced by a more seasonable brand of summer warmth. A cold front crosses through Connecticut early in the morning and will clear the coast by late afternoon....
Thousands without power in Connecticut as storms roll through
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon have knocked out power to thousands of people in Connecticut. Outages are mostly clustered in the western part of the state. As of about 11:30 p.m., there were more than 5,500 United Illuminating customers without power, according to the utility company. Eversource reported about 2,800 outages. The […]
Millions of gallons of wastewater dumped into the Connecticut River
(WFSB) - Millions of gallons of wastewater have been dumped into the Connecticut River. It’s happened before, thanks to our neighbors in Massachusetts. “The water is definitely up a little higher. Catfish do like stinky stuff so it could be helping them bite,” said Jasin Crowley of Enfield, who reeled in a four-pound catfish while fishing in the river.
Speed driving social media influencer arrested in series of N.J. burglaries, cops say
A well-known social media influencer was arrested and charged with a series of burglaries spanning several towns in New Jersey, as well as with other crimes in New York and Connecticut, officials with the Fairfield Police Department said Wednesday. Antonio Ginestri, 19, of Queens, New York and a alleged 16-year-old...
Mujer Hispana Connecticut aims to uplift women in the community
Yanina Cuentas, originally from Peru, has lived in Connecticut for more than three decades. Early on, as Cuentas was navigating new land, she remembers a handful of Hispanic women who helped her with education, medical needs, and housing resources. “They treated me with so much love [and] care that it...
LaLiga international soccer coaches teaching youth talent in Connecticut
Connecticut kids are getting the chance to wow international soccer coaches this summer. “I love it so much that I wanted the opportunity to play soccer here,” said Sophia Perez, of Wethersfield. “When you play soccer, it’s a lot of commitment and a lot of hard work,” said Leon...
Big Y Finds Credit Card Skimmers in Connecticut Stores
Big Y Foods Inc. is once again dealing with security threats at checkout. The New England-based grocer said that on June 29, it discovered a skimming device on a single checkout terminal at both of its Naugatuck and Plainville supermarkets in Connecticut. The company released the following statement: "We are...
Connecticut National Guard candidates taken to hospital after ruck march in heat
NIANTIC, Conn. (WTNH) — Three Connecticut National Guard officer candidates were taken to a hospital for evaluation after “feeling the physical effects of the heat,” according to the National Guard. Members of the Connecticut National Guard Officer Candidate School were conducting a ruck march on Tuesday at Camp Nett in Niantic when five candidates reported […]
CT Supreme Court breaks new ground in case about eyewitness identifications
The state Supreme Court broke new ground Tuesday when it established a procedure that will allow people convicted of crimes to benefit, retroactively, from judicial decisions made years after they were found guilty and incarcerated. The unanimous decision written by Justice Andrew McDonald turns on the case of Edgar Tatum, convicted of murder in 1990 largely on the basis of what the court ...
JD Vance’s ties to Connecticut
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Ohio Sen. JD Vance’s ties to Connecticut are in the spotlight after Vance was selected by former president Donald Trump to be the Republican nominee for vice president. Vance, 39, is alumnus of Yale Law School. His bestselling memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy,” traces his path from an impoverished upbringing in Ohio, […]
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