Cheap gas, stepped-up police patrols and gorgeous weather on tap for Labor Day weekend in Connecticut

The Labor Day weekend promises a pleasant closing to Connecticut’s long, hot summer, with low humidity, sunny skies and temperatures hovering around 80 degrees. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Connecticut home sales heat up as New Yorkers flee and at-home workers look for more space. This summer’s real estate boom may just be the beginning.

Connecticut’s home sale market is stronger than it has been in 15 years, despite the pandemic and unemployment. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Is your house worth more? These 10 towns saw the biggest home sale price jumps in July as the residential real estate market heated up in greater Hartford

Connecticut’s home sale market is getting a welcome boost, after more than a decade trying to make up purchase price gains lost in the last recession. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

The end of the school day will come quicker in Bridgeport, for now

In a school year of changes, here’s another one. Bridgeport Public Schools will shorten the end of regular school days by a half hour. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Democrats allow Lamont to extend emergency powers until February

During a morning meeting in the State Capitol complex, Democrats defeated a GOP motion to overturn the extension of the governor’s emergency power. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Feds: Bookkeeper gets 6 months for embezzling $400K from employer

A Colchester woman was ordered to pay full restitution to her employer after stealing $400,000 over the course of a year, authorities said. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

By the numbers: UConn’s Class of 2024 is most diverse yet; more than half of first-year students graduated in top 10% of their high school class

Classes began Monday for the 6,700 new and transfer students who joined UConn’s Class of 2024. The group includes about 5,750 first-year students and 950 who transferred. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Federal Reserve gives Connecticut economy mixed review as COVID concerns continue

The Federal Reserve’s latest report on the region’s economy, released Wednesday, gave Connecticut a mixed review, with some sectors doing well while others continue to feel the pandemic’s disruptive effects. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Connecticut sets up data system to track student participation during pandemic

Taking attendance at school has never been easy, but now, with students in class both in person and online because of the pandemic, the task is as tricky as it is critical to their education. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Ansonia man accused of killing ex to appear in court

Andre LeFrancois is expected in court for arraignment Thursday morning. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Naturalization delays could prevent many immigrants from voting in November

Thousands of immigrants are stuck in a backlog of pending cases in the Hartford office of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Peter Manfredonia, accused of deadly crime spree, returns to court

The former UConn student will be in court Thursday on charges related to the killing of a high school classmate and kidnapping of the man’s girlfriend in Derby. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Connecticut’s first virtual beer fest brings the tasting experience home

Connecticut beer enthusiasts can instead look forward to a “virtual” festival, featuring an interactive online tasting experience and live Q&As; with Connecticut brewers and hosts. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Glastonbury elementary school staff member tests positive for COVID-19 on first day of classes

A Glastonbury elementary school staff member tested positive for COVID-19 on the first day of classes and she and three other staff members in the district who recently had contact with her, including two who work at other schools, will quarantine for 14 days. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

South Windsor police chief Scott Custer retiring after 31 years

South Windsor Police Chief Scott P. Custer, a 31-year department veteran, has decided to retire to devote time to his family. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Lamont’s office: Agency overhauls an ‘enormous opportunity’ for efficiencies

Gov. Ned Lamont is moving forward with a plan to hire a consultant to help find efficiencies as state agencies faces thousands of retirements in next two years. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Naugatuck PD: Man came after officer, other person with knife

While investigating a complaint, the suspect came after one of the officers and the victim with a knife, police said. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Feds: CT man tied to drug, gun trafficking sentenced to nearly 4 years

A New Britain man will spend three years and 10 months in federal prison for his involvement with firearms trafficking, authorities said. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Connecticut adds Alaska, Montana to coronavirus travel advisory; 30 states and three territories now on list

Connecticut added two states to its latest travel advisory list, and didn’t drop any states or territories off of the list. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Waterbury public schools called police on children 200 times in six months, Connecticut’s child advocate says

Waterbury schools called the police on children as young as 4 years old, the report says. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Three dead at Connecticut nursing home in coronavirus outbreak as state cites owners for infection control violations — including nurse who reported for work despite exposure concerns

The Three Rivers nursing home in Norwich, where three have now died amid a coronavirus outbreak, was cited for a range of serious lapses — including a nurse who showed up for work despite telling co-workers she wasn’t feeling well and was concerned she had been exposed to COVID on a family vacation, a state…

Two hospitalized following Seymour crash

A serious accident closed Seymour’s Rimmon Road for almost six hours Monday. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

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