Bloomfield

Bloomfield police have made an arrest after an investigation into a complaint about a man directing racial slurs at an 8-year-old boy at a local pawn shop earlier this month. The boy’s mother said she and her son were shopping inside Silas Deane Pawn Shop on June 4 when a man approached her son and began calling him racial slurs….

Bloomfield protesters gathered together on the Town Green on Saturday to express their frustrations following two race-related incidents. The first incident occurred last Thursday at Silas Deane Pawn Shop when an 8-year-old boy was called a racial slur. The second incident happened after a candle-light vigil where a man says he had a gun pulled out on him by a…

Bloomfield protesters gathered together on the Town Green on Saturday to express their frustrations following two race-related incidents.

A man was transported to the hospital with head injuries after a crash in Bloomfield on Friday. Officers were called to Simsbury Road on Friday night after getting a report of a crash with injuries. While police were en route, dispatchers said one of the vehicles had rolled over. When officers arrived, they said they found a Jeep on its…

Bloomfield Mayor Suzette Debatham-Brown and Police Chief Paul B. Hammick stood alongside victims Tuesday to condemn two recent racist incidents in town. According to police, Marvyann Duncan and her 8-year-old son, Myles were shopping inside Silas Deane Pawn Shop. Marvyann Ducan told NBC Connecticut a man approached her son and began calling him racial slurs. Police say they have identified…

The town of Bloomfield is condemning two racist incidents that targeted young African American children, one as young as eight years old

Hundreds remained silent for more than eight minutes at a vigil in Bloomfield Thursday, the only sound a voice echoing the final words of George Floyd.

Next year Bloomfield track and field star Sean Dixon-Bodie will be heading to compete for Lousiana State University, but right now, he’s like every other high school athlete: waiting to see if he’ll have a chance to close out that part of his career. Dixon-Bodie, a triple jumper, didn’t think he was that good. “I realized when I broke...

Next year Bloomfield track and field star Sean Dixon-Bodie will be heading to compete for Lousiana State University, but right now, he’s like every other high school athlete: waiting to see if he’ll have a chance to close out that part of his career.

A Hartford man has died after police said he crashed his car into a house and his vehicle caught on fire in Bloomfield  Officers were dispatched to the intersection of Greenwood Avenue and East Burnham Street around 9:45 a.m. after getting a report of a car into a house. When police arrived, they said they learned the vehicle had caught…

You may be looking for ways to get the kids out of the house and try something new. One local farm in Bloomfield is still open for business, and with 120 acres of land, there is plenty of room to safely get outside and maybe even learn something new. “We have the animals. We have the gardens, the vegetables growing…

Meteorologist Kaitlyn McGrath takes us to a farm in Bloomfield that is still open for business and give children learning opportunities with plenty of room to safely get outside.

At first, it may seem confusing why a dog training organization is considered an essential business. Upon further consideration though, it’s easier to understand. Fidelco, in Bloomfield and Wilton, has trained over 1,000 dogs, all who serve people who are blind. “We are essential in that, when you have living breathing animals it continues. It doesn’t stop,” said Stephanie Corbeil,...

A number of businesses that help the state’s animals are remaining open and considered essential.

A Wells Fargo representative confirmed there was no positive case of COVID-19 after reports an employees tested positive for the virus in Bloomfield. State Representative Bobby Gibson originally confirmed the case and said that the bank was closed for a cleaning after an employee at the Bloomfield location has tested positive for the coronavirus. According to Wells Fargo officials, they…

An 88-year-old Ridgefield man has become Connecticut’s first coronavirus death.

Two brothers died in the early morning hours on Saturday outside a bar in Bloomfield following an argument. Police are still looking for more information as the community gathers to mourn.

Police say Aaron Walker and Franklin Spencer were shot and killed after an argument at a Bloomfield bar escalated.

The mother of two brothers killed outside a Bloomfield bar is breaking her silence after a suspect was named for their killings. NBC Connecticut exclusively spoke with the victims’ mother, Lenda Spencer. Spencer said she is still coming to grips with the deaths of her two sons, Aaron Walker and Franklin Spencer. “You took lives that you didn’t need...

As police identified the suspect who they say shot and killed two brothers outside a Bloomfield restaurant, the mother of the victims spoke about the grief of losing two sons.