North Branford

One person was taken to the hospital after a vehicle crashed into a convenience store in North Branford on Saturday. Officers received reports about a vehicle that had driven through the front entrance of the North Branford Patco on Foxon Road around 11:22 a.m. Emergency crews at the scene found a 2024 GMC Sierra 1500 pickup truck that had gone…

Farmers in the Wallingford and North Branford area were devastated by hail damage from Monday’s storms, during the peak of the growing season as so many were starting or preparing to harvest. At Cecarellis Harrison Hill Farm, workers were starting to process the last of this year’s harvest. A small amount of tomatoes compared to their usual bounty. “We...

Farmers in the Wallingford and North Branford areas say they lost just about all of their crops just weeks before the harvest in Monday’s damaging hail storm that moved through several towns.

A family in North Branford talks about what it was like being inside his home when a tree falls on top of it.

A woman has died and one other person is seriously injured after a crash on Route 80 at the Guilford/North Branford town line on Saturday. Officers were called to the 1600 block of Route 80 near the Guilford/North Branford town line for a two-vehicle crash with injuries. Two people were transported to the hospital to be treated for serious injuries….

A female North Branford library employee has been arrested in Guilford and charged with possession of child pornography, according to police and officials. She has been placed on administrative leave as the investigation continues. Guilford police said they received a tip on June 21 from an out-of-state law enforcement agency about a child pornography investigation and they started investigating with…

Police are looking for a driver that appears to have hit a man in North Branford and took off. Officers responded to the area of 189 Forest Road just after 5 a.m. Monday for the report of a man laying in the grass off the roadway. The man was semi-conscious and severely injured, according to police. Based on his injuries,…

A suspect in a fatal hit-and-run in North Branford last month has been taken into custody in Florida, according to police. David Horbal of North Branford, died after he was struck on Foxon Road on the morning of March 28, police said, and they had been working to find the driver responsible and the vehicle since the initial call, which…

A man was hit and killed on Route 80 in North Branford Thursday by a driver who took off. It happened just hours after a man was hit and killed while trying to cross the Berlin Turnpike in Meriden Wednesday night.

Police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run in North Branford. Officers responded to the area of 97 Foxon Road (Route 80) around 7:10 a.m. after getting a 911 call about an injured person. Arriving officers found a man, David Horbal of North Branford, who was dead and appeared to have been struck by a vehicle. The vehicle left the scene, according…

Heavy rain Sunday into Monday flooded several businesses in North Branford and forced the evacuation of several homes along Foxon Road.

Some residents in North Branford were evacuated after heavy rain led to flooding on Monday.

One person is injured and three utility poles are damaged after a crash in North Branford on Saturday. The two-car crash happened on Middletown Ave. at the intersection of Reeds Gap Road. Wallingford Electric cut power off the area so that first responders could provide medical attention to the drivers. One driver was transported to the hospital with minor injuries…

The man accused of killing his daughter’s bulldog at his Northford home Monday night has been taken into custody a third time after appearing in court Thursday. Arnaldo Silva appeared before a judge in New Haven on charges including animal cruelty and threatening in the second degree. Officers then arrested him on an active warrant. On Thursday night, officers...

A North Branford man faced a judge on Thursday, accused of stabbing his daughter’s dog to death, but he claims it was an accident.

Warning: Some of the details in this story may be difficult to read. A man accused of killing his daughter’s bulldog in North Branford Monday night has been arrested, police said. The police department said they were called to Woodvale Drive in the Northford section of town at 11:20 p.m. on Monday. Arnaldo Silva, 51, was seen by responding officers…

A homeowner in North Branford was shot at after interrupting a burglary on Sunday morning. Dispatchers received a 911 call about an interrupted burglary at a home in the Northford section of town around 11 a.m. According to police, the homeowner was alerted to an unknown man attempting to steal his white Audi that was parked in the driveway. The…

North Branford Police announced Sunday that Totoket Road will be closed to traffic Monday through Friday this week during the hours of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Road closures will be placed at Augur Road Extension and Mill Road. No additional information has been released.

An animal shelter in North Branford is asking residents to keep an eye out for several sheep that are on the loose. Dan Cosgrove Animal Shelter said the sheep broke out of their pen on Foote Hill Road. People in the Middletown Avenue area are asked to drive slowly and use caution in the area. Anyone who sees the sheep…

A Red tailed hawk is being rehabilitated after it was rescued from a net at the Sportsplex in North Branford over the weekend. The Dan Cosgrove Animal Shelter said the Sportsplex contacted them about a hawk that was stuck in one of their nets. Animal control officers arrived and carefully removed the hawk’s talons from the net. He was...