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Police officer hospitalized following car crash involving ‘speeding’ teen in New Britain
A police cruiser was struck during a multi-vehicle crash in New Britain on Wednesday, sending one officer to the hospital. The crash occurred on East Street where police allege that a 17-year-old girl was speeding when she spun out while making a turn, according to New Britain city officials. The girl’s car struck multiple vehicles, including a New Britain Police Department cruiser, officials ...
Showers End and Temperatures Start to Climb
After a damp Saturday much warmer weather will move in over the coming days. Tonight will feature lots of clouds but drying conditions. Lows will be in the 50s. Temperatures on Sunday will be in the 70s in the Hartford area but 60s elsewhere. Next week looks summer-like with temperatures...
Iconic family-run CT supermarket being sold to new owner, ‘being put into really good hands’
Fitzgerald’s Foods, a mainstay of Simsbury’s commercial center, is getting a new owner next month but the store’s commitment to fresh and local will continue. The family-owned Geissler’s Supermarkets is set to buy the Hopmeadow Street market next month from co-owners Bryan and Sandy DeVoe, it announced Friday. The Simsbury store will become the eighth in the Geissler’s portfolio, but the East ...
Family Friday: Mid-May weekend featuring festivals, food and farms
(WFSB) - Looking for some family-friendly fun? This May weekend has something for everyone. Musical performances, food, contests, car show & kids zone. Bee-r Hive available with alcoholic beverages, trivia & karaoke for adults.
Train, ATV involved in crash in Berlin
BERLIN, Conn. (WFSB) - A CTrail train was involved in a crash with an ATV Sunday morning in Berlin. A CT DOT spokesman said the train was traveling north, just south of the Berlin Station at the the time of the crash. The impact caused a fire damaging the ATV...
Hitting the trail for Connecticut oysters
Inside Stonington’s Water Street Cafe on Saturday, Executive Chef David Stockford extolled the virtues of oysters as he prepped a bowl of mushrooms ahead of the day’s dinner service. “We serve them raw in the shell, on ice, with a red wine vinegar and black pepper dressing,” he...
Bomb threat forces evacuation of school in Bloomfield
A magnet school in Bloomfield was evacuated Friday morning due to a bomb threat, according to police. Officers responded to the Global Experience Magnet School on South Griffin Road around 8:15 a.m. after school security noticed some graffiti in a bathroom that was percieved as a bomb threat, police said.
OPINION: How did Lamont miss what FBI calls blatant stealing?
As news broke Thursday of the arrest of Gov. Ned Lamont’s former deputy budget chief on a panoply of corruption charges, I couldn’t help but wonder how the governor could have been so clueless about what the FBI called blatant wrongdoing in his administration. The charges and three...
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