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Sinkhole closes portion of New Haven road
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) – A sinkhole has closed a portion of Nelson Street Thursday. The street is closed between Dean and Concord streets, near Tweed New Haven Airport. The South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority is on scene. A representative from the agency said repairing the six-inch sinkhole will likely take six to eight […]
Cannabis dispensary opens at former Long Wharf Theatre property in New Haven
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — New Haven’s second recreational dispensary opened on Thursday in the former Long Warf Theatre property on Sargent Drive. Insa, Inc., an independent medical and adult-use cannabis company based in Massachusetts, debuted its state-of-the-art facility, which features a 360-degree shoppable sales floor, beautiful display cases and a motion-censored flower bar that provides authentic aromas of available strains, according to a release from the company.
Pro-Palestinian protesters march through New Haven streets
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) – Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protestors marched through the streets of New Haven Saturday evening, shutting down streets as they called for a ceasefire. This is the second major demonstration to happen this week after an Israeli air strike hit a refugee camp in the western part of Rafah last weekend. “Today […]
Bigger packages bought, larger mailboxes sought
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — The United States Postal Service is urging the public to upgrade the size of their mailboxes to match the surge in online shopping. With more and more packages being ordered outside of big-box stores, couriers are encountering boxes larger than the receptacles meant to house them. Jumbo-sized mailboxes can be […]
City Reaches $14.5M Fatal-Fire Settlement
A lawsuit stemming from a fatal fire at an illegal Hill rooming house won’t go to trial after all — now that the Elicker administration has agreed to a $14.5 million settlement with the estates of the two men who died during that blaze. The city will have...
Schools Official Placed On Paid Leave
New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) Chief Operating Officer Thomas Lamb has been placed on paid administrative leave. NHPS spokesperson Justin Harmon confirmed that a “senior administrator” in the city’s school district was placed on paid leave as of Wednesday “pending the results of an inquiry conducted by a third-party investigator.”
Decades later, WWII veteran is finally home
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — World War II veteran and Purple Heart recipient Kenneth McKeeman returned home to Connecticut on Friday morning – more than 80 years after he died in the line of duty. The Army sergeant’s remains arrived onboard an American Airlines flight to Bradley International Airport, then transported to Waterbury. For his […]
Health Headlines: More dengue fever cases reported in the United States
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) – In today’s health headlines, more dengue fever cases have been confirmed in the United States; we could see a summer surge in covid cases; and does the bird flu vaccine contains eggs?. On News 8 Friday, Dr. Scott Roberts- Yale Medicine infectious diseases...
Meriden’s first official Pride month kicked off at the Augusta Curtis Cultural Center
MERIDEN, Conn. (WTNH) – Meriden held its first Pride flag raising Saturday morning at the Augusta Curtis Cultural Center. The event began with Mayor Kevin Scarpetti reading the declaration from May 20th that made June 2024 Meriden’s first official Pride month. This marked the first time a Pride flag has been raised on city property. […]
LCI“Referees” Check Dickerman Street
Sandra McKinnie’s landlord was in the middle of installing new smoke detectors when the inspectors arrived. “They’re only doing this ’cause LCI is on the way,” McKinnie said, as North Haven-based landlord Johnny Brinkley handed a smoke detector to his associate climbing a ladder in the bedroom.
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