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Some see Pope Francis as a reformer who addressed past scandals and embraced marginalized people. “I wish he could have lived forever because he’s so special,” Deirdre DiCara, the executive director of the Friends in Service to Humanity of Northwestern CT, said. DiCara is remembering Pope Francis and the times she got to see him, including wh...

A man who was arrested following a crash that killed a 96-year-old woman in Griswold is now facing manslaughter charges. He was arrested days after the crash and was initially held on a $1.5 million bond. When state police responded to the intersection of Taylor Hill Road and Oakville Road in Griswold around 4:45 p.m. on June 9, they found…...

The Yale Climate Opinion Maps have been released from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communications, within the Yale School of the Environment. The goal is to study how people around the world are responding to the issue of climate change, mostly focusing on the United States. “We study how people around the world are responding to the issue of...

Michelle Troconis was back in Stamford Superior Court on Monday while her attorney attempts to have her contempt charge dismissed. She is accused of showing a livestream camera a sealed custody report on her laptop that she was not supposed to have in her possession.   Attorneys have been shuffled on both sides of the bench. Troconis is represented...

A bicyclist has serious injuries after colliding with a vehicle in Norwalk on Saturday night. Police said dispatchers received several 911 calls right after 7 p.m. reporting that a bicyclist had been involved in a crash in the area of Wilson Avenue. The bicyclist was transported to the hospital for treatment. Norwalk Police Accident Investigators a...

Firefighters are battling a brush fire on Upper Maple Street in Dayville. The Dayville Fire Company said several fire departments are providing mutual aid and they are asking people to be cautious in the area and seek other routes. They are asking people with personal drone to avoid the area as crews work to put out the fire. The East…...

Several birds died in a house fire in Norwalk on Sunday morning. Firefighters responded to a fire on Lockwood Lane at 2:51 a.m. on Sunday and the initial reports were that one resident was trying to get back inside the burning residence, according to the fire department. The firefighters found heavy smoke coming from the first floor and fire in&#82...

The jury has started deliberating after closing arguments were delivered in the trial of Jose Morales, the man who is accused of killing his girlfriend, the mother of his missing daughter, in her Ansonia home in December 2019. Morales has been charged with the murder of Christine Holloway five years ago and tampering with evidence, and he pleaded n...

Three months after the first Earth Day was celebrated, a group of 8th grade boys and their camp counselors canoed down the entire Connecticut River. They were known as the Becket Adventurers of 1970, led by Mr. Sidney DuPont, a math teacher at Becket Academy in East Haddam. Sylvester Salcedo, now residing in Orange, was 13 years old and a…...

Police have identified the four people who were killed in a multi-vehicle crash in Newington on Saturday. Firefighters said the crash happened on Willard Avenue at Greenlawn Avenue around 9 a.m. According to police, three vehicles were involved in the crash and four people were pronounced dead. Police identified the four people who died as 17-year-...

Gov. Ned Lamont is directing U.S. and state flags in Connecticut be flown at half-staff effective immediately in honor of Pope Francis, who died at the age of 88, and remain lowered until sunset on the date of interment, which has not yet been determined. Local lawmakers and churches are reacting to the death of Pope Francis, who died after…...

A Mega Millions ticket sold in Connecticut won $30,000 on Friday night, according to the CT Lottery website. The winning numbers were 5-13-15-17-28 and the Mega Ball was 1. The ticket that won $30,000 matched four numbers and the Mega Ball and it had a megaplier. No information has been released on where the ticket was sold. The one ticket…...

One Cash5 ticket won $100,000 on Saturday. The winning numbers were 6-10-13-19-23. The ticket was sold at Krauszer’s Food Store at 377 Campbell Ave. in West Haven. This was the 12th Cash5 jackpot win this year and the third jackpot-winning ticket that was sold in West Haven. The winner has until Oct. 16 to redeem the ticket.