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Any witnesses or anyone who may have dashcam footage are asked to contact Old Lyme Resident State Trooper Matthew Weber at 860-399-2100. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

An ambush in Connecticut left two officers dead and a third wounded. And it left residents reexamining how such an attack could happen in a state that has some of the nation’s most restrictive gun laws. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

“The sheer volume and complexity of work that we’re infusing into the submarine industrial base is something that we haven’t had in a very long time,” said Whitney Jones, director of the Submarine Industrial Base initiative at U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Homicides in downtown Bridgeport are rare, with only three occurring in the area between 2011 and 2021, according to data obtained by Hearst Connecticut Media from the state’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.  Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Christian Borrero, 18, of New Haven, was involved in the armed robbery of a Wakelee Avenue XtraMart July 7, according to Ansonia police. He was arrested Oct. 6. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

The moving of the statue, done for the second time without the authorization of the city’s park commission, came just days before the municipal law department issued an opinion stating that board in fact has “full jurisdiction … to determine the future care, custody and control of the statue.” Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top…

Local and national organizations have responded with an outpouring of donations for the families of slain Bristol officers Dustin DeMonte and Alex Hamzy. The Bristol Police Benevolent Association, Bristol Police Commissioners and Bristol Police Union set up two fundraising campaigns to benefit Demonte and Hamzy’s families. Additionally, the national non-profit Tunnel to Towers Foundation announced…

“It’s easy to revel in Alex Jones being punished,” said Rebecca Adelman, a communications professor at the University of Maryland. “But there’s a certain shortsightedness in that celebration.” Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Students and teachers praised the state’s newly mandated African American, Black, Puerto Rican and Latino studies curriculum at the Connecticut State Board of Education meeting in Meriden Wednesday evening, saying that the course ignites engagement and empowers students. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

A cash infusion of state funds to their campaigns could help state Rep. Jack Hennessy and challenger Councilman Marcus Brown circulate their messages and convince supporters to show up to the polls. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Derby police confirmed officers had been notified of a missing item at Derby City Hall but said there had not been a report. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Charles Harrison, 34, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for a narcotics trafficking offense in December 2012, allegedly failed to return to his halfway house after leaving for the day in September 2021, according to federal officials.   Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Police officers from multiple departments lined the halls to join friends, neighbors, colleagues, and relatives in paying their respects to the two individuals who were described as heroes in a vigil honoring their lives. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

The Pennant — the $50 million, 270-unit first phase of mixed-use development around Dunkin’ Donuts Park — is already more than 60% leased. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Joe DeLong, executive director of the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, said “If we have to pick our poison, we’re always going to push [new costs] onto the property tax.” Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Those promoted were: Carlos Vazquez, Jose Bahr, Robert Pascone, Phillip Norris, Victor Rodriguez, Jr., Joseph Cruz Ill, Alfred Cesar, Aaron Rivera, John Knapp, Davon Polite and Michael Davila. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

In Ansonia, there were 262 assaults reported in 2019, and 301 in 2020. That number dropped to 120 in 2021. Rapes have seen a similar decline, from 10 in 2019 to seven in 2020. But in 2021 there were only two such incidents in Ansonia. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut…

Tajay Chambers pleaded guilty and faces up to 35 years for the fatal shooting of 12-year-old Clinton Howell in 2018. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Bristol police Sgt. Dustin Demonte, 35, and Officer Alex Hamzy, 34, who were both shot dead late Wednesday night, were highly commended officers who previously earned awards for saving lives in medical emergencies, mourning city police and officials said Thursday. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Condolences poured from first responders, politicians and officials around Connecticut to offer support to the two officers killed and one seriously wounded in a shooting in Bristol late Wednesday night. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

The Rev. Jeffrey Mello, rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Brookline, Mass., will be consecrated Oct. 15 as the first openly gay bishop of the Diocese of Connecticut. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

The vigil, which was attended by more than 200 people, including local elected officials, was held to mark Domestic Violence Awareness Month.  Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service