These are unsettling times for high school seniors with many still adjusting to new online classes. And at the same time they are still trying to figure what to do after they graduate. “There’s currently a lot of anxiety,” said Carson Laundry, who was admitted to Quinnipiac University. Laundry is among those planning for college in this midst of...

The coronavirus pandemic has prompted some colleges and universities to expand online material to help students decide which institution to attend.

The town of Hamden now has 15 cases of coronavirus as the pandemic continues. The town announced the new number of cases in a post on their Facebook page on Sunday. Town officials said on Facebook that the people with coronavirus “are our neighbors, our family, from our community. The people who get sick, like other places, are doubling every…

Projections by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, an organization funded by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation show the coronavirus could claim almost 800 lives in Connecticut.

A fire engulfed a detached garage and a vehicle at a home in Hamden on Sunday afternoon. Firefighters were called to a home on Furman Road around 4:30 p.m. When crews arrived, they said they found a fully-involved fire in a detached two-car garage. A vehicle in front of the garage was also engulfed in flames and the fire had…

Quinnipiac University announced Sunday that it will close housing and extend online classes for the remainder of the semester. University housing will be closed for the remainder of the spring semester with the exception of special cases, according to a university spokesperson. Students will not be permitted to return to any of the campuses at this time and the university…

A second person has died after a car plowed into a bus stop in Hamden in February.

Hamden police are attempting to identify two people who are accused of stealing hundreds of dollars worth of seafood from a grocery store on Monday night. Officers were called to Stop and Shop on Dixwell Avenue around 8:45 p.m. after getting a report of shoplifting. Investigators said a man and a woman stole items totaling $460. The pair stole ten…

Hamden police have arrested a man who is accused of breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s home and assaulting her in front of their children last summer. Police responded to a street on Cumley Street in July 2019 after getting a report of a burglary and an assault. Investigators said they later determined that 29-year-old Frederic Cox forced his way into his…

Police are trying to find an 84-year-old man missing from Hamden. Authorities issued a Silver Alert for 84-year-old Vitaliano Roccapriore Monday. Roccapriore is described as 5-foot-7, 150 pounds, with white hair and brown eyes. He was last seen leaving a family friend’s home in Meriden around 12:30 p.m. Monday. He was driving a white 2015 Mercedes with Connecticut license plate…

Hamden Police arrested who they call a violent felon after a police chase that led to multiple injuries on Thursday. The man who is accused of driving an unregistered tow truck and assaulting multiple officers was arrested in Hamden. Officers were called to Davenport Residence on Putnam Avenue around 10:40 a.m. after getting a report of an unwanted person. Dispatchers…

The woman who police say drove into a bus stop in Hamden, killing one man and seriously injuring another appeared in court on Friday. Investigators said 31-year-old Pinky McBurrows, of Ansonia, was driving a vehicle north on Dixwell Avenue on Feb. 13 when she crossed the southbound lanes and hit a bus stop enclosure. There were two men at the…

On a Friday night at Grace and St. Peter’s Church in Hamden, Mary Ellen Porcelli is in the kitchen working her magic. “It was my grandmother’s recipe actually,” she said as she continued whipping up a family meal for 50 people. “Swedish meatballs, cream gravy, egg noodles,” Porcelli said, moving around the kitchen. It’s the same way they’ve done...

Every Friday night, a Hamden church offers up a meal and a night out for a very affordable price.

Hamden’s mayor said a number of unfortunate incidents in the community led to the need for this Equity and Inclusivity Task Force.

More than 100 guns were turned in during Hamden’s first ever gun buyback program over the weekend. Police said 149 guns were turned into the event, which took place on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Of the 149 guns that were turned in, two were classified as assault weapons, according to authorities. Fourteen pellet, B.B. gun and starter…

To help keep you informed on the most shared and talked about stories, each Saturday and Sunday we’ll revisit five stories from the previous week, including the most recent updates. One person was killed and another was seriously injured when an SUV crashed through a bus stop shelter on Dixwell Avenue in Hamden on Wednesday morning. Police said the...

A Bridgeport man is accused of fraudulently opening up a credit card in the name of a member of the military and using that credit card to make purchases on a military shopping site, according to Hamden police. Police said they responded to Dix Street and North Street in Hamden on Feb. 8 after a resident reported that a man…

One man has died and another man has serious injuries after a vehicle hit the bus stop enclosure they were sitting at in Hamden on Wednesday morning. Police responded to Dixwell Avenue and Woodin Street around 5 a.m. after getting a report of a crash with injuries. Investigators said 31-year-old Pinky McBurrows, of Ansonia, was driving a vehicle north on…

A man waiting at a Hamden bus stop and a second was seriously injured after an SUV drove through the bus shelter they were in on Tuesday morning.