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A major grocery store didn’t get approval in a CT town a decade ago. It’s eyeing a second go-round
It did not go well in the late 1990s and later for a Connecticut grocery store known to bring fun to shopping. But now, for the second time, Stew Leonard Jr. is looking at expanding his family’s destination grocery store into Orange. He said, however, that there are a lot of complications to the search, with two or three other locations in the mix. “We’re just in the exploration stage right ...
Police seek help identifying shooting suspect in Hamden
HAMDEN, Conn. — Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a suspect following a shooting in Hamden on Tuesday that left a 34-year-old man wounded. At approximately 11:43 a.m. on Tuesday, Hamden police officers responded to the New Haven Police substation on Winchester Avenue in New Haven after receiving a report of a shooting victim who had been wounded in Hamden, police said.
Burglars crash vehicle through New Britain gas station, steal cash register and cigarettes
Police are investigating an early-morning break-in at a gas station in New Britain where a group of thieves crashed a vehicle to get into the convenience store. The break-in was reported around 4 a.m. when police officers received a burglary alarm at the Stop & Shop gas station on West Main Street, according to the New Britain Police Department. Police said a group backed a vehicle through the ...
Southington man accused of robbing bank, Dunkin
TORRINGTON, Conn. (WTNH) — Torrington police are urging the public to come forward with information about a 38-year-old man accused of robbing a bank and trying to rob a Dunkin. Police said that Kyle Witkoski, of Southington, tried to rob the Dunkin on Main Street on Saturday, and then robbed the TD Banknorth on Tuesday […]
Connecticut lawmakers debate spending remaining COVID-19 funds, forgoing changes to state budget
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Facing a Dec. 31 deadline, Connecticut lawmakers were on track Tuesday to approve a Democratic plan to spend at least $360 million in remaining federal COVID-19 pandemic funds on key areas, including higher education, not-for-profit social service agencies, municipal aid and children’s mental health. Democrats, who control the General Assembly, argued the final allotment of the approximately $2.8 billion Connecticut received through the American Rescue Plan Act, coupled with state surplus funds, was enough to address the state’s needs. Therefore, they argued, the second year of the two-year $51 billion state budget, which passed last year, should not be renegotiated. They also said revisiting the $26 billion budget that’s already in place for the new fiscal year beginning July 1 would have proved challenging because it’s only about $1 million below the state’s mandatory cap on spending. “To open the budget would have led to a parade of difficult decisions,” said House Speaker Matt Ritter, who defended the unusual decision from Republican criticisms.
Wallingford animal control posts ‘dos and don’ts’ of helping wildlife after cottontail drop off
WALLINGFORD, CT (WFSB) - Animal Control in Wallingford posted a list of “dos and don’ts” after someone brought in a nest of eastern cottontails that were attacked by a dog. Animal control said that the woman brought in the traumatized baby rabbits on Saturday. “One unfortunately passed...
Berlin police warn of card skimming at Dollar General in town
Berlin police are warning anyone who may have visited Dollar General recently to monitor their accounts for suspicious activity after a card skimmer was found. The police department said anyone who visited the store on Farmington Avenue recently and paid by card should monitor their accounts for suspicious activity after a card skimmer was found on one of the checkout terminals.
Connecticut correction officer pleads guilty to fraudulently collecting over $86K of benefits
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — A correction officer from Agawam, MA pleaded guilty for unlawfully collecting $86,648.08 in workers’ compensation and transportation benefits during his tenure with the Connecticut Department of Correction. Matthew Hubbard, 56, admitted to three counts of fourth-degree larceny in Superior Court in Hartford on April 26. He was sentenced to 364 days in […]
Family of murdered visiting nurse files lawsuit
(WFSB) - The family of Joyce Grayson, the visiting nurse who was murdered last October, is suing the state and her employer. The lengthy lawsuit has many defendants. The main one is Elara Caring, the company Grayson worked for. Her grieving family says they put profits over their people. “What...
A CT woman’s ‘life just shattered’ when her twin died in a house fire. Could it have been prevented?
Five years after her twin brother died in a fire in a rooming house, Clarice Elerabi feels like “half of me is now gone.” Michael Randall Sr. died May 5, 2019, at 150 West St. in the Hill neighborhood of New Haven, in what Elerabi’s lawyer claims was an illegal rooming house. Randall and another man who died in the fire, Corey Reed, lived on the third floor, where two apartments had been ...
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