Winsted

Winsted residents no longer have to boil their water nearly a day after the town experienced major water issues. Residents in Winsted, which is a part of Winchester, were told to limit water use and boil water around 6:30 p.m. on Saturday. The town of Winchester said their SCADA system, which manages the town’s water and wastewater systems, experienced...

Trapped inside a car, the adult black bear and cub thrashed about. The horn was blaring and the radio blasting. Outside the car, a second cub ran around in apparent distress by the Winsted, Connecticut home. State environmental conservation police were called by the startled vehicle owner on the morning of July 15. They opened a door and the two…

The victim of Wednesday’s house fire in Winsted was a man, but his identity has not yet been released, according to the fire marshal. Firefighters responded to a home at 350 Walnut Street around 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday and found heavy fire coming from the front window. After the fire was extinguished, firefighters searched the house and found the man…

A person and a dog have died after a house fire in Winsted on Wednesday morning. Crews were called to a home in the 300 block of Walnut Street around 6:30 a.m. after a neighbor saw flames and called 911. When firefighters arrived to the area, they found fire coming out of the front window of the home. Winsted Fire…

After trying to buck a national trend of media closures and downsizing, a small Connecticut newspaper founded earlier this year with Ralph Nader’s help has succumbed to financial problems and will be shutting down. An oversight board voted Monday to close the Winsted Citizen, a broadsheet that served Nader’s hometown and surrounding area in the northwestern hills of the...

An investigation is underway after crews found two white supremacist signs on light poles in downtown Winsted Tuesday morning. Winchester Town Manager Josh Kelly said the Department of Public Works took down the signs, which appeared to advertise a white supremacist, fascist and antisemitic hate group. Kelly said the group openly uses a Nazi slogan and fascist symbolism. “Hate has…

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