Rocky Hill

At least two people were seriously injured in a crash on Main Street in Rocky Hill Wednesday night. Rocky Hill police said multiple vehicles were involved in a crash in the area of 3372 Main St. around 7:30 p.m. A utility pole was also damaged. The road is closed between Brook Street and the Cromwell town line. Drivers should avoid…

Police said one person was transported to the hospital after a car drove into a river in Rocky Hill. The incident happened at approximately 6:04 p.m. at Ferry Park, crews said. Officials said a car had driven into the river and the sole occupant was seen holding a pylon approximately 50 feet into the river in approximately 16 feet of…

A crash has brought down wires and closed multiple roads in Rocky Hill on Sunday. Police said the crash happened at the intersection of West Street and Gilbert Avenue around 2:15 p.m. There are wires down and power outages are reported as a result of the crash, police added. West Street is closed at Capital Boulevard and Pearl Lane and…

Interstate 91 south in Rocky Hill has reopened after a multi-vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer closed multiple lanes on Tuesday. State Dept. of Transportation officials said the crash was on the southbound side of the highway between exits 23 and 22S. The crash involved a tractor-trailer and two other vehicles, they added. The three left lanes of the highway were…

Interstate 91 north in Rocky Hill has reopened after a multi-car crash on Saturday. State Department of Transportation officials said the right lane of traffic was closed on the highway after a three-car crash. The accident was reported at 10:18 p.m. between exits 23 and 24, the DOT said. The highway has since fully reopened. It is unknown if there…

Rocky Hill police said Thursday the investigation into an incident of a van approaching students walking to Griswold Middle School determined it was a misunderstanding. The students reported a van with a “Carrying School Children” sign on it approached them as they were walking to Griswold Middle School on Wednesday morning and the driver offered them a ride. It was…

The routine phone lines at the Rocky Hill Police Department are not working, properly for the second time in 24 hours. Police first announced an issue Monday evening, but later said the issue was resolved. In an update Tuesday afternoon officials said the lines went down again and the outage is being investigated as an internal matter by the IT…

The routine phone lines at the Rocky Hill Police Department are not working, police said Monday night. The 911 system remains functional and emergency calls are going through. Crews are working to get the routine line restored as fast as possible. Rocky Hill police noted that other town agencies were also experiencing issues. No other details were immediately available.

America’s oldest ferry is located right here in Connecticut.

The Rocky Hill/Cromwell/Portland U19 team defeated North Central Connecticut U19, 3-2 this weekend, to win the Connecticut Elite Baseball Association title. The league gave athletes the chance to play this summer after the high school and legion seasons were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. “With high school getting canceled and I wasn’t sure if we were going to...

This is what a trip to the dentist office looks like amid precautions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dental practices across Connecticut have reopened after closing for roughly 10 weeks because of the COVID-19 outbreak. Now that the practices have reopened, front office staff have been extremely busy re-booking appointments and patients are having very different experiences in order to comply with health and safety recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Department of Health….

On July 1, Connecticut is set to begin charging customers for each single-use plastic bag again. Back in March, Gov. Lamont issued an executive order that stated the following: The provisions of Executive Order No. 7N, Section 4, suspending the tax on single-use plastic checkout bags, and Section 5, providing that retail employees shall not be required to bag items…

The state’s added 10 cent tax for single-use plastic bags is set to resume on Wednesday.

The Rocky Hill Fire Department remembered Flag Day by raising a large American flag with firetrucks. The fire department said the act was a way to celebrate the official birthday of the flag and express appreciation for what it signifies to Americans. Because the spread of coronavirus has impacted the nation’s ability to hold large gatherings, many celebrations have...

The CT Department of Transportation announced that the two ferries that provide service across the Connecticut River will resume operations on June 20. One of the ferries travels between Rocky Hill and Glastonbury and the other travels between Chester and Hadlyme. The ferries were supposed to start operations on April 1 but that date was pushed back because of the…

A Waterbury man was killed in a construction accident in Rocky Hill Tuesday. Police said 24-year-old Jorge Alberto Mendoza was working on roof construction at 24 Evans Road when the roof collapsed. He was taken to Hartford Hospital where he died of his injuries. The accident happened at PDQ, which is expanding their building, according to police. OSHA was called…

Police said 24-year-old Jorge Alberto Mendoza was killed in a construction accident.

One person suffered life-threatening injuries in a construction accident in Rocky Hill Tuesday.