Max Restaurant Group announced Tuesday it will temporarily close Trumbull Kitchen, one of its two downtown Hartford restaurants, after dinner service on Dec. 5. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Female combat soldier statue toppled by drunk driver, police say
State police say a drunk driver smashed a statue of a female combat veteran in Sprague on Monday, a heart breaking incident for veterans who cherished one of the few memorials that singled out their service. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
DEEP report: Connecticut’s forest coverage remains ‘remarkable’, but insects, weather and development are continued threats
Connecticut’s new forest action report details current conditions, including threats from insects, development and climate change, but also touts news that forests cover about 60 percent of the nation’s fourth most densely populated state. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
As COVID hospitalizations rise in CT, concerns grow about staffing, capacity
COVID-related hospitalizations on Monday reached 1,098, and industry leaders have said there could be as many as 1,700 this winter in a “best-case” scenario. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Manchester police: Gunshots fired at citizens pursuing stolen vehicle
Two people who followed after a vehicle they believed to be stolen early Monday morning were shot at by the driver, police said. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Police: 2 hurt in separate Bridgeport shootings
Two people showed up at city hospitals overnight with gunshot wounds from seemingly separate shootings. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Cromwell’s Tea Roses Tea Room to close in late December
Cromwell’s Tea Roses Tea Room will close its physical location Dec. 23, owner Peggi Camosci announced last week. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
On Connecticut farmland where tobacco once grew warehouses now sprout, powering a new economy of online sales and advanced logistics
Warehouses are sprouting on Connecticut farmland where tobacco once grew, giving the state bragging rights to a retail economy transformed by digital technology, advanced logistics and the coronavirus pandemic. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Metro-North considering doomsday cutbacks as commuter rail ridership plummets during coronavirus pandemic; Connecticut ridership down more than 75%
After catastrophic declines in ridership during the coronavirus pandemic, commuter rail lines that serve tens of thousands of Connecticut residents are now planning drastic cuts in service of as much as 50%. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Experts: Transportation projects need direction to help CT economic recovery
To revitalize Connecticut’s economy in an inclusive fashion, experts say, lawmakers must embrace public transit services and the state’s transportation building program in equal measure. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
CT stopped commuting prison sentences before COVID. Advocates say it’s time to change.
The state Board of Pardons and Paroles, which has not commuted a sentence since 2019, is revising its policy and is not accepting applications. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Easton EMS: Hurt bicyclist rescued from Trout Brook Valley Preserve
A bicyclist was taken to the hospital for treatment after suffering an injury at the land preserve in town. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Open Studio Hartford won’t be in person, but you can visit local artists and buy their work online through January
Open Studio Hartford, the annual extravaganza of art in the city, goes virtual this year, with artists showing their work online from now to New Year’s Day. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Hartford rapper’s ‘Hip Hop for the Homeless’ benefit concerts going online in December
Joey Batts’ “Hip Hop for the Homeless” charity benefits are moving online this year, with five concerts streaming in December. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
With COVID-19 surging in Connecticut, health care workers at local hospitals feel the anxiety rising
With COVID-19 surging in Connecticut, nurses and physicians feel the anxiety increasing in local hospitals. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Scammer poses as Westport Fire Department
A scammer purporting to be inspecting fire extinguishers for the Westport Fire Department targeted a local business Saturday. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Gale warning issued for CT, as heavy rain expected Monday
The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather outlook, with a possibility of winds from the south gusting up to 45 to 55 miles per hour Monday. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Two-car collision reported on I-95 in Bridgeport
The right lane is closed, and congestion is building in the area. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
College isn’t the same with COVID-19, but Connecticut students are making the most of it
Connecticut college students are trying to make the most out of what COVID-19 has done to their campus experience. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
As COVID-19 cases climb in Connecticut, hospitals are worried about having enough doctors and nurses
As COVID-19 cases continue to climb in Connecticut and the state enters a second wave of the pandemic, hospital officials are confident they have enough personal protective equipment and bed capacity to treat patients—but they are concerned about not having enough physicians and nurses. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Nursing home deaths continue to rise, facilities hit hard in the spring starting to see deaths once again
Another 68 nursing home residents died last week of the coronavirus and while outbreaks continued at facilities from North Branford to West Hartford to Tolland, another ominous trend is emerging: Some of the facilities that were hardest hit in the spring are starting to see deaths once again. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press…
State Police: Motorcyclist killed on Route 67 collision in Southbury
SOUTHBURY — A 52-year-old motorcyclist was killed Friday evening in an accident involving a dump struck, State Police said. According to the accident report, just before 7:30 p.m., the dump truck was traveling eastbound on Kettletown Road and the motorcycle was traveling southbound on Route 67 (Southford Road). The intersection is a short distance from…
