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Debbie Pacileo co-owns Gaetano’s Tavern on Main, which for a while, came with a fun and lively outdoor dining experience.  “It worked out so well. It brought the community all together and made a beautiful atmosphere for Wallingford,” said Pacileo. For many years, Pacileo and neighboring restaurants in Simpson Court on N. Main Str...

During lunch time, the kitchen is sizzling and the line to order is always moving at La BoriChina in Waterbury.  “I feel proud it is a success,” La BoriChina owner Patricia Law Li said.  “I love the food, it is always so fresh,” Johanna Garcia said Owner Patricia Law Li said her family has been in the restaurant business since......

An East Haven man has been charged with animal cruelty after he was caught on camera allegedly kicking his dog while on a walk on Memorial Day. Salvatore Follo, 68, is facing two counts of cruelty to animals and one count of failure to license. East Haven Animal Control officers said they were alerted by a concerned citizen on Monday…

Another 1 million veterans have been able to get healthcare and other benefits thanks to a change two years ago, but local advocates say the works not done.   The Biden Administration announced last week that the PACT Act, signed into law in 2022, helped 1 million veterans sign up for care and benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs. ...

On Wednesday morning, Angel of Edgewood founder Jen Scott-Miller looked over the damages inside her warehouse after she said the building was robbed sometime overnight.  “It’s frustrating because we’re trying to do good and we do a lot of good work but people don’t understand, like I do a lot of this on my own behind the scenes and...

Farms along the Connecticut River and across the state are still making a comeback from last year’s devastating July flooding that ruined millions of dollars worth of crops. Some farmers are even reporting this year is off to a wet start. “We are going to give it everything we got this year,” said Lisa Gilbert with Gilbert farms. They...

A man who died while he was in New Britain police custody in August died of drug intoxication, according to the Office of the Inspector General. Police officers went to a home on Columbia Street just after 9:30 a.m. on Aug. 28 when they received a report of a man who was having mental difficulties and they found Marcell Felix…

Alex Karaban is not ready to end his UConn career. The redshirt junior announced Wednesday he has withdrawn from the NBA Draft and will return to Storrs next season. “While I’ve enjoyed the Draft process, Storrs is home. Let’s run it back,” Karaban posted on his Instagram account Wednesday. Karaban has been a key figure in t...

Police have arrested a suspect in the shooting deaths of two high school students in Hartford earlier this month. Lavante Brown, 19, of Hartford, and 16-year-old Aydin Davis, of Bloomfield were shot and killed at a party in an apartment on Hendricxsen Avenue on May 4. Brown was a student at Weaver High School and Davis attended the University High&...

Police have arrested a suspect in a homicide in Hartford last summer. Police said they found the victim, 33-year-old Angel Martinez, of Hartford, just after 7 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 14 when they responded to a ShotSpotter alert from the area of Granby Street and Tower Avenue. He had been shot and he died at the scene. Police said a…

On May 9, masked burglars wielding sledgehammers smashed display cases at a jewelry store in Westport and stole jewelry. Police have now made an arrest in the case. Officers responded to a burglary at Lux, Bond, and Green at 136 Main St. around 3:10 p.m. that day and employees told them that two people who wearing masks and gloves entered…...

One person has serious injuries after a fire in Greenwich on Tuesday afternoon. The fire was on Riversville Road. Assistant Fire Chief Justin McCarthy said the call came in around 1:30 p.m. as a report of a garage fire, then additional callers said that the fire had extended to the house. Firefighters found an older gentleman outside of the home&#8...

Yale University has appointed a new university president. Maurie McInnis, who graduated from Yale in 1996 with a Ph.D., will serve as the university’s 24th president. McInnis, a cultural historian, serves as president of Stony Brook University. She will assume the role on July 1, succeeding Peter Salovey, who is returning to the faculty full-time a...

Commerce Road in Glastonbury was closed for hours after a gas leak on Wednesday morning. A post on the town’s Facebook page says that a contractor who was performing work for Bemer Petroleum informed the Glastonbury fire marshal of propane leaks at the Commerce Street business site around 8 a.m. and the fire marshal, fire department and police depa...