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Tis the sneezin’! Weather plays a big role in allergy season, but it’s not the only player that makes this time of year tough for those with allergies. Allergy season is picking up and we are feeling it here across Connecticut. Natalie Marquez Rivera and her daughter’s allergies have been getting more active lately. “My daughter a...

Senator Richard Blumenthal is urging his colleagues in Congress to pass a supplemental bill that would provide military aid to Israel and Ukraine, as well as humanitarian aid to Gaza. His push comes in light of Iran’s attacks on Israel over the weekend. “I’m deeply concerned about the potential for escalation,” he said before his trip back to D.C.....

Yankees radio broadcaster John Sterling, who first started calling games for the Bronx Bombers in 1989, is retiring effective immediately, the team announced Monday. Sterling has called 5,420 regular season games and 211 postseason games, including 5,060 consecutive games from Sept. 1989 to July 2019, according to the team. Sunday, April 7 was Ster...

“I love this place, I love this street,” Nica’s Market owner Joseph Sabino said. Sabino has owned Nica’s Market on Orange Street in New Haven for more than three decades. “It’s very important to keep business, it’s not only business now, it is a friendship, and it’s people I have seen for 36 years,” Sabino said. Sabino is looking...

Police are investigating after finding a body at Lake Whitney in Hamden on Monday morning. Authorities said they responded to the area of Hartford Turnpike and Rogers Road at about 11:15 a.m. A man was found dead and was removed from the water by fire personnel. The Medical Examiner’s Office will perform an autopsy. They say a preliminary inv...

You may have seen a bright light in the sky on Saturday night. NASA confirms it was a meteor that passed through the night sky in New York. The meteor was visible just after 9 p.m. Officials said hundreds of people in Connecticut, as well as several nearby states, were able to see it. The meteor was visible in New…

Two people were injured during a shooting in New Haven on Sunday night. Police said they were called to the area of Lodge and Level streets just before 7 p.m. Officers said a 19-year-old and 31-year-old were taken to the hospital in a private vehicle with non-life threatening injuries. Ballistic evidence was found at the scene and a crime scene&#82...

A man has life-threatening injuries after being hit by a car in Waterbury on Monday. The police department said they responded to the intersection of Cooke Street and Hawley Avenue at 8:30 a.m. Responding officers said a man was taken to the hospital in critical condition with life-threatening injuries. The driver stayed on scene and is cooperating...

The Roxbury estate of the late Stephen Sondheim has a buyer. Klemm Real Estate said the house sold for the full asking price of $3.25 million in less than two weeks. Sondheim brought us Broadway hits including “West Side Story,” “Gypsy,” “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” “Into the Woods” and many more. Klemm Real Estate…...

A man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his partner multiple times at a home in Fairfield on Sunday. The police department said they were called to Mountain Laurel Road just after 11 p.m. for a reported domestic incident. Officers said they arrested Robert Van Weddle, 51, after he allegedly stabbed his partner, resulting in serious injuries....

Country singer Jon Pardi is coming to Connecticut in June. Pardi, a member of the Grand Ole Opry, is known for many country hits, including, “Dirt On My Boots,” “Your Heart or Mine,” “Head Over Boots,” “Heartache On The Dance Floor,” “Night Shift” and more.   He will perform at Mohegan Sun Arena on Thursday, June 20 at 7:30 p.m….

There will be no classes or final exams at the University of Bridgeport on Monday because of a power outage on campus, according to the school’s social media accounts. Instagram and Facebook posts say there will be no academic activities, including final exams, on Monday, April 15. View this post on Instagram A post shared by University of Bridgepo...

State police are investigating a break-in at a storage facility in Old Lyme. State troopers responded to CubeSmart at 232 Shore Road at 12:42 p.m. Sunday to investigate a theft from a storage unit and found a lock latch had been pried from a door and eight units were unsecured, state police said. Troopers left a message with the manager…...