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A contractor from Milford is accused of taking more than $100,000 to do a custom cabinetry job in a home and then reportedly didn’t do the work for over a year. Police said 53-year-old Scott Furtado, of Milford, owns Custom Stiles Woodworking, LLC. and was hired by residents in Orange to complete a kitchen and other custom cabinetry in the&#8...

A Branford teen who is accused of bringing a gun to a school in North Haven last week has been arrested. Last Friday, the resource officer at North Haven High School learned about an incident that had happened after school the day before. Police had said a student from another school showed what appeared to be a gun. The school…

New Haven Police responded to Fair Haven School on Grand Avenue to investigate a report of an unidentified person inside. Police said the response was a precaution and no threats were made. The school was locked down as school security and officers looked for the male. The lockdown has since been lifted, according to police. No other information wa...

There was a $100,000 Cash5 winner in Connecticut on Sunday and the ticket was sold in Ansonia. The winning numbers were 9-28-31-32-35. The ticket was sold at Main Street Shell at 696 Main St. in Ansonia. No additional information was immediately.

Encampments set up at pro-Palestinian protests were taken down at Yale University and the University of Connecticut on Tuesday morning and police made some arrests at UConn. UConn officials said police removed tents and tarps on the campus in Storrs and arrested protesters who refused to take down tents and disperse. It was not immediately clear ho...

Two lanes of Interstate 84 East in Farmington have reopened after a rollover crash closed the area briefly on Tuesday morning. The left and center lanes of the highway were closed between exits 39A and 40. The highway has since fully reopened. It’s unclear if anyone was injured.

The state Department of Transportation is having another open forum on Tuesday to talk about the removal of traffic lights on Route 9 in Middletown. From early 2021 through 2023, the DOT recorded over 500 crashes around Middletown’s stoplight portion of Route 9. “Our goal is to remove the signals, get rid of the crashes without harming Main Street....

After an unusually warm day on Monday, Tuesday featured more seasonable temperatures and rain is possible in the evening. A few scattered showers are possible in the evening. Overnight, there may be some showers and perhaps a thunderstorm. Most of the rain will move out early Wednesday morning. Wednesday will be mainly dry with some partial sun. Hi...

If you are a student, or the parent of a student about to enroll in college, you may feel frustrated by delays in the Free Application For Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA. In Connecticut, the deadline to enroll is coming up, even as many are still waiting to find out what kind of financial aid packages they can get. Even…

An investigation into a storm drain explosion led officers to a suspicious-looking device in Meriden on Monday night. The police department said they were called to a reported explosion inside of a storm drain in the area of Cross Street and Women’s Way just after 6 p.m. Responding officers saw smoke coming from a nearby drain, but said the.....

The search is on for whoever struck and killed a 70-year-old peace activist in New Haven and then sped away. Amid concerns about speeding on Whalley Avenue in New Haven, neighbors were heartbroken to hear that Yusuf Gursey died after being hit by a car near the intersection with Brownell Street on Sunday night. “People are dying for no reason&#8230...

Police have arrested a man accused in the deadly shooting of a teen in Bridgeport earlier this month. A 17-year-old that was critically injured during the shooting was pronounced dead a week later. Authorities said it happened in the 1200 block of Park Avenue on April 10. Police responded to the area just before 7 p.m. after getting a ShotSpotter&#...

March 28 started like any other day for East Hartford High School senior Christiana Zembrowski. But when the clock struck 7 p.m., she received some life-changing news. Zembrowski learned that she had been accepted to three Ivy League schools – Harvard, Yale and Columbia – and she now has a very important decision to make. While waiting ...