Willimantic

“If it wasn’t for this place, we’d both be really bad off,” Jeff Swan, of Willimantic, said. Swan is one of thousands served each week at Willimantic’s Covenant Soup Kitchen. “This place saves lives, and the word’s getting out there and people are starting to show up. They need more volunteers,” Swan said. Ray Aramini has volunteered at Covenant...

Police are searching for the “armed and dangerous” man who robbed a Willimantic gas station at gunpoint on Monday night. Officers responded to the A-1 gas station on Main Street around 6:11 p.m. on Monday to investigate an armed robbery. They said the preliminary investigation shows that a man in his mid-20s to early 30s went into the store...

Officials say nearly 30 people in Willimantic have been forced from their homes due to a sewage backup at their Main Street apartment complex on Saturday. “It stinks. The whole place stinks,” said Willimantic’s Luis Diaz. Tenants at a Main Street apartment complex in Willimantic are disgusted by a sewage leak that occurred over the weekend. “There was an issue…

Officials say nearly 30 people in Willimantic have been forced from their homes due to a sewage backup at their Main Street apartment complex on Saturday.

For the 39th time, the “Boom Box Parade” celebrated the Fourth of July in Windham. “It’s fun,” said Willimantic native Yomaliz Adams “You see a lot of people that you know, a lot of people in the community.” The parade concept first started in 1986 when organizers couldn’t find a marching band for the Memorial Day parade. Weeks later...

A man who was found under a downed tree in Willimantic on Wednesday night has died, according to fire officials.

A man who was found under a downed tree in Willimantic on Wednesday night has died, according to fire officials. Willimantic Fire Chief Marc Scrivener said firefighters responded to Union Street at 10:38 p.m. after a call came in that a tree was down on a person and they found a man in his 50s under the tree. That was…

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A crash involving a dump truck and several other vehicles closed a busy road in Willimantic Monday afternoon. The dump truck rolled over on Columbia Avenue, also known as Route 66, near the intersection with West Main Street. The dump truck spilled part of its load onto the road. Fire officials say there is also a fuel spill. According to…

A crash involving several vehicles, including a dump truck, closed Route 66 in Willimantic on Monday.

A new mural honoring award-winning novelist Toni Morrison, Connecticut’s first female governor Ella Grasso and the first Latina university president in New England Elsa Nunez was unveiled in Willimantic on Thursday. “Deeply touched that the community honored me in this way,” says Nunez. “It’s like I’m leaving, but I’m not. The community has validated the work I’ve done for...

The husband of a Connecticut visiting nurse who was killed during an appointment with a convicted rapist filed a wrongful death lawsuit Monday, alleging her employer repeatedly ignored workers’ safety concerns about treating dangerous patients.

The husband of a Connecticut visiting nurse who was killed during an appointment with a convicted rapist filed a wrongful death lawsuit Monday, alleging her employer repeatedly ignored workers’ safety concerns about treating dangerous patients. Ronald Grayson sued Elara Caring, its affiliated companies and others over the killing of his wife, Joyce Grayson, a 63-year-old mother of six who was...

Willimantic Police arrested a man yesterday for having illegal firearms in his vehicle and assaulting a police officer when they pulled him over. An officer first noticed the man driving a vehicle with an illegal license plate on West Main Street and attempted to pull him over. The vehicle continued and eventually pulled over on Capitol Drive near the intersection…

A federal investigation following the death of a Connecticut visiting nurse found that the home care agency she worked for did not provide enough safeguards to protect her. The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that Elara Caring, one of the nation’s largest home-based care providers, failed to protect Joyce Grayson, who was killed on Oct....

The man suspected of killing a visiting nurse in Willimantic in October has been charged with murder, felony murder and attempt to commit sexual assault, according to court documents, and his bond has been set at $2 million.

The man suspected of killing a visiting nurse in Willimantic in October has been charged with murder, felony murder and attempt to commit sexual assault, according to court documents, and his bond has been set at $2 million. Michael Reese, a convicted sex offender, is suspected of killing Joyce Grayson, according to an arrest warrant. Grayson, a visiting nurse, had…

One person was taken to the hospital after being stabbed multiple times inside of an apartment in Willimantic on Monday morning. Officers received a 911 call about someone that had been stabbed within an apartment on Vermont Drive around 5 a.m. Police said one person was stabbed multiple times. The person was transported to the hospital for treatment. Authorities did…

A family of six is displaced and several pets are missing after a fire tore through a home in Willimantic on Thursday. The fire department said they responded to a home on Prospect Street just after 11:15 a.m. Authorities found fire coming from a bedroom, and a second alarm was requested. The bedroom was heavily damaged, and there’s smoke...

A Willimantic police officer is under arrest. He’s accused of driving drunk at speeds of up to 100 miles an hour and causing a crash involving multiple cars while off duty.