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The state Department of Transportation is having another open forum on Tuesday to talk about the removal of traffic lights on Route 9 in Middletown. From early 2021 through 2023, the DOT recorded over 500 crashes around Middletown’s stoplight portion of Route 9. “Our goal is to remove the signals, get rid of the crashes without harming Main Street....

After an unusually warm day on Monday, Tuesday will feature more seasonable temperatures and rain is possible in the evening. Tuesday will be much cooler with highs in the 60s inland and 50s at the shore. It will also be breezy and cloudy. A few scattered showers are possible in the evening. Overnight, there may be some showers and perhaps…...

If you are a student, or the parent of a student about to enroll in college, you may feel frustrated by delays in the Free Application For Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA. In Connecticut, the deadline to enroll is coming up, even as many are still waiting to find out what kind of financial aid packages they can get. Even…

An investigation into a storm drain explosion led officers to a suspicious-looking device in Meriden on Monday night. The police department said they were called to a reported explosion inside of a storm drain in the area of Cross Street and Women’s Way just after 6 p.m. Responding officers saw smoke coming from a nearby drain, but said the.....

The search is on for whoever struck and killed a 70-year-old peace activist in New Haven and then sped away. Amid concerns about speeding on Whalley Avenue in New Haven, neighbors were heartbroken to hear that Yusuf Gursey died after being hit by a car near the intersection with Brownell Street on Sunday night. “People are dying for no reason&#8230...

Police have arrested a man accused in the deadly shooting of a teen in Bridgeport earlier this month. A 17-year-old that was critically injured during the shooting was pronounced dead a week later. Authorities said it happened in the 1200 block of Park Avenue on April 10. Police responded to the area just before 7 p.m. after getting a ShotSpotter&#...

March 28 started like any other day for East Hartford High School senior Christiana Zembrowski. But when the clock struck 7 p.m., she received some life-changing news. Zembrowski learned that she had been accepted to three Ivy League schools – Harvard, Yale and Columbia – and she now has a very important decision to make. While waiting ...

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont acknowledged Monday he helped hire a landscaper that illegally chopped down more than 180 trees and thousands of bushes on a property behind his Greenwich home, capping off days of questions about his level of involvement. The wealthy two-term Democrat, along with one of his neighbors and a neighborhood organization, hav...

Two people were taken to the hospital and several people are displaced after a fire broke out at a condominium complex in Danbury. It happened at the Park Ridge Condo complex on Rose Lane just after 4 p.m. on Monday. Fire officials said they encountered heavy fire coming from the complex. A second alarm was struck to bring in more…

There’s a noise in Bristol that’s been bothering some residents living in the city and beyond. NBC CT Responds first brought you this story in February. It’s believed to be coming from the Covanta facility in Bristol that turns waste into energy. The Bristol-Burlington Health District tells NBC CT Responds that after monitoring noise from inside im...

The man police say killed his wife inside their Simsbury home on Friday morning appeared before a judge Monday in Hartford Superior Court. Ding Sheng Lin, with the help of an interpreter speaking Mandarin, was arraigned on a murder charge. The judge kept the 50-year-old’s bond at $2.5 million. According to court documents, police were called to the...

“I think our demands are pretty simple. Disclose, divest and reinvest in the New Haven community,” Yale student Chisato Kimura said. There’s a growing encampment at Yale University as pro-Palestinian protests continued on Monday. “We’re going to be out here, we’re going to be speaking out,” Kimura said. In the literal sense, Monday’s scene wa...

Changes coming to West Hartford Center next year could impact businesses utilizing the town’s on-street parking space. The area is known for its outside dining and construction could temporarily pause this option for many restaurants. “In West Hartford it’s essential,” said Whitney Gostyla, a waitress at Luna Pizza. “It’s essential to see that your...