Middletown

Connecticut’s COVID-19 numbers have been steadily rising since the start of September, prompting state officials and doctors to called for renewed discipline on masking and social distancing. Today in Middletown, the school district is taking matters into its own hands and is making it easier for students and staff to get a coronavirus test. The school district is offering...

The school district in Middletown is offering two types of COVID-19 testing to students and staff. This pilot program is the first of its kind in the state, where the school district is offering the testing with the help of the Governor’s Office, the Department of Education and Middletown’s Community Health Center.

Middletown Public Schools will be offering free COVID-19 rapid testing for any students or staff showing symptoms, starting Monday, district officials announced Thursday. The pilot program is the first of its kind in the state and is in partnership with the governor’s office, the state Department of Education, and Middletown’s Community Health Center. The Community Health Center will begin...

New data from the American Academy of Pediatrics shows a 13-percent increase in children infected over the first two weeks of October.

A FedEx employee was injured on the job in Middletown Monday night, according to police. Police said they responded to the FedEx Campus for a report of an injured employee. It was determined that the employee had a minor, non-life threatening injury to his hand, police said. The employee was transported to the hospital for treatment. Police said the incident…

A local high school is giving students hands-on experience in aerospace and advanced manufacturing. “It’s so much easier to learn in this environment,” said Middletown High School senior Cheyenne Fuoco. For students, it’s a chance to create, to turn plans on paper into a working airplane, and they say what’s happening in their classrooms is giving them a head...

On Wednesday, the school officially opened its new aerospace and manufacturing program with courses in drone and flight science, mechanical technology, and aerospace design. The school says more than 130 students are currently enrolled and are getting experience with virtual reality, flight simulators, and coding.

A multi-vehicle crash closed the Arrigoni Bridge in Middletown and Portland on Sunday. The motorcycle vs. car crash happened at approximately 1:45 p.m., crews said. The operator of the motorcycle was traveling east on the bridge and crossed the center line into the path of a car traveling westbound, according to police. The motorcycle operator was seriously injured. The driver…

In Middletown, parents, students, and coaches had one message for the Board of Education: let them play. As schools across the state open back up, many want to know whether students will be allowed back on the track, the field, and in the pool. “Being a senior, it’s my final season as a swimmer, and we would honestly do...

The Middletown Board of Education approved soccer, swim and dive, cross country, cheer, and volleyball to resume starting Wednesday.

From Farmington to Groton, school districts are scrambling to find substitute teachers. “Yes, there’s a need for substitutes everywhere,” said Middletown School Superintendent Dr. Michael Conner. The need for substitute teachers in our state has doubled since this time last year according to Kelly Education, a staffing agency that supplies subs to 50 of Connecticut’s school districts. “I would...

A 20-year-old Meriden man died in a crash on Interstate 91 South in Meriden on Sunday night and police are asking anyone with information or video to come forward. Police said Victor Ioanid Moraru, 20, of Meriden, was driving a Honda Accord north on I-91 North, lost control of the vehicle south of the exit 20 on-ramp just before midnight…

Thousands of customers are now approaching day eight with no power, after Tropical Storm Isaias ripped through Connecticut last week. With more than 700,000 customers originally without power, Eversource reported Monday night that 38,012 customers were still in the dark. Eversource officials spoke with NBC Connecticut at a press conference Monday afternoon. They said that they understand the frustration and…

The phone hasn’t stopped ringing at Jerry’s Pizza and Bar in Middletown from people without power looking for a meal. As folks around town clean up and wait for the power crews to come, the restaurant is hoping to take something off their neighbors’ plates by putting something on it -free food. Jerry’s Pizza and Bar made a Facebook...

A Middletown pizza restaurant spent Friday night trying to ease the burden facing families in their neighborhood spending a fourth night without power by providing free food.

The suspect in a deadly domestic violence incident in Middletown has been charged with murder. Police said 37-year-old William Bigaud Jr. was taken into custody after a traffic stop on I-85 in Georgia on June 10. On Thursday, Middletown police took him into custody at the Federal Court House in New Haven. Bigaud is accused of stabbing a woman to…

“Heard this tremendous crash, huge crash, I think probably more noise than I’ve ever heard and I knew exactly what it was,” said Stephanie Convey of Wethersfield. Convey, an 82-year-old widow who celebrated her birthday the day after Tropical Storm Isaias swept through, looked out her window Tuesday afternoon to see the 85-foot tree that once dwarfed her home...

Gov. Ned Lamont on Wednesday toured a few of the places hit hard by Tropical Storm Isaias.

Monday’s high temperatures were top of mind for food truck owners in inland Connecticut. The Wagon Cookhouse on Chamberlain Highway in Kensington closed after breakfast. The owner, Traci Carter said it was too hot to work past 10:30 a.m. “The hood fan will pull some air through here but on a typical day when all the burners are up...