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A longstanding diner in Wethersfield expects to have to close their doors for good after the town Planning and Zoning Commission approved plans to build mixed-use housing in its place. The Wethersfield Diner has called the Silas Deane Highway home for roughly 70 years, according to the owner. “Horrified, heartbroken, pissed off. It’s wrong,” ...

Police are investigating a shooting in Waterbury on Thursday afternoon and said the victim has life-threatening injuries. Officers responded to the intersection of Bishop and Bronson streets at 1 p.m. after receiving a report of a shooting and found a crime scene, police said. But before the officers got there, Saint Mary’s Hospital contacted polic...

The governor has signed legislation that will prohibit health-care providers and hospitals in Connecticut from reporting a person’s medical debt to credit rating agencies for use in credit reports. The law also voids any medical debt that is reported to credit rating agencies, according to Gov. Ned Lamont. It takes effect on July 1. “When medical d...

Windsor High School was placed in lockdown Thursday morning after a student brought what was initially believed to be a gun to school. Police responded to the school just before 11 a.m. after getting a report that a male student had a gun in the bathroom. The 16-year-old student was located and detained. It was determined the student had a…...

UConn has suspended the campus chapter of the Lambda Theta Phi fraternity Thursday, less than a week after the chapter’s former president was arrested in connection to a hazing incident. The initial incident occurred in early February, but was reported to state police on March 23 by a student who had taken part in the initiation process for t...

Roads in the West Rock neighborhood of New Haven are getting major improvements to keep pedestrians and bicyclists safe. Phase I included a new bus stop, new speed bumps and new signs along Wintergreen Avenue and Springside Avenue near Common Ground High School. “That on its own makes me feel safer every day and makes students feel safer every day,...

A mix of sun and clouds is expected on Thursday and the clouds will win out over time. The high temperatures will be between the high 60s and around 70. Clouds will produce showery periods overnight tonight and tomorrow morning, then the chance for showers drops on Friday afternoon. The weekend will be so/so with lots of clouds on Saturday,…...

Four people have died after a wrong-way head-on crash and fire that closed part of the Merritt Parkway in Stratford for nearly seven hours on Thursday morning. State troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash around 1:43 a.m. after a driver in a Honda CRV who was going north in the southbound lane collided with a Chrysler Town & Country minivan&...

Around every corner at the “Lost in New Haven Museum,” there’s a special memory for some and something new to learn for others. “This is the ultimate memory lane,” Founder and Executive Director Robert Greenberg said. “This is all cultures of New Haven, young and old.” When it officially opens this summer, Lost in New Haven will be home...

Connecticut lawmakers began the 2024 legislative session with hopes of passing one of the first major bills in the U.S. to rein in bias in artificial intelligence and protect citizens from harm. But a veto threat from Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont, a former businessman who voiced concern the legislation might stifle innovation and make Conne...

Pro-Palestinian encampments have been forcibly shut down on some college campuses including here in Connecticut. But one university in the state is drawing attention for allowing a protest to continue. An encampment at Wesleyan University in Middletown started late last month. And with the school somewhat supportive, advocates say they plan to stay...

A man has been arrested after he allegedly fired a gunshot near a playground where children were playing in Bridgeport. It happened on the 200 block of Granfield Avenue just after 4 p.m. on Monday. The police department said they received a ShotSpotter alert of a gunshot fired in the area. Responding officers were told that a car driven by…...

Connecticut has a lot of folks fired up about litter from mini liquor bottles, known as nips, that you find all over our state. They’re in urban settings, parks, homeless encampments – and even way out in the country in Winsted, where Rob Asselin lives. He said he picks up a bag full of them every night when he goes…

Police have arrested a man that allegedly ran toward officers with a knife before a police shooting in Naugatuck last month. Police received a 911 call about a man with a knife at Baummer’s Pond Park acting erratically on April 25 shortly before 9:15 a.m. When officers arrived at the park on Mill Street, they said they found 24-year-old Kyle&...