Beacon Falls

State police have arrested a man who is suspected of driving under the influence and causing a crash on Route 8 in Beacon Falls in February that killed a Bridgeport mother and her two young children. Andresa De Brito Alves, 25, of Bridgeport, and her 3-year-old son, Riquelme Alves Brito and her 6-year-old daughter,  Laura Vitoria Alves Brito, were passengers…

More than a dozen people and one dog were rescued from a flooded restaurant and nearby home in Beacon Falls on Sunday. Firefighters rescued the people from the Brookside Inn Restaurant and from an adjacent home. A crew was staged near the restaurant when it was reported that the flood water was rising and there were concerns about the...

Meghan Hatch and Paul Geary are both teachers at Woodland High School. This weekend, the husband and wife will participate in the New England Ride to End Alzheimer’s in New Hampshire.  “I needed to do something positive and productive with my grief and my fear,” said Hatch, whose mother Linda is living with Alzheimer’s Disease. Meghan and her dad...

Two teachers at Woodland, a husband and wife, will participate in the Ride to End Alzheimer’s this weekend.

The Bridgeport mother who was injured in a crash on Route 8 in Beacon Falls Sunday afternoon that took the lives of her 3-year-old son and a 6-year-old daughter has died, according to police. State police said the driver of a Ford F-600 Super Duty truck hit the back of a Honda Accord just before 3:30 p.m. on Route 8…

Two children ages 3 and 6 were killed when the car they were in was rear-ended by another vehicle on Route 8 in Beacon Falls Sunday afternoon.

A 6-year-old girl and a 3-year-old boy have died after a crash on Route 8 in Beacon Falls on Sunday.

Two children have died and three adults are injured after a crash on Route 8 North in Beacon Falls on Sunday. State police said a 33-year-old man from Stratford was driving a Honda near exit 23 around 3:30 p.m. when he was rear-ended by a 40-year-old man from Oxford driving a Ford F600 truck. After the crash, both vehicles landed…

Five people are injured, including four critically, after a crash on Route 8 North in Beacon Falls on Sunday.

Five people are injured, including four critically, after a crash on Route 8 North in Beacon Falls on Sunday. Emergency crews were called to Route 8 North between exits 23 and 24 for a serious crash involving two vehicles around 3:30 p.m. According to fire officials, five people were hurt including four with serious injuries from the same vehicle. Three…

Dense fog may have contributed to multiple crashes involving several vehicles on Route 8 North in Beacon Falls early Sunday morning. Firefighters were called to a crash between exits 24 and 25 around 2 a.m. Dispatchers reported dense fog on the highway and said additional vehicles were hitting the vehicles that were originally involved in the crash. According to fire…