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A pet supply and garden center announced that they’re closing all of their stores, including seven in Connecticut. Smithland Pet & Garden Center, formerly known as myAgway and Dave’s Soda and Pet City, will close the following locations: The store also has six locations in Massachusetts. “Founded on a love for pets, gardening,...

A catholic school in Shelton announced that they’re closing at the end of the school year. In a statement, Holy Trinity Catholic Academy said they will close effective June 30 due to declining enrollment and a projected budget shortfall. “Despite our shared efforts and the tremendous commitment of our faculty, staff and families, we hav...

This year, $163 million has been lost text fraud scams, according to data from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). There were nearly 90,000 reports of fraud with the median lost being $1,053 per incident. “We’re all being bombarded with these things every day,” Quinnipiac University’s Cybersecurity Program Director Frederick Scholl said. The ...

An exit ramp on Route 9 North has reopened after a truck rollover crash in New Britain Monday night. The CT Department of Transportation said the exit 37 ramp to Route 72 West was closed. State police said possible injuries are being reported. The crash happened around 6:30 p.m. DOT officials have been notified of sign damage as a result…...

People are expected to speak out amid concerns they might have to leave their affordable apartments to make way for a new dorm for UConn Stamford. “Everyone’s anxious. Everyone’s we have conversations into the wee hours at night, like we’re not sleeping,” Brittany Lawrence, of Stamford, said. Lawrence is among those left scramblin...

A report from the Office of the Child Advocate is renewing calls for more oversight of homeschooling families. The report suggests the state require those families to bring their children in for an in-person evaluation to make sure those children are getting the required education and are not victims of abuse or neglect. The legislature has not pro...

Campbell Avenue is home to the West Haven Veterans Affairs Medical Center. “There are 2,000 employees at the veteran’s system, which makes them one of the largest employers in the city of West Haven,” Mayor Dorinda Borer (D-West Haven) said. Hospital employees oversee about 58,000 veterans in Connecticut. Borer said the busy facility creates ...

The Connecticut Transportation Institute (CTI) said road line visibility is a topic more drivers are noticing compared to years past, although they say no one is exactly sure what’s causing this uptick in complaints. The CTI and the Connecticut Department of Transportation (DOT) are looking to get to the bottom of it. It depends on the weathe...

A retired Connecticut firefighter and 9/11 first responder has won $500,000 in a scratch-off ticket, according to CT Lottery. A spokesperson for the CT Lottery announced that Patrick Gordiski and his wife won the top prize playing “$500,000 CA$HWORD,” which is a crossword-style puzzle. Gordiski and his wife were planning a much-needed v...

Police have identified a woman found dead in a cemetery in New Haven on Friday. Naysha Mendez, 35, was found dead on a dirt path near the crematorium in the Evergreen Cemetery on Ella Grasso Boulevard just before 8 p.m., according to police. A person walking their dog found Mendez’s body, police said. Chief Karl Jacobson said Mendez suffered ...

Connecticut State Police have arrested a woman who is accused of driving the wrong way on Interstate 91 in Rocky Hill over the weekend. Troopers received multiple 911 calls reporting a gray sedan going northbound in the southbound lanes of I-91 on Saturday around 3:20 a.m. When troopers responded, they said they found a 49-year-old woman traveling ...

A pedestrian has serious injuries after being struck by a vehicle in Suffield over the weekend. Investigators said a sedan was traveling northbound on Route 75 while a pedestrian was reportedly walking near the edge of the road heading north on Sunday around 8 p.m. According to officials, the 27-year-old pedestrian was struck by the vehicle and was...

A firefighter was injured while rescuing a pet from an apartment fire in Norwalk over the weekend. Firefighters were called to a two-story apartment building on Grand Street on Sunday around 10:40 p.m. It was reported that there was a fire in the bathroom ceiling of an apartment on the first floor. When crews arrived, they said they found the&#8230...

Community members in Branford held a prayer vigil at a local church Sunday evening for a boy who died last week. All of them keeping 12-year-old Anthony P. Esposito in their prayers. It was a solemn environment for worshippers, sending condolences to the family of the 12-year-old boy. He died last week in Branford after police say he was beaten&#82...