EAST HARTFORD

East Hartford police are investigating the theft of catalytic converters cut off at least 27 buses at First Transit/Greater Hartford Transit District. Someone broke into the fenced-in bus yard on Roberts Street sometime Saturday night or early Sunday morning, according to police. Workers discovered bus after bus, used for ADA paratransit – were hit. “It’s very frustrating and it’s...

East Hartford police are investigating the theft of catalytic converters cut off at least 27 buses at First Transit/Greater Hartford Transit District.

Foodshare and the Connecticut Food Bank distributed food for the last time on Thursday at Rentschler Field in East Hartford. It started as a one-week emergency distribution a year ago on April 20, 2020 and ended up continuing for an entire year. It was an integral part of helping Connecticut families during the COVID-19 pandemic. An average of 2,000 cars…

There is a statewide effort to ensure Connecticut residents are returning for their second COVID-19 shot. It comes as parts of the country are starting to see a dip in people returning for their last dose. Accessibility and convivence are two reasons why Ariza Diaz showed up on Wednesday for the FEMA mobile vaccine clinic in East Hartford. “I...

UConn medical students are getting some one-on-one experience before they graduate. On Wednesday and Thursday, health students are working at the state’s mobile vaccine clinic while it’s in East Hartford. Alexis Hicks is an aspiring pharmacist who is a week away from graduating from UConn. Pharmacy students are supposed to have in-person experience during their last year but COVID-19...

April is Parkinson’s Disease awareness month and in Connecticut, there’s a gym in East Hartford that’s helping its community “Beat PD”. “t’s very ironic that I taught young kids how to exercise and be healthy and now I’m teaching an older population how to be healthy and exercise,” said Michelle Hespeler, founder of Beat Parkinson’s Today, Inc. Hespeler used...

Community Health Center announced Monday they will no longer require appointments at it’s COVID-19 vaccination sites statewide. That includes its mass vaccination sites at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Wesleyan in Middletown, Danbury Fair Mall in Danbury, Lord & Taylor in Stamford, or any pop-up community clinics run by CHC. “This is an important moment for Connecticut,” said Mark...

The Community Health Center Inc. (CHC) is hosting what they’re calling student skip day on Monday to administer first doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to East Hartford High School and CREC students. The students will be brought to the mass vaccination site at the Pratt and Whitney Runway in East Hartford with hourly buses providing transportation to approximately 1,000…

The Community Health Center is hosting what they’re calling student skip day on Monday to administer first doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to East Hartford High School and CREC students.

In the hustle and bustle of everyday life stress, anxiety and overall burn out is a very real thing but what are some of the ways you can relieve daily tension? Self care wellness retreat ‘Just Be’ is trying to answer that question as they held a community-wide and complimentary stress-free retreat to honor Stress Awareness Month. From learning stress...

A homicide investigation is underway in East Hartford after a man was shot and killed on Saturday morning. Officers responded to a report of shots fired outside in a parking lot near Elm and Olmstead streets around 7:20 a.m. When police arrived, they said they found an adult man, later identified as 35-year-old William Gonzalez, of East Hartford, suffering from…

House of Heroes Connecticut and the volunteers from the Glastonbury Rotary Club came together to repair a home for two East Hartford military veterans on Saturday. The repairs, which come at no cost for Amorette and Joshua Hight, included sheetrock repairs, kitchen window replacement, floor repairs, bathroom repairs and yard clean-up and landscaping, according to House of Heroes officials. The…

The city of East Hartford is planning to hire two blight inspectors who will be able to fine residents with piled debris and unkempt yards. Mayor Marcia Leclerc said the two officers will work part-time, 20 hours a week. The inspectors will have the responsibility of “augmenting identification, documentation and daily fining.” The mayor said many of the issues the…

Foodshare and the Connecticut Food Bank added an extra day of food distribution in East Hartford Saturday.

Police are searching for a young man who fired a gun at officers in East Hartford early Thursday morning. Police said they responded to Orchard Street around 1:15 a.m. after someone reported two people trying to break into vehicles and saw two people walking between vehicles in the lots. An officer told them to stop, but they ran. One of…

Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech have requested the FDA expands the emergency use of their COVID-19 vaccine to include adolescents aged 12 to 15.

Two police officers were taken to the hospital and two police cars are damaged after a pursuit involving a stolen car in East Hartford on Tuesday night and officers said they have arrested a 15-year-old boy while they continue searching for two other suspects. An officer saw a stolen vehicle in the area of Park Street sometime around 10 p.m.,…

Two police officers were taken to the hospital and two police cars are damaged after a pursuit involving a stolen car in East Hartford on Tuesday night and officers said they have arrested a 15-year-old boy while they continue searching for two other suspects.