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Things are moving quickly for CT United FC, the new MLS Next team coming to Bridgeport in 2025. “When we first started this, we genuinely wanted to have a positive impact on the community,” said André Swanston, founding partner of Connecticut Sports Group. “Bridgeport and the greater area, people are genuinely excited about this.&...

Two men have been taken to the hospital after a shooting in Hartford on Thursday evening. Police said they responded to Homestead Avenue at about 3:10 p.m. after getting a ShotSpotter alert. Officers said two men, both in their 20s, were dropped off at the hospital with gunshot wounds. Police said the men both have non-life threatening injuries. Th...

Barstool Sports found Dave Portnoy has reviewed roughly 40 pizza places throughout Connecticut, and on Wednesday he made a surprise visit to Sapore Pizzeria and Bar. “It was just business as usual, just a regular Wednesday,” Sapore manager Sarah Saunders said. It was just a regular Wednesday, for a basic cheese pizza order at Old Lyme’s Sapore Pizz...

A retail worker has been taken to the hospital after a customer reportedly threw a powdery substance at them in Meriden on Thursday afternoon. Meriden police said the incident happened at Windsor inside the Meriden Mall just before 12:45 p.m. The employee told officers that their eyes were irritated and it felt as if their throat was closing up. Th...

Renowned journalist Lesley Stahl will headline this year’s Travelers Championship Women’s Day breakfast. The event will take place on Thursday, June 20 at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell. All proceeds will benefit tournament charities. “The Women’s Day Breakfast is an event we all look forward to, and with Lesley as our headliner, this ...

Ceremonies and parades will be happening across the state to commemorate Memorial Day. While many events are happening on Monday, May 27, some will be held before the official holiday. Here is a list of many of the events across the state. Monday, May 27 The parade starts at 8:45 a.m. from the Andover Elementary School parking lot to Route…...

The state’s largest Pride event is returning to Downton Middletown!  We are excited to announce that for the seventh consecutive year, NBC CT and Telemundo CT are the exclusive media partners of the Middletown PrideFEST!  On Saturday, June 1, from 12 p.m. to 10 pm, the well-attended street festival will offer free fun entertainment for the entire f...

A fire shut down Route 6 in Farmington near the Bristol town line on Thursday. Scott Swamp Road (Route 6) was closed between Camp Street and Plainville Avenue (Route 177), according to police. The road has since reopened. Firefighters from Bristol also responded to the scene to help fight the fire. The Bristol Fire Department says it was forced to&...

A former top official in Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont’s budget office who played a key role in school construction grants and offshore wind projects was arrested Thursday morning and later pleaded not guilty to extortion, bribery, conspiracy and false statement charges in an alleged scheme involving contractors. Konstantinos “Kosta” Diamantis, a for...

Police shot a man in the leg while responding to calls about a person with a dangerous weapon early Thursday morning in Bridgeport. Police said they received several calls around 5:54 a.m. reporting that a man had a knife in the 200 block of Birdseye Street.  Officers responded, encountered an armed man and discharged their firearms, shooting the m...

State police have arrested two suspects in a burglary in Woodstock that led to evacuations and road closures. State troopers responded to Woodstock Road in Woodstock just before noon on Wednesday after a bystander saw two men who were carrying baseball bats approach a residence and go through a window and into the second-floor apartment. They met w...

Periods of rain are expected, on and off, through this afternoon with drying trends for later tonight and this evening. The flood warning issued for Windham County has now expired. This afternoon temps are expected to stay in the mid 60s with isolated and scattered showers. It will be mostly cloudy tonight and Friday, with low temperatures in the 5...

Connecticut oysters are really a treasure, and they’re about to get a bit easier to find. “There’s no reason why people shouldn’t be getting excited about oysters in Connecticut. They’re incredible,” said Beth Simonds, owner of Stonington Farms Shellfish, a family and majority women-owned business that launched in 2017. They’re now on the map. The ...