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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…...

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...

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 ...

Barstool Sports owner Dave Portnoy made his way around Connecticut to try out some popular pizza spots. The king of pizza reviews visited several restaurants on Wednesday including Sicily Coal Fired Pizza in Middletown, Mondo Restaurant in Middletown and GG’s Wood Fired Pizza in Milford. Portnoy posed for a picture with school resource office...

A person was taken to the hospital after an auto body shop caught fire in Branford on Wednesday evening. The Branford Fire Department said they were called to The Final Finish auto restoration shop on North Main Street at 3:30 p.m. Responding crews found heavy fire coming from the wood-frame building. The fire spread rapidly before it was ultimatel...

A police officer was taken to the hospital after a car crashed into their cruiser in New Britain on Wednesday. Authorities said a 17-year-old was speeding on East Street when her car spin out while taking a turn, hitting multiple cars including a New Britain police cruiser. The police cruiser appears to have been struck head-on, and it has visible&...