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A high-profile murder case from 2015 was appealed to the Connecticut Supreme Court on Wednesday.

A high-profile murder case from 2015 was appealed to the Connecticut Supreme Court on Wednesday. The appeal was heard by six justices and a room full of UConn law students as part of the court’s traveling “On Circuit” program. Richard Dabate’s defense team argued that his client didn’t get a fair trial in 2022 when he was found guilty...

Vernon police have arrested a 17-year-old girl who is accused of being involved in several bomb and “swatting” threats to local schools and places of worship. They said the teen is also part of a violent online group that has been responsible for thousands of threats and other crimes that have happened around the globe. Vernon police said investigators determined...

A teen is facing felony charges after allegedly damaging school property several times in Ellington, according to town officials. State police identified a 17-year-old that repeatedly damaged soccer nets at Ellington High School. The teen also burned the net at a local tennis court. Authorities said the vandalism happened several times over the past two weeks. Cameras were placed around…

Kids on their cellphones in classrooms is becoming a major problem and now the state is looking to come up with a model policy to help keep learning time device free.

Kids on their cellphones in classrooms is becoming a major problem and now the state is looking to come up with a model policy to help keep learning time device-free. Some districts are already finding ways to limit the distractions. “I feel like kids are on their phones and devices way too much,” said Karen Perreault, of Ellington. Parents and…

A plane missed part of the runway at an airport in Ellington on Sunday morning and no injuries were reported. The Federal Aviation Administration said a single-engine Cessna 208 landed short of the runway at Ellington Airport around 11:20 a.m. A fire official said seven people were on board at the time of the incident. No injuries were reported and…

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Christmas tree farms across the state are expected to be busy this weekend as families head out for the experience of picking their own tree this season. But before families can get that picture-perfect moment, growers spend years preparing. “People think, a lot of times they think, that you just put them in the ground and off they go. But…

Christmas tree farms across the state are expected to be busy this weekend as families head out for the experience of picking their own tree this season.

Crews responded to an ammonia leak at a business on West Road in Ellington on Tuesday morning and the leak has been stopped. Connecticut Dept. of Energy and Environmental Protection officials said an ammonia compressor in the refrigeration system at Country Pure Foods failed, which led to an ammonia leak. The leak has since been stopped. The building is being…

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A spring freeze damaged the entire apple crop at Johnny Appleseed’s Farm in Ellington.

At Johnny Appleseed’s Farm in Ellington, dozens of apples lay on the ground. “They call it a frost ring,” said Johnny Appleseed’s Farm owner Ken Shores, describing the damage to the apples. A spring freeze in May damaged 20 acres of apple orchards and an additional 20 acres of peach trees. “Even when you have a full crop, sometimes if…

“50 years from now, nobody will know you played a game today, except you.” That was an excerpt from a pregame speech by Dick Gunn to his Ellington Roadrunners youth football team in 1973, prior to their “Super Bowl” against the Hebron Rams. Almost 50 years to the day, players from that team reunited at Dick Gunn Field to celebrate…

Crews are working to help at least two people that are trapped inside a car that crashed in Ellington. It happened around 9 p.m. near Neiderwerfer Road. Town officials said the car had hit a utility pole, which caused live power lines to come down onto the vehicle, hindering the abilities of first responders. Utility crews are being dispatched to…

Starting later this summer, people across Connecticut might be getting their natural gas from cow manure. It’s been nearly eight years since Oakridge Dairy Farm in Ellington began the process of creating a methane digester. “To see it finally producing gas and into the pipeline is really exciting,” said Seth Bahler. The family farm that dates back to 1908 is…

Oakridge Dairy Farm in Ellington is the first in Connecticut to install a methane digester, which converts manure into natural gas.

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