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Barstool Sports owner Dave Portnoy made his way around Connecticut to try out some popular pizza spots. The king of pizza reviews visited several restaurants on Wednesday including Sicily Coal Fired Pizza in Middletown, Mondo Restaurant in Middletown and GG’s Wood Fired Pizza in Milford. Portnoy posed for a picture with school resource office...

A person was taken to the hospital after an auto body shop caught fire in Branford on Wednesday evening. The Branford Fire Department said they were called to The Final Finish auto restoration shop on North Main Street at 3:30 p.m. Responding crews found heavy fire coming from the wood-frame building. The fire spread rapidly before it was ultimatel...

A police officer was taken to the hospital after a car crashed into their cruiser in New Britain on Wednesday. Authorities said a 17-year-old was speeding on East Street when her car spin out while taking a turn, hitting multiple cars including a New Britain police cruiser. The police cruiser appears to have been struck head-on, and it has visible&...

There is a special graduation ceremony in Hartford on Thursday for some of the youngest nurses in training. The Mini Nurse Academy aims to attract kids to the field of nursing at a young age. Looking sharp in tiny white coats, the cohort of kids steps into graduation with minds sharpened by a new knowledge of nursing. “The kids were…

The Connecticut State Department of Education is calling all businesses to help show school staff some appreciation this summer. The department is looking for participants in the third annual School Staff Appreciation Digital Backpack Program. It offers special discounts to school staff members to show them support from the community. Leslie Blatte...

The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security is asking people to be aware of potential threats from foreign terrorist organizations and their supporters at LGBTQ-related events this year. “Obviously there’s always some sort of underlying fear concern with such a large-scale event,” Haley Stafford with Middletown Pride said. Sta...

The race for one of Connecticut’s U.S. Senate seats is starting to take shape, although Republicans are still uncertain about their nominee. Beacon Falls First Selectman Gerry Smith has secured the party’s endorsement to challenge U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, but he still has at least one challenger. Matt Corey, of Manchester, secured enough votes...

On Wednesday morning, New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker kicked off the start of the outdoor dining season at College Street’s Music Hall. A study by the New Haven Center for Performing Arts found that the Music Hall venue and the Westville Music Bowl venue at Yale brought thousands of people to the city. “You see how vibrant our community...

“The structural engineer was very clear. It is safe. He’s just recommending to replace that slab,” Stonington Board of Education Chairman Farouk Rajab said. The future of Stonington Middle School remains up in the air after engineers discovered cracks on part of the second-story floor back in April. “I wasn’t surprised, but I know that Stonington i...

Multiple people have been charged in connection to a prostitution probe at Electric Blue Café in Tolland, and a new indictment is shedding light on what happened. An indictment returned by a federal grand jury states that Electric Blue strip club employed dancers who performed nude dances and lap dances for customers. The establishment’s owne...

Two people have been arrested after an hours-long standoff in Woodstock that ended early Thursday morning, according to state police. The investigation began just before noon as a robbery investigation on Woodstock Road and caused evacuations and several road closures on Wednesday. State police said two men with a baseball bat and a gun went throug...

Planning on heading to Squantz Pond State Park? The state has put a new online parking reservation system in effect for visitors who will be going to the park on weekends and holidays. The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection strongly encourages people who will be going to reserve a parking spot ahead of going to the park and&#82...

A Manchester police officer was justified in shooting a man who came at her with a knife in July 2023, according to the state’s Inspector General. Officer Haley Ouellette responded to an apartment complex on North Main Street around 6:40 p.m. on July 16, 2023 for a report of a domestic disturbance. There, she was confronted by Joseph Diloreto...