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Many people are breathing a sigh of relief as COVID-19 cases drop in the state. But there is still a concern experts are watching cautiously: the spread of a COVID-19 variant called the Delta variant. “The Delta variant is something for us to be very cautious about,” said Keith Grant, Hartford HealthCare senior system director of infection preventi...

Gov. Ned Lamont made an announcement Tuesday afternoon with details on more services residents can complete online with the Department of Motor Vehicles. They include the ability to change your address; renew a license and non-driver ID; license and non-driver ID duplicate requests; drive history requests; vessel registration renewal; a commercial ...

After a year of social distancing and coronavirus restrictions, the Hartford Business Improvement District (HBID) announced the return of the Pratt Street Salsa Socials to take place this summer. Sponsored by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and in partnership with Arthur Murray Dance Centers, the socials will be free and open to the public in downtown ...

Toxic and unsafe. That’s how parents and students describe their middle and high schools, and now they’re demanding change. They took their concerns to the Amity Regional School District #5 Board of Education meeting. “I feel unwanted and unsafe here at Amity,” said Amity High School Sophomore Samuel Bae. Bae says he’s dealt with discrimination and...

Connecticut schools that still use Native American nicknames and mascots could take a financial hit if they continue to use those images without written consent from a state- or federally-recognized tribe in their region, according to a provision tucked into a massive budget implementation bill that’s up for a vote on Monday. Municipalities f...

Police have arrested three Amazon employees accused of stealing more than $50,000 in merchandise from the company’s distribution warehouse in North Haven. Detectives began an investigation in March after Amazon discovered some inconsistencies in its inventory at the warehouse off of Washington Avenue. They reviewed surveillance video and inte...

The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, which Paul Newman founded in 1988 as a place for seriously ill children to have a summer camp experience, will be welcoming back children and their families for in-person camps this summer after pausing in-person activities since 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a large fire in February. Camp will resume on&#823...

A woman was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after a crash in Naugatuck on Monday night. Officers were called to a crash with serious injuries involving two vehicles on New Haven Road around 8 p.m. According to investigators, a Bethany woman was driving northbound on New Haven Road when she crossed into the southbound lane and h...

At the Region 5 Board of Education meeting, students and parents expressed frustration and fear, describing intolerant and hostile environments in the middle and high schools. One parent who spoke at the meeting said she’s scared to have her children enter the school system, worried about what they’ll be exposed to. “I feel unwant...

A 17-year-old is dead and two others were injured during a car crash in Mansfield Monday afternoon, police said. State police said the crash happened on Mansfield City Road at approximately 2:45 p.m. Officials said the teen ran off the right side of the road and hit a tree. He later succumbed to their injuries. State police have identified the&#823...

Police are investigating a homicide after a man found with several gunshot wounds following a crash in Bridgeport on Monday night died. Police responded to the 800 block of State Street at 7:41 p.m. Monday after ShotSpotter went off and people reported gunshots. Two minutes later, there was a report of a crash at Park Avenue and State Street and&#8...

Four people were taken to the hospital after a house fire in Woodstock on Tuesday and part of Route 169 is closed while crews investigate. Firefighters were called to a home on Route 169 just after midnight after getting a report of a house fire with people possibly inside. When crews arrived, they said there were visible flames on the…...

An overturned tractor-trailer has closed part of Interstate 91 north in Rocky Hill on Tuesday. State Dept. of Transportation officials said the two left lanes of I-91 north are closed between exits 23 and 24. There’s no word on when the highway will fully reopen. It’s unclear if anyone was injured in the incident.

The federal government is auctioning off the Penfield Reef Lighthouse, but living in the lighthouse does have a few requirements.