Ansonia

The Ansonia Police Department and National Center for Missing and Exploited Children have released an age-enhanced photo of Vanessa Morales, a child who has been missing since December 2019 when her mother was found dead in their home. Vanessa Morales was 1 year old at the time of her disappearance. She is now almost 2 and a half years old….

As the search for Vanessa Morales continues, police have released an age-enhanced photo of the young Ansonia child.

Police have released the identity of the person killed in a motorcycle crash in Ansonia Sunday night. After receiving a 911 call around 7 p.m., officers say they found 55-year-old Kevin Parham lying in the street at the intersection on East Main, Main, North Main, and State Streets. They also found Parham’s motorcycle a short distance away on North Main…

A Cumberland Farms in Ansonia has temporarily closed after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. Cumberland Farms officials said a team member at the location on Pershing Drive tested positive for COVID-19 and the store was closed on Friday. While the store is closed, it will be cleaned and sanitized by an industrial cleaning crew, officials said. All employees who…

Ansonia Public Schools will be going fully remote and expect to remain that way until mid-January. A statement on the Ansonia Public Schools website says they will end in-person instruction on Friday, Nov. 13 and move to remote classes on Monday, Nov. 16. and expect to continue remote classes until Jan. 18, 2021. The district’s Pre-K programs at Ansonia Middle…

Ansonia Public Schools transition to full time remote learning amid a rise in COVID-19 cases.

In an apparent letter to superintendents, state education officials are stressing that while COVID-19 are on the rise, school districts should do their best not to disrupt in-person learning unless absolutely necessary.

Eversource crews worked throughout Wednesday to fix a problem that led to a natural gas low pressue issue at more than 2,000 homes in Derby and Ansonia.

Gov. Ned Lamont announced that beginning Friday the state will be rolling back to what is being called Phase 2.1 when many restrictions will be put back into place and gathering size limits will lower again.

Two men are injured after a shooting in Ansonia early Saturday morning. Police said they heard several gunshots coming from the area of West Main Street around 2 a.m. When officers responded to the area, they said they found a 26-year-old man in the municipal parking lot who had been shot. Officers rendered medical aid to the man until an…

Ansonia police have arrested a man accused of murdering a Derby mother. Police said 20-year-old Rosali Acquefreda, of Derby, was found with serious injuries after a report of a possible hit-and-run on Coe Lane and North Coe Lane Sunday afternoon. She died of her injuries, which police said were not consistent with a crash, at the hospital. The State of…

Rosali Acquefreda was stabbed to death Sunday. Family members say the suspect is the father of her 3-year-old son.

Family members say 20-year-old Rosali Acquefreda was getting ready to make big moves in her life when she was killed over the weekend. She leaves behind a 3-year-old son

A 20-year-old woman found in Ansonia after a report of a car crash died of stab wounds, Ansonia police said Monday. Officers in Derby notified the Ansonia Police Department about an evading vehicle crash involving a pedestrian on Coe Lane and North Coe Lane shortly before 5 p.m. Sunday, police said. When police arrived at the scene, they said they…

A man charged with killing the mother of his missing baby in Ansonia last year is due in court today Jose Morales is accused of killing 43-year-old Christine Holloway. She was found dead in her home on Myrtle Avenue in Ansonia on Dec. 2, 2019 after she failed to show up for work and there was no sign of her…

State Rep. Kara Rochelle announced that she secured $500,000 to help fund the demolition of the partially collapsed former factory building at 35 North Main St. in Ansonia and local and state officials held a news conference Friday morning to discuss plans for downtown Ansonia. Rochelle said the state bond commission, which is meeting on July 21, must. authorize the…

Ansonia police are investigating a complaint of a suspicious man who allegedly approached two girls in the parking lot of a middle school on Tuesday night. Officers said an 11-year-old girl and a 12-year-old girl were walking in the parking lot of Ansonia Middle School around 8 p.m. when they were approached by a black vehicle driven by a man….

Ansonia police are searching for a man who approached two girls while they were walking outside the middle school.