South Windsor

Multiple drug take back events were held in Connecticut on Saturday.

Multiple drug take back events were held in Connecticut on Saturday. In Milford, police collected any unused or expired prescriptions in the parking lot of the senior center on Jepson Drive. Vapes were also accepted. In total, authorities said 685 pounds of medications were safely disposed of. Hartford residents were able to safely dispose of unwanted and unused prescriptions, over-the-counter…

Police are have arrested two brothers who are accused of taking a large excavator from a South Windsor business earlier this month. Officers were called to CT Soil on John Fitch Boulevard on Wednesday, April 6, after getting a report of a Komatsu excavator missing from the property. According to police, the excavator, which has an estimated value of $80,000,…

A South Windsor street was closed for hours Monday and the area was evacuated after a man detected what appeared to be a grenade buried in a yard. South Windsor police said it’s not clear what the item is and it was seized. Police said they responded to Troy Road at 2:45 p.m. after a man who was checking...

Police are investigating after they said a large excavator was reported stolen from a business in South Windsor on Wednesday morning. Authorities said the excavator was stolen from CT Soil on John Fitch Boulevard and was last seen at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Officers said they took the initial report about the theft on Wednesday morning. The investigation is ongoing.

People in South Windsor are breathing a sigh of relief after they notched another win in the fight to stop a warehouse from being built near their neighborhood. The plan was shot down by the town’s Planning & Zoning Commission on Tuesday. “I think the people in the neighborhood worked extremely hard and the results are extremely gratifying,” said...

People in South Windsor are not giving up the fight to stop a warehouse from being built near their neighborhood. The town has already shot down the development once and that decision is now the focus of a lawsuit. Before a Planning & Zoning Commission meeting on Tuesday, people rallied against another proposal to build a warehouse in South Windsor….

A South Windsor man falsely claimed he was a college student and deceived his grandparents into giving him nearly $700,000 in related expenses, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Officials said 32-year-old Douglas Senerth pleaded guilty to taking approximately $679,000 from his grandparents. Court records show that between 2011 and 2019, Senerth defrauded his grandmother and late grandfather by…

Both departments say the uptick in these calls is tied to the pandemic, and deploy crisis intervention teams alongside officers.

A person was injured because of a car crash on Route 5 in South Windsor Saturday evening, crews said. Fire officials said they’re responding to the accident on Route 5 at the intersection of Ellington Road. One lane of traffic in each direction is blocked because of the crash, which was reported at 3:45 p.m. The driver sustained injuries. The…

More than a quarter of Connecticut cities and towns have a mask mandate again. A majority only require masks be worn in municipal buildings, like town hall. However, there’s a growing list of communities requiring masks be worn anywhere indoors. South Windsor’s town manager said his community’s Covid cases have doubled in the last two weeks. “We’re way beyond,...

For families in need of a little fun, Saturday morning was a welcomed happy holiday experience at Nomads Adventure Quest in South Windsor. It was all thanks to Christmas Wish CT! Founded back in 2004, their goal is to spread Christmas cheer to those in need. “This is seeing children having a wonderful time, being kids, not worrying about where…

For families in need of a little fun, Saturday morning was a welcomed happy holiday experience at Nomads Adventure Quest in South Windsor.

New charges have been filed against a South Windsor man accused of killing his wife in May. Tahj Hutchinson, who was initially charged with the first-degree manslaughter of Jessica Edwards, has had that charge upgraded to murder. Risk of injury to a child and tampering with evidence charges have also been added. “I was elated. Finally, something, I feel like…

Months after Tahj Hutchinson’s arrest on manslaughter charges in the death of his wife, Jessica Edwards, prosecutors have upgraded the charges against him to murder,

Wind combined with rain impacted a few businesses that were hoping to see a few more customers come through their doors ahead of the Christmas holiday. Dzen Tree Farm in South Windsor is working to accommodate customer demand but their troubles to do so dates back to the summer. “It’s been an emotional roller coaster,” said John Dzen, who...

The low temperatures combined with the wind made for a nasty recipe for businesses as they look to get a few more customers in their doors ahead of Christmas.

NASA announced its 2021 astronaut candidates on Monday afternoon and U.S. Navy pilot and Connecticut native Jack Hathaway and Andre Douglas, a 2008 graduate of the Coast Guard Academy, are among the new class. NASA said it has chosen 10 new astronaut candidates from a field of more than 12,000 applicants. Hathaway, 39, grew up in South Windsor. NASA said…

Dzen Tree Farm in South Windsor is cutting back its hours for the remainder of the holiday season due to the ongoing shortage of Christmas trees across the country. The owners announced the change in a Facebook post Sunday. “It is with a heavy heart that we announce that we are going to have to change our hours for the…

It’s a traditional post-Thanksgiving workout – sawing down the perfect Christmas tree then lugging it back to the car. Much of that was done Friday in the midst of a steady, cold rain. “Oh it’s freezing and it’s wet but we decided that we would get the best tree because nobody else would be out here in this weather,”...