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
Defamation case against Alex Jones can proceed, Connecticut judge says
A federal bankruptcy judge on Monday cleared the way for a defamation lawsuit in Connecticut to proceed against Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
