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The town of Enfield is urging people to avoid part of the Scantic River while the ultraviolet light disinfection system at the Somersville Water Pollution Control Facility is offline. The town of Enfield website says there is an ongoing improvements project at the Somersville Water Pollution Control Facility in Somers and the ultraviolet light disi...

The University of New Haven announced Tuesday it is joining the Northeast Conference (NEC) and will move up to play NCAA Division I sports, according to a release on its website. The school will officially join the league on July 1 and will begin its transition to Division I during the 2025-2026 academic year. The University of New Haven Chargers&#...

Two Lucky for Life tickets won $25,000 a year for life over the weekend. The two tickets matched five numbers for the drawing on Saturday. The winning numbers were 2-13-18-21-31 and the Lucky Ball was 9. One of the two tickets that won $25,000 for life was sold at Turnpike Package Store at 15 Ella Grasso Turnpike in Windsor Locks….

Over a dozen students and staff escaped from a dorm fire at Cheshire Academy on Tuesday morning. Firefighters responded to one of the dorm buildings on Main Street around 4:50 a.m. for a report of a fire. When crews arrived, they said they found heavy fire in the attic burning through the roof. Submitted photo Mutual aid was brought in…...

Three years after the death of a Fairfield Prep student, his alleged killer is set to go on trial. The jury selection process is set to begin in a Milford courtroom on Tuesday. Back in May of 2022, police say 17-year-old Jimmy McGrath was stabbed to death outside of a home in Shelton where students from a rival school were…

A North Haven police officer credits his 9-year-old daughter with saving his life after he went into cardiac arrest. Officer Alex Sinanis said he started feeling off back in November of last year and made several trips to the hospital. “I started getting tightness in my chest the beginning of November, some shortness of breath,” Sinanis said. “I ha...

Education funding was front and center in Enfield Monday. Teachers rallied in front of the town council calling on them to approve the school budget, which they say would bring back some jobs that were cut last year. There were loud cheers outside of Enfield Town Hall on Monday as teachers rallied for more education funding. “This is our future&#82...

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 ...