Two people found shot dead in Danbury home, police say

MERIDEN — Police say they are looking for the driver of a white SUV who struck and killed a pedestrian in a hit-and-run crash late Wednesday. Meriden police identified the pedestrian as Clarence Harkless, 58, of New Britain. According to Meriden Police Sgt. Stanley Zajac, officers responded around 11:40...

BRIDGEPORT — Two armed men forced an employee to open The Original Vazzy's early Tuesday morning during a robbery of the restaurant, a city official said. Bridgeport emergency dispatchers received a 911 call from the owner of The Original Vazzy’s, a restaurant located at 513 Broadbridge Road, at 5:28 a.m. Tuesday, Scott Appleby, the city’s director of emergency management, said Tuesday evening.

HARTFORD — Police say they are investigating a shooting near the West Hartford line that left a man in critical condition early Tuesday. Officers were called around 1:50 a.m. to the 1000 block of Capitol Avenue after the city's ShotSpotter system registered gunfire, Hartford Police Lt. Aaron Boisvert said.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut judge sentenced a 55-year-old New Haven man to 120 years in prison for the gruesome slaying of a father and son, part of a murder case that spanned more than three decades and which the judge on Tuesday said included “a demonic level of violence and terror.”

NEW HAVEN — A woman suspected in a Genesee Street burglary was in possession of cocaine and drug paraphernalia when she was found hiding in a recycling bin Tuesday afternoon, according to police. Robetsy Quinones, 25, of New Haven, was charged with third-degree burglary, conspiracy to commit third-degree burglary,...

HARTFORD — A fugitive who police say shot someone in New York City during an argument over a parking space was found hiding under a pile of clothes in the basement of a city home on Tuesday, a U.S. Marshals spokesperson said. Jason Bernard, 41, was taken into custody...

STRATFORD — A worker suffered serious injuries Tuesday morning after she fell through a hole in the Washington Bridge, plummeting as much as 50 feet to a construction barge below, according to the fire department. Firefighters used ropes to rescue the 55-year-old woman who was placed on a fire...

The property, built in 1903, is assessed at $1.22 million, according to public land records, roughly half of the listed sale price. Church officials told St. John XXIII parishioners before its closure that the building had a severely leaking roof and foundational damage to both stone and brickwork. The Rev....

TRUMBULL — Al Zamary was a long-time figure in town, running a Main Street market and serving on the Police Commission. For his daughter, Michele Zamary Mirmina, Al Zamary was the man who made Sundays at St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church feel like home. "I don't think it's really...

DANBURY — Nuvance Health will provide an update next week on the latest developments at Danbury and New Milford hospitals. The event, which will include an update on the affiliation that created the seven-hospital system Nuvance Health, will be from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Feb. 7 through a livestream video.

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. A local non-profit committed to preserving a tidal creek and surrounding wetlands is raising concerns about how plans to upgrade power infrastructure along the Fairfield and Bridgeport border might impact the environment there. Gail Robinson, president of the Ash...

The General Assembly has recently submitted two bills that speak to tree issues we have been experiencing in Greenwich. Our tree canopy is being reduced by the enhanced tree trimming of Eversource as well as the massive tree removals by the Connecticut Department of Transportation along our transportation corridors. The...

HARTFORD — Hoping to improve one of the state's lowest homeownership rates, city officials last week announced $2.5 million in funding for a pair of programs. The first program, which will get $1.25 million, is the Homeownership Preservation Fund, which will provide up to $10,000 in forgivable loans to seniors in the capital city.

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. Dozens of players, ranging from beginners to experts, play the Chinese tile game of mah-jongg during a meeting of the mah-jongg club every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Ferguson Library Harry Bennett Branch in Stamford.

Saturday’s No. 1 vs. No. 2 game lived up to the hype, and after No. 1 Notre Dame-West Haven’s one-goal win over No. 2 Darien, those teams remain right where they were atop the GameTimeCT Boys Hockey Top 10 Poll. And while the Green Knights remained unanimously No....

ANSONIA — A city's mayor isn't typically the kind of dignitary in attendance at the local high school's National Signing Day ceremony. But Ansonia mayor David Cassetti and his family were proudly present in the Ansonia High School Library Wednesday afternoon. There, son David Cassetti Jr. and fellow captains...

Following the devastating events of 2020 — Tropical Storm Isaias, unexpected rate increases and an unprecedented global health event — politicians in Hartford came together on a bipartisan basis to enact landmark legislation known as the “Take Back Our Grid” Act. This was a powerful first step toward reclaiming regulatory accountability over the monopoly utilities that provide our essential services such as electricity, gas and water.

I write this letter as a founding member of the Greater Bridgeport Ed Gomes Black Democratic Club, a political action committee committed to identifying, electing and holding accountable candidates who will ensure justice, equity and parity for the greater good. The nation just celebrated the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s...