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Middletown Mayor Ben Florsheim is stepping down from his position. Florsheim said he will be stepping down effective June 16. “There are a number of personal and professional reasons why I’ve come to the decision to move on, not least of which is my faith in Gene (Common council president Eugene Nocera ) and the entire team here to keep…...

Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam announced Tuesday the city has secured an additional $3 million for Hartford Public Schools. The school district was facing a $6.7 million budget deficit, threatening to cut several programs for students. This additional money will help keep some of those programs running, including the district’s dental clin...

Connecticut state police have arrested a Durham man who is accused of speeding and driving recklessly in Durham, Haddam and Killingworth, in once case going up to 137 miles per hour, and posting video. State police said they learned on May 7 about videos and reels posted on social media of a 27-year-old Durham man driving going between 78 and 137&#...

WalletHub ranked 300 cities across the country based on home prices and they found hundreds of cities were more affordable than communities here in Connecticut. The median sale price rose from $313,000 in the first quarter of 2019 to $416,900 in the first quarter of this year and the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate rose from a historic low of&#...

An investigation is underway after a man was reportedly stabbed in the head by a stranger while walking in Middletown on Monday night. Officers were called to Pearl Street around 9:10 p.m. for a report of an assault. Firefighters had originally responded to the area for a medical call about a head injury, but police said during the assessment, it&#...

A 24-year-old Windsor Locks man who was found dead in an idling car in Manchester on Tuesday morning had been shot, according to police. Officers responded to Irving Street and Woodland Street just before 4 a.m. when someone reported that a driver in an idling car was unresponsive and they found Jordan Patterson, 24, of Windsor Locks, in the driver...

Fire caused major damage at the Flagship Inn & Suites in Groton on Tuesday morning and police said firefighters found the main building on fire and propane tanks at the back of the building exploding. An employee called 911 around 1:07 a.m. Tuesday and reported fire in the main office, then a resident near the hotel called to report a…...

Bethany First Selectman Paula Cofrancesco announced during a town meeting on Monday evening she will resign from her position. Her decision comes days after the release of a scathing report detailing how she and others handled a town employee who was under investigation for allegedly sexually assaulting several girls at a town-run summer camp and a...

A Stamford, Connecticut, man received the gift of life when he was given a kidney from his coworker and friend.

Yale University held its 324th commencement ceremony at the historic Old Campus on Monday.  More than 1,000 students, along with family members, made their way down Temple Street in New Haven to celebrate the momentous occasion. “All my hard work for the past four years has finally led up to this moment, I’m so excited,” Breanna Nguyen said. One of...

New Haven is the next Connecticut municipality looking to install cameras on their school buses — hoping to catch people who run the bus stop signs.   This comes less than a year after the state legislature gave individual cities and towns the go-ahead to set up these initiatives in their communities. City leaders say they believe drivers are...

On Monday, Windsor Public Schools unveiled the district’s new mobile school bus. “It’s our way or reimagining what education could look like,” said Windsor Assistant Superintendent Dr. Noha Abdel-Hady. Abdel-Hady says she’s been thinking about this for three years, but things started to fall in place a little over a year ago. The goal of the bus is...

If you are one of the many people who use Facebook Marketplace, Waterbury police have a warning for you. There’s been a series of robberies in the city during Facebook Marketplace meet-ups, with the latest happening just this past weekend. Police told us the most recent robbery was on Saturday, and a gun was involved. Tom Dooley has lived......

The Avon Volunteer Fire Department is looking for help.  Avon Volunteer Fire Department Chief Bruce Appell said there were about 100 volunteer firefighters in town 40 years ago. Over the last decade, numbers have decreased and stayed consistent at about 50 firefighters.  “There were just a lot more people that were members of the fire departme...