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Schools in Portland will have a delayed opening on Tuesday after the middle and high schools were in a lockdown for several hours on Monday. The police department said the schools were in a lockdown due to an online threat. Students were let out of school shortly before 5 p.m. All schools in town will run on a two-hour delay…

A man was arrested after he used a fake check to purchase a car that was being sold and later tried to resell it online, according to police. The seller was trying to deposit the $10,000 check at his bank and then learned it was fraud, according to police. Police said the man reported the car stolen after finding that…

Rain is finally in sight for later this week, but fire officials warn we are not out of the woods yet. It’s still extremely dry, the fire danger is high, and crews have been busy responding to more and more fires across the state. On Monday morning, there were two new fires reported. One in Andover quickly spread from...

The New York Giants will replace Daniel Jones with Tommy DeVito as their starting quarterback for Week 12 and beyond.

It’s been a busy few days for firefighters. They’ve been putting out flames in homes and by the side of major highways. Flames damaged several units at a condo complex in Bloomfield on Sunday. “We’ve received a call for a report of fire. Upon arrival, started seeing heavy smoke in the air. Once we got here, heavy flames were...

A teenager was taken to the hospital after police said he was stabbed while on a trail in Manchester over the weekend. Officers responded to a report of a stabbing on the Cheney Rail Trail on Sunday around 4:20 p.m. Once there, police said they found a 15-year-old male with a stab wound. He was transported to Connecticut Children’s...