Newington

The Registrar of Voters in Newington wants to reduce the number of polling places from 8 to 3. Local Democratic lawmakers say it will make it harder for people to vote. “I cannot imagine having to cram more than two and a half times more voters into parking lots and gymnasiums that were not designed to accommodate this many people,”…

Both the Democratic and Republican Registrars of Voters in Newington have proposed reducing the number of polling places in town from eight to three.

A woman who was found with several stab wounds in Newington is in the hospital and police said the suspect in the stabbing has died after he was struck on Interstate 84 in Southbury. Police responded to Bradford Commons on Willard Avenue in Newington shortly after 9 p.m. to investigate a stabbing and found a female in the parking lot…

A man was taken into custody after multiple police chases through Connecticut and into Massachusetts on Wednesday morning. Newington police officers assigned to the Conn. Office of Policy Management Grant to combat stolen vehicle thefts attempted to stop a blue Mitsubishi Lancer at 2:15 a.m. and again at 3:45 a.m. The vehicle engaged officers in pursuit each time, but police…

A stabbing is under investigation in Newington on Tuesday morning.

Newington police are investigating a stabbing. They are at a gas station on the Berlin Turnpike and believe the stabbing happened somewhere else.

A stabbing is under investigation in Newington on Tuesday morning. Officers were called to the Citgo gas station on the Berlin Turnpike just before 6 a.m. after getting a report of a person who was stabbed. A manager who was working said the car pulled up in between two pumps and a man collapsed onto the ground from out of…

All town buildings in Newington are closed to the public due to COVID-19. A message on the town’s website said that as of Monday, all town buildings will be closed to the public, all services will be provided remotely, online or curbside and any in-person programs or services should be done outdoors. Masks are required for all, regardless of...

Police have arrested a man who they say traveled to Newington to meet up with a 15-year-old girl he met online. Officers responded to a report of a suspicious car in a residential neighborhood in Newington Friday and found 26-year-old Francesco Saverio Nolfi, of Grosseto, Italy, with the 15-year-old girl, according to police. Nolfi and the teen had been in…

A New Britain woman was hit and killed by a car in Newington Tuesday night. Police say 55-year-old Yvonne Constant was hit along Willard Avenue around 7:20 p.m. She was rushed to the hospital where she later died, according to police. Willard Avenue near New Britain Avenue was closed for several hours Tuesday night. Police say the driver of the…

Newington police are investigating a drive-by shooting on the Berlin Turnpike Monday. Police said witnesses reported that someone riding in a dark grey SUV opened fire on a white SUV as both vehicles were traveling north near Pane Road. This happened around 7:30 p.m. The suspect SUV then drove off west on Pane Road. Investigators found multiple shell casings in…

Newington police have arrested two people in connection with a bomb threat that was called into Newington High School in September. Police said they arrested two males Thursday in connection with the bomb threat on Sept. 22., which led the school to be evacuated while police and bomb-sniffing dogs checked the building until it was deemed safe. One suspect was…

One person is injured after a shooting at a Dunkin Donuts in Newington on Friday night. Officers were called to the Dunkin Donuts on the Berlin Turnpike around 10:45 p.m. after getting a report of a shooting. When police arrived, they said they found one person who had been shot in the leg. Officers performed first aid on the person…

A clerk at a 7-Eleven in Newington was robbed at gunpoint early Thursday morning and the robber left in the clerk’s car, police said. It happened at 1:46 a.m. at the 7-Eleven at 337 Willard Ave.  Police said the robber, a man wearing a face mask, robbed the clerk at gunpoint. He stole cash from the store’s register, the...

Police have responded to a crash involving at least two vehicles near the intersection of West Hill Road and Willard Avenue in Newington. The crash is near the CT fastrak stop. One vehicle was heavily damaged and loaded onto a truck with a flatbed. No additional information was immediately available.

Crews have responded to a crash at a busy intersection in Newington.

A man is under arrest and police are searching for additional suspects after an early morning larceny at a Newington business Saturday. At approximately 6:50 a.m., police responded to a business located on Francis Ave in Newington after a report of a larceny. According to officers, the property owner confronted multiple suspects and fired two gunshots as the suspects attempted…

High school football highlights from Coginchaug/Hale Ray/East Hampton at Rockville, Simsbury at Conard, Platt at Windsor, Holy Cross at Naugatuck, East Hartford at Southington and Berlin at Newington.

Police are investigating after someone tried to steal a car from a gas station in Newington Monday afternoon and crashed the car when the owner of the vehicle confronted him. Police said it happened at Cumberland Farms at 724 Cedar St. Officers responded to the gas station just after 12:30 p.m. after someone got into an unoccupied Audi A5 that…