Avon

Police in Avon say they’ve made an arrest following an investigation into a juvenile being struck by a vehicle. According to police, the incident happened Friday night just after 9 p.m. in the area of Arch Road and Security Drive. That’s where police say a juvenile was hit by a vehicle while they were riding their bike. Following road...

Plans are in the works for Avon’s inaugural restaurant week and several restaurants and bakeries are planning to take part. Avon Restaurant Week will be held the week of Oct. 21. These are the restaurants and bakeries taking part and more are expected to be added: The special restaurant week menus will be posted on the town’s website.

A statewide initiative kicked off Tuesday to help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) get jobs. The Connecticut Department of Aging and Disability Services/Bureau of Rehabilitation Services and other local organizations are partnering to create AllWorkCT. It aims to give more employers the opportunity to connect with people with IDD. It’s a combination of in person and virtual...

Taylor got to check out one of the oldest local coffee shops in the Farmington Valley.

Owner Mike Androw showed us how to make his Pickin Patch Summer Tomato Pie.

A teenager was hospitalized with multiple serious injuries after falling from a cliff in Avon Saturday night. Avon police said emergency crews responded just before midnight Saturday to a report that an 18-year-old woman had fallen from a rocky ledge while walking in the area of Brian Lane. According to authorities, the teen’s friend said the two had been...

Community members came together to cover the surgical costs for a dog who suffered serious injuries when she either jumped or was thrown from a moving vehicle in Avon on Tuesday. Avon animal control officials said the dog was thrown from a vehicle on Route 44 in the area of Petco and Puerto Vallarta at approximately 4 p.m. Tuesday. Police…

This year’s hydrangea blooms have been fantastic. Some say this is the first ever significant bloom they have experienced from their plants.

They are brightening up yards all over the state — this year’s hydrangea blooms have been fantastic. Some say this is the first ever significant bloom they have experienced from their plants. “Summertime in new England we expect to see hydrangeas, and these are the most beautiful I have ever seen in several years,” said Kama Cawley in Avon. She…

Route 10 in Avon was closed on Friday morning after a tree came down on wires, but has reopened. The road was closed at Old Farms Road, according to the State Department of Transportation.

There is a new spa in Avon and it is offering more than facials, peels, and waxes. The owner is a clinically trained therapist, and Diane DeStefano is helping local cancer patients at CleanSkin Med Spa. It was a family graduation trip to Puerto Rico in 2018 when Sharon Dixon Gosta noticed something felt off with her husband. “He was…

There is a new spa in Avon and it is offering more than facials, peels, and waxes. The owner is a clinically trained therapist, and Diane DeStefano is helping local cancer patients at CleanSkin Med Spa. 

Residents are demanding answers after a fire forced dozens of families from their homes in Avon in April. They spoke out at a town council meeting on Thursday. “It’s getting old, you know. It’s getting old and, you know, it’s living in a hotel,” said David Ossorio, of Avon. Tenants like Ossorio still can’t return home more than six...

Residents are demanding answers after a fire forced dozens of families from their homes in Avon in April.

Max A Mia is moving to a new location in Avon. After 34 years at 70 East Main St., the restaurant will be moving down the road to 380 West Main St., the former Bertucci’s restaurant in Avon Marketplace. Max Hospitality expects the move to happen in early 2025.  “We are beyond excited about this move and the opportunity it…

Jackie takes us inside the women’s clothing store located in Avon.

Frustration is growing for tenants who were forced out after a fire at their Avon apartment complex last month. They say they’re not getting timely communication from property management. It has been two weeks of adjustments for Elizabeth Graves and her children as they have stayed with local family and friends in the area. That’s because her apartment building has...

Frustration is growing for tenants who were forced out after a fire at their Avon apartment complex last month. They say they’re not getting timely communication from property management.

“There was no erratic driving or anything to indicate that, but they were concerned enough to call,” said Lt. John Schmalberger of Avon Police. Children and parents of Avon Public Schools alerted police of what they say was erratic behavior coming from their bus driver on Wednesday afternoon. “Some yelling, some loud outbursts, some hand waving but nothing that was…

Avon police have begun an investigation after getting reports of a school bus driver acting erratically with students on board on Wednesday.