Manchester officials shuttered the popular Hungry Tiger restaurant as “a last resort” after the owner repeatedly flouted rules to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the fire chief said Tuesday. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Bridgeport official: Driver side-swiped 5 cars, hit tree
A driver was given a verbal warning after allegedly side-swiping five other vehicles before colliding with a tree. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Smoke alarm alerts Bridgeport homeowner to basement fire
A fire in a Memory Lane home early Tuesday morning was contained to the basement. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Westport schools report four new COVID cases
Three of the cases were found at Staples High School, Scarice said. Of those, two were confirmed Sunday, while one was confirmed on Monday. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Car with baby inside stolen in Hamden, recovered later, baby unharmed
A car with a 7-month-old baby inside was stolen from a gas station in Hamden on Saturday. The car was recovered shortly thereafter, and the baby was unharmed. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Report: Exclusionary housing practices are bad for Connecticut’s economy
Onerous land use regulations restrict Connecticut’s housing supply, raise housing prices and limit the state’s overall economic growth, according to a report issued by the nonpartisan School and State Finance Project. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Fear of COVID-19 infection among prospective jurors upends efforts to begin the state’s first, post-pandemic trial
Judges of Connecticut’s U.S. District Court thought they had devised a way to resume criminal jury trials. But last week, the pandemic defeated what had been the most promising effort. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Bridgeport woman hit by car, seriously injured in Fairfield
The woman suffered severe injuries when she was struck by near Fairfield Town Hall, remained in critical condition Sunday. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Feds: CT felon faces 15 years to life in prison for drug trafficking mill
An East Hartford man who previously served time in federal prison on a drug offense again faces federal prison time for narcotics distribution. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Police: Man seriously injured in Route 15 crash in Meriden
A two-vehicle crash that left one man with serious injuries closed Route 15 north in Meriden for hours Monday morning. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Stratford: Firefighters battle blaze at Mill Pond Circle
Stratford Fire Department in an online post advised people to use caution when in the area. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Suspect in August murders in CT arrested
The shootings occurred in Manchester on Aug. 4. A 24-year-old man and 20-year-old woman were killed. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Bridgeport police respond to reported Barnun Avenue stabbing
Authorities said the victim is reported to have been stabbed in the hand. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Springfield man charged in double murder in Manchester in August
A long-simmering feud between gang members in Springfield was the motivation for a double homicide in Manchester on Aug. 2, according to a warrant that was carried out on Nov. 21, resulting in the arrest of a Springfield man on two charges of murder. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Tragedy in Plymouth: Could the coronavirus lockdown have aggravated mental health issues in the mother accused of killing her own child?
As Connecticut slides into a winter of coronavirus restrictions and financial insecurities, there will be a greater risk of psychiatric crises – particularly among people coping with family tensions and underlying emotional issues, mental health experts say. The case of Naomi Bell, the Plymouth woman accused of shooting her daughter to death and critically wounding…
As coronavirus spreads once again in Connecticut nursing homes, facilities spared during the first wave are getting hit
Vernon Manor had been what state Department of Public Health officials are now referring to as a “COVID naive” facility — one that had been spared when the virus tore through nursing homes in the spring. But many are now getting hit as the second wave of the virus infiltrates long-term care facilities. Top Featured…
Looks like it will be a gray, rainy week ahead
Thanksgiving week starts with cloudy skies in Connecticut, with rain developing Sunday afternoon. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Off-peak fares will be in effect for Thanksgiving weekend
No early getaway trains will be running Wednesday. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Analysts: Lamont, lawmakers face $4.3 billion gap in next two-year state budget
State officials are facing almost $4.3 billion in red ink in the next two-year budget, due largely to the coronavirus-induced recession, according to a new report Friday from nonpartisan analysts. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Capturing ‘connectivity through books’ is the Key for this Black-owned, Afrocentric bookstore in Hartford
This past summer, Harrison was suddenly shipping 200-300 orders a day. She couldn’t keep books like “How to be an Antiracist,” “Stamped,” or “White Fragility” in stock. The Key sold 2,000 copies of “White Fragility” alone. It was time for a storefront. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
A town-by-town look at COVID-19 positivity and case rates across Connecticut. How does your town compare?
Look up the positivity for COVID-19 and case rate for your municipality Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Bridgeport investigating unlicensed, illegal COVID-19 testing site outside supermarket
The unlicensed pop-up site has appeared twice over the past week at the Gala Foods supermarket on East Main Street but was never reviewed or approved by either city or state health officials. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
