Bridgeport police: Person killed in hit-and-run crash early Saturday

Bridgeport police said the driver who fled the crash at the corner of Boston and Success avenues was later arrested in Trumbull. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Police: 2 men shot after dispute outside Bridgeport bar

Bridgeport police said two men, ages 28 and 56, were wounded following a dispute outside Brick and Barrel bar and restaurant early Saturday morning. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Man convicted of 2012 West Haven killing awaiting new trial three years after verdict overturned

MILFORD — The man convicted of pulling the trigger during a 2012 West Haven killing is awaiting a new trial more than three years after the state Supreme Court overturned a jury’s verdicts in his case. Eugene Walker, 36, appeared briefly before Judge Peter Brown on Wednesday in state Superior Court in Milford, where lawyers…

East Hartford to consider whether to condemn rundown Silver Lane strip mall

Frustrated by years and years of blight along the Silver Lane corridor, East Hartford is considering invoking eminent domain to seize control of a deteriorated half-vacant shopping center. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Eligible CT households to receive one-time, back-to-school, COVID-19 relief benefit

Eligible low-income households will receive an automatic $257.87 per child as a back-to-school, COVID-19 relief benefit this weekend, Governor Ned Lamont announced Friday. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

CT has 73 monkeypox cases. See state-by-state number of cases

People become infected with the monkeypox virus through contact with the bodily fluids of infected animals or humans, including respiratory droplets, or through contact with materials contaminated with the virus. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Two-vehicle crash on Interstate 95 in Stratford causes serious injuries, police say

A two-vehicle crash on Interstate 95 near exit 31 for South Avenue in Stratford resulted in serious injuries Thursday, according to police. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Stratford house fire displaces 13 people, kills cat, official says

A family of 10 adults and three children were displaced after a blaze ripped through their Stratford home Wednesday morning, a fire official said. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

New Haven man facing prison for stealing 2,000 cartons of cigarettes from Milford business

Police said the man was fired last July after being caught red-handed stealing 30 cartons of cigarettes from the Post Road-based business. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

A Puerto Rican celebration, a balloon festival and Hike to the Mic among 10 best bets of things to do the week starting Aug. 21

The Courant’s arts picks for Aug. 21-27 include a festival at Heublein Tower, two emotional theater shows and concerts as varied as Lorde, Wilco and Ghostface Killah. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

From Feimster to Mummenschanz, UConn’s Jorgensen Center packs a full schedule for fall

The fall season at UConn’s Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts includes the Mummenschanz movement troupe, The Piano Guys pop/classical combo, comedian Fortune Feimster, Garth Fagan Dance and more. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Nationally aired, Litchfield-based show fights ‘alternative facts’ to help find ‘Common Ground With Jane Whitney’

A Litchfield-based public-TV show, “Common Ground with Jane Whitney,” presents forums on important issues and is broadcast nationwide, from a high school in Litchfield. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

After months of delays, downtown Bridgeport garage owner pledges repairs soon

BRIDGEPORT — The New York City-based owner of a prominent downtown parking structure, the City Trust Garage, under pressure for months to upgrade what has been deemed a crumbling, hazardous eyesore, in a statement Wednesday said it is moving ahead with the work. “Ownership has architectural and engineering plans that are finalized and is imminently…

Police: Phone leads to Stamford 18-year-old’s arrest in Westport car theft

DeMarcus Bennett, 18, of Stamford, was charged Tuesday with stealing a Toyota Tacoma from a Westport residence earlier this year. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Lawsuit: Man dies after being left unattended at Yale-New Haven Hospital for 7 hours

A lawsuit against Yale-New Haven Hospital claims a 23-year-old man was found dead after being left unattended in a hospital hallway for seven hours. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

A day of outdoor music: PorchFests making encores in Wethersfield, Hartford, Bridgeport, Milford

Wethersfield, Bridgeport, Hartford and Milford are bringing back PorchFest, an annual day of musical performances on the porches of homes and businesses. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

The Hartford County 4-H Fair is this weekend

Starting Friday, Aug. 19 and running through Sunday, Aug. 21, the fair gives a chance for 4-H students to show off their exhibits and projects. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Car show draws crowd to Asnuntuck Community College. A bonus was a chance to learn about the school.

Asnuntuck Community College holds car show, open house for welding and technology department Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Bridgeport House candidate plans legal challenge after recount ends with ballots missing

City Councilman Marcus Brown plans to ask a judge to throw out the results of the 127th House District Democratic primary following a disputed recount. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Bridgeport recount ends with nine ballots still missing

The revelation forced election officials to search for the missing ballots in a race between state Rep. Jack Hennessy and City Councilman Marcus Brown Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Derby finance director resigns

Agata Herasimowicz spent a little over a year as the city’s finance director. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

More clinicians training to perform abortions under Connecticut safe harbor law

Connecticut’s General Assembly passed legislation in April allowing certain medical practitioners other than doctors to perform the procedure, a move meant to expand the abortion provider workforce. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

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