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Gov. Ned Lamont on Thursday was officially ordered by his local inland wetlands agency to replant more than 180 trees and thousands of bushes that were chopped down in November on property behind the Democrat’s Greenwich home. While one of Lamont’s neighbors and a neighborhood organization were also involved in the felling on protected wetlan...

Boaters were rescued when their boat lost power in the Connecticut River in Rocky Hill as storms approached on Wednesday night. The Rocky Hill Fire Department said they received a call for a water rescue at 9:47 p.m. and responded three minutes later. Marine 1 was also brought in for the rescue. The fire department said that Marine 1 normally&#8230...

UConn’s Cam Spencer is headed to the Memphis Grizzlies after being selected with the 53rd pick in the 2024 NBA Draft. Spencer played one season with the Huskies and made a huge impact in the team’s run for a second consecutive NCAA championship. He was named to the NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team. Spencer started all 40 UConn games ...

Moody’s Ratings had more bad news for Eversource Energy this month, handing down yet another downgrade to one of its subsidiaries amid a tumultuous year for Connecticut’s largest electric utility. The credit rating agency announced last week that it had downgraded Connecticut Light & Power Co.’s rating outlook from stable to negative, pointing ...

Police have issued a Silver Alert for a 2-year-old girl missing from Groton. Payton Collier was reported missing Thursday. According to police, Payton is Asian with brown eyes and brown hair. She is 2-feet tall and weighs 30 pounds. Police are searching for a black Honda Civic with Connecticut license plate BN82240. The girl is believed to be in th...

State police have filed a kidnapping charge against the man arrested in New York over the weekend following the disappearance of a since-located Connecticut teen.  Connecticut officials on Wednesday filed three new charges against Marcos Alex Mendez Torres, 24, of New Haven, in connection with the disappearance of a 15-year-old girl from Connecticu...

The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA) is warning residents about a fake Facebook page and flyer that is promoting a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program. “It is 100% a scam,” said CHFA’s director of research, marketing and outreach Marcus Smith. “CHFA does not accept Section 8 voucher applications and we never...

A federal bankruptcy judge on Thursday stopped an effort by the parents of a boy killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting to begin collecting on some of the $50 million they won in a lawsuit against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones over his false claims that the massacre was a hoax. Lawyers for Scarlett Lewis and Neil Heslin, whose…...

Gov. Ned Lamont has tested positive for COVID and he is going to be working remotely. Lamont’s office released a statement on Thursday afternoon, saying he feels “slightly under the weather” and has not been in physical proximity with any staff or state officials. “Yesterday afternoon, Governor Lamont was feeling slightly under the weather and out ...

Waterbury police have arrested a second suspect in the murder of a 19-year-old man in Waterbury in May. Officers found the victim, 19-year-old Lashawn Nance, of Waterbury, when they responded to Wood Street around 9:49 a.m. on Monday, May 6. He was brought to a hospital, where he later died from the injuries, according to police. Police said they o...

Firefighters in Shelton intentionally set fire to a home on Bruce Drive on Thursday because there was a large number of fireworks in the residence. The Shelton Fire Department and Shelton police initially responded to the home on Saturday for a fire located in the garage. Fireworks were actively going off while firefighters battled the blaze. After...

A former Hamden man and “American Ninja Warrior” contestant has been sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison for child exploitation. Andrew Drechsel, 35, was sentenced on Thursday in New Jersey for receiving child pornography and enticement to travel for illicit sexual conduct, according to the U.S. Attorney for the District of New J...

The two people who were hit by a vehicle in Bristol on Monday morning have died. Police said a man and woman were struck on Route 72 (Pine Street) near Emmett Street around 4:15 a.m. Monday. Police identified the woman as 37-year-old Fay Clarity and the man as 34-year-old Nicholas Cricco. It appeared that they were walking in the crosswalk…...

One person has died after a fire on Robertson Avenue in Killingly on Thursday morning. State police said they along with the state police fire and explosion investigation unit were asked to respond and help the local fire marshal with the investigation. The investigation is ongoing.