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Man arrested for exchanging gunfire with people in an Enfield home
ENFIELD, CT (WFSB) - A man was arrested for a “shots fired” incident that happened inside a home in Enfield on Sunday. Zachary Clothakis, 28, of Bloomfield was hit with a list of charges, according to Enfield police. They said they responded to Lincoln Street and Alden Avenue...
New Details Emerge After Teens Shot, Killed In Hartford
The incident occurred in Hartford around 10:30 p.m., Saturday, May 4, at 94 Hendicxsen Ave. According to Lt. Aaron Boisvert, officers responded after receiving multiple 911 callers reporting shots fired. The teens, Lavante Brown, age 19, of Hartford, and Aydin Davis, age 16, of Bloomfield, were found in the building...
Teenager arrested after drugs and a loaded gun found after crash in West Springfield
WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - A teenager is now in custody after police found drugs and a loaded gun inside his car after a crash in West Springfield. On Thursday, officers responded to a parking lot on Park Street after reports came in that a car involved in a crash was there.
23-Year-Old From Southington Killed In I-91 Windsor Crash
It happened in Hartford County just before 11 p.m. Saturday, May 4, in Windsor. Connecticut State Police said a 2024 Kawasaki was traveling northbound on I-91 south of Exit 36 when, for an unknown reason, it veered to the left and struck a median concrete barrier. The driver, Zachary Michael...
Simsbury Meadows 2024 summer series includes a symphony, a circus and Swifties
The Simsbury Meadows Performing Arts Center recently unveiled an excitingly diverse summer schedule for 2024. Along with the five-concert Talcott Mountain Music Festival, the outdoor venue will host a circus troupe, pop tributes to Taylor Swift, Billy Joel, Elton John and Walt Disney, plus several ukulele events. Simsbury Meadows, part of a sprawling expanse of fields, parks and ballfields ...
Woman Runs Over Kitten On Purpose In Southington, Cops Say
Hartford County resident Ana Rodriguez, age 65, of New Britain, turned herself in to Southington Police on Friday, May 3, for the Monday, April 15 incident. According to Lt. Keith Egan of the Southington Police, officers responded to the Walmart parking lot that had dropped off a cat and a kitten in the parking lot and then ran over the kitten.
Westfield council approves CPA funds for Wyben school, Grandmothers’ Garden
WESTFIELD — With encouragement during public participation from Cindy Gaylord, asking the City Council to approve the Community Preservation Committee’s grant for the West Farms Schoolhouse in Wyben, and from Maureen Kane, asking the councilors to approve the CPC funding plans for future renovations at Grandmothers’ Garden, the council voted unanimously to approve both projects at its meeting on May 2.
Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School Prom 2024
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Taking a tour of the Vintage Radio and Communications Museum of Connecticut
Volunteer of the Vintage Radio and Communications Museum, Charles "Skip" Coulton holds up a piece of old film from the 1910s. How do you listen to Connecticut Public or Where We Live? Your cell phone, car radio or something else?. This hour, we explore the many ways information can travel,...
Westfield seeks public input on how to spend $2.4M opioid settlement funds
WESTFIELD — The Westfield Health Department will host a listening session Tuesday, May 7, at Westfield State University, to hear from the community their ideas for spending funds from a $26 billion settlement with companies accused of contributing to the opioid crisis. The Westfield News reported in 2022 that...
Loomis Chaffee receives $100 million from alumnus
The Loomis Chaffee School, an independent college preparatory boarding and day school in Windsor, Connecticut, has announced a $100 million gift from alumnus Henry R. Kravis (’63) in support of the school’s endowment. The largest single gift ever made to Loomis Chaffee includes $50 million allocated to the...
Remembering the days before homelessness in Berkshire County
At the turn of the century, I returned to Berkshire County, where I had grown up. I had been gone a score of years, starting just after high school. It is hard to impress how halcyon Pittsfield was in the 1960s through 1980. Crime was virtually unheard of. I remember a big “news story” in The Berkshire Eagle about teenagers drinking beer in the woods by fires. During the ’90s, when Pittsfield was in the very beginning of its economic downturn brought on by General Electric downsizing, there was little crime in Pittsfield. Historians generally agree that the 1990s represented a national high-water mark from crime, but the Berkshires by and large ducked it.
Early birds get best selection at Westfield Tech plant sale, starting Tuesday
WESTFIELD — The horticultural technology staff and students at Westfield Technical Academy are ready for their annual Spring Plant Sale, beginning at 8 a.m. Tuesday, May 7, and continuing through Friday, May 10, or until plants are sold out. The plant sale takes place at the Greylock Street entrance to the school, next to the Municipal Playground.
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