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A man from New Britain has died after a crash on Route 9 in Berlin on Sunday morning. State police said 41-year-old Ahmed Durrant, of New Britain, was traveling on Route 9 southbound north of exit 23 around 12:12 a.m. when he lost control of his vehicle. According to investigators, the vehicle veered from the road, hit a metal beam…

Berlin start-up ATAI Life Sciences announced that it is planning to raise $100 million in an initial public offering.

Europe’s most powerful economy has suffered from the coronavirus pandemic, having faced different waves of infections and subsequent lockdowns.

Connecticut is receiving an additional 288,000 COVID-19 vaccines this week, according to Governor Ned Lamont. With people 16 years old and older now eligible, the governor said soon he will start planning for parades, graduations and proms. “If you’re going to school, you got your cohort of friends, I would like to think we can have a nice prom this…

Schools across Connecticut are planning for what school activities like graduation will look like amide the ongoing coronavirus pandemic as people get vaccinated.

Snap acquired Fit Analytics, a Berlin company that helps consumers pick the right size clothing when they shop online.

A competition will soon be underway in Berlin. You can win a prize, but organizers hope you’ll participate to help support local businesses too. It’s called “Berlin Bingo.” To check off a box on your game sheet, a unique task needs to be completed at a business in town. “Everything from buy a coffee, burger, pizza, even visit a...

A competition will soon be underway in Berlin where you can win a prize by helping boost local businesses.

A Silver Alert has expired for a missing 82-year-old man from Berlin. Romauld Mogdans was found on Dec. 10, according to Berlin police. Mogdans is 5-foot-6 and weighs 190 pounds. He has white hair and blue eyes. It is unknown what he was last seen wearing. Anyone with information is asked to contact Berlin police at 860-828-7080.

Jed Leiber was an adult before he learned that his family was once part-owner of a collection of centuries-old religious artworks now said to be worth at least $250 million.

More than 1,500 police have carried out a series of searches in Berlin and arrested three people in a massive operation connected to the spectacular theft of 18th-century jewels from a unique collection in Dresden last November

The spirit of Halloween is alive and well, costumes and apparel continue to sell and houses remain decorated. Halloween itself, though, may take on a different look this year. Earlier this month, the Department of Public Health described traditional door-to-door trick-or-treating as a high-risk activity and warned against it. Although, it has not been outwardly banned; going door-to-door is now…

A Connecticut state trooper dove to safety as a driver who police said was under the influence hit a cruiser in the shoulder of Route 9, where police had pulled over a wrong-way driver who was also suspected of being impaired, according to state police. State police said they received several 911 calls shortly after 4 a.m. Sunday about a…

A new development will bring apartments, a medical office, and restaurant and retail space to the area near the train station in Berlin and a groundbreaking ceremony will be held this morning. The governor will be in Berlin at at 10:30 a.m. for the groundbreaking ceremony for Steele Boulevard in Berlin. The governor’s office said part of an $18 million…

Just 24 hours after finding out that the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference canceled full-contact high school football, Berlin football players were helping with a youth flag football program. Flag football is moderate risk because of the limited contact. “It helps in some ways just getting involved with the sport still and just knowing that you’re doing something to help the…

Just 24 hours after finding out that the CIAC canceled full-contact high school football, Berlin football players were helping with a youth flag football program.

Crews extinguished a fire at Comcast in Berlin Saturday morning after they received a report that there was an odor of natural gas in the building. The fire happened at approximately 8:01 a.m. at 222 New Park Dr. When crews got to the scene, they determined the odor was actually of electrical burning within the building, they said. The building…

The Berlin Lions Club hosted a drive-thru food giveaway on Saturday. The club said they were giving away fresh produce from the farmers at the Berlin Fairgrounds as part of the “Farmers to Families Food Box” initiative from the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. “The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is collaborating with farmers, ranchers, specialty crop producers, food...