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For firefighters there are many hazards on the job, and a top risk is cancer. Now Stamford Health is launching a pilot program to help those first responders put their health at the forefront. Kyle Houser has been a firefighter for 18 years, 12 of those with the Stamford Fire Department. “I’m married, I have a family,” Kyle Houser, vice&#8230...

Children must now reach the age of five by Sept. 1 to be eligible for kindergarten. That change is one of several new laws that take effect July 1. The change brings Connecticut in line with other states in a move school officials say will ensure children have time to develop before entering school. “A lot of educators believe that…

State police have arrested a Rhode Island man who is accused of driving under the influence and causing a head-on crash in Griswold last year that killed a 73-year-old man. Cody Moorehead, 30, of Hope Valley, Rhode Island, has been charged in connection with a crash on Route 138 in Griswold on June 26, 2023 that killed 73-year-old Zenon Zawadzki,&#...

There was a $100,000 Cash5 jackpot winner in Connecticut on Thursday and the ticket was sold in Wethersfield. The winning numbers on Thursday were 13-18-19-21-30. The winning ticket was sold at Wethersfield Liquors on the Silas Deane Highway. According to the CT Lottery website, there are three unclaimed Cash5 jackpots, including this one. The tick...

As summer brings more people out to pools, lakes, and beaches, there is an alarming trend: drowning deaths across the country are suddenly spiking after two decades of declines. Disparities also persist among people of color, according to the new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. An early June camping trip to Bantam Lake f...

A state Department of Transportation employee was struck and killed while he was on the job in Wallingford on Friday morning, according to state officials. Andrew DiDomenico, 26, of Meriden, was killed while working on the Wharton Brook Connector, the on-ramp to Interstate 91, according to Connecticut Department of Transportation Commissioner Garre...

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…...