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The man found dead in Woodbridge Tuesday morning died of multiple gunshot wounds, according to the medical examiner. Rondell Atkinson, 33, of West Haven, was the victim of a homicide, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said. A jogger found Atkinson’s body on the property of the Pease Road Playground and Alegi Athletic Fields around 6 a.m. Tuesday. Family…

Family and friends are mourning the loss of 33-year-old Rondell Atkinson, of West Haven, who was found shot to death in Woodbridge Tuesday morning.

Police have identified the man found dead at an athletic field in Woodbridge Tuesday. They say 33-year-old Rondell Atkinson, of West Haven, was the victim of a homicide. Family and friends – as well as the gospel community in the state – were stunned by the killing. “The family is going to miss him, the fans. I’m torn apart by…

The Woodbridge Police Department and Connecticut State Police are investigating after a body was found on the property of the Pease Road Playground and Alegi Athletic Fields on Pease Road Tuesday, and the death is being considered a homicide.

Over the past year, there have been multiple reports on businesses like cleaning services, package stores, and delivery services booming during the pandemic. But there’s another business taking off in Connecticut; seasonal palm trees. Brandon Hall has a greenhouse full of palm trees in Cheshire. He started CT Palm Trees and Tropicals five years ago after he bought a...

Route 69 in Woodbridge is closed near the Bethany town line between Morris Road and Downs Road after a crash. Police said both sides of Route 69, or the Litchfield Turnpike, are closed. Drivers should avoid the area and take other roads.

Earlier this month, the state updated regulations, requiring places that serve alcohol to not only serve food but to make sure it is a sit-down meal. Now, breweries around the state are pushing back. On December 14, the CT Brewers Guild wrote a letter to Governor Ned Lamont and the General Assembly. They are calling on state leaders to reduce…

A civil rights organization wants the Town of Woodbridge to be a blueprint for change across Connecticut. The group Open Communities Alliance is asking the town to amend its zoning policies to allow for more affordable housing. The group says similar policies in other towns have contributed to widespread segregation throughout the state. “Everyone in this region and in this…

A civil rights group wants to end segregated housing practices, which it says is rampant in Connecticut.

Woodbridge police are investigating a deadly crash involving one vehicle that happened early Saturday morning. Police said the crash happened on Ansonia Road near Milhaven Road around 1 a.m. Investigators said they believe a single vehicle was traveling eastbound on Ansonia Road when it drove off the highway and hit a tree. The driver was the only person in the…

Current state guidelines say people should be wearing masks when they can’t practice social distancing. On Sunday, the volunteer group Masks for CT stepped in to help with that. People lined up in their cars outside the JCC of Greater New Haven in Woodbridge to get masks for themselves and their families. Masks for CT volunteers had about 50,000 masks…

Masks for CT volunteers had about 50,000 masks to give away in Woodbridge Sunday on a first come first serve basis.

The American Red Cross is helping a family after a fire in Woodbridge on Sunday. The family, three adults and one child, was displaced from their Seymour Road home. The Red Cross is providing comfort kits containing personal care items such as toothbrushes, deodorant, shaving supplies and other items. The family was also given a recovery envelope with information helpful…

Woodbridge police are trying to identify the suspect in a bank robbery.

A driver has died after a crash in Woodbridge on Wednesday morning. Police said the driver, who has not been identified, hit a tree on Northrop Road near Pine Hill Road just after 6 a.m. The driver was later pronounced dead, authorities added. The accident remains under investigation.

The Town of Orange fire marshal has died after a crash in Woodbridge on Sunday afternoon. Police said the crash happened on Litchfield Turnpike, also known as Route 69, south of Down Roads around 4:45 p.m. The crash involved a single vehicle and the driver of the vehicle has died, according to officers. Police identified the driver as 56-year-old Timothy…

The Town of Orange Fire Marshal has died after a crash in Woodbridge on Sunday afternoon.

Woodbridge police are looking for a suspect accused of robbing a TD Bank branch at gunpoint Friday night, and the Connecticut Bankers Reward Association is offering a reward for information in the case. Police said the suspect entered the TD Bank at 128 Amity Road around 7 p.m. brandishing a gun and demanding cash. He fled with an accomplice who…

Woodbridge Police are asking for the public’s help to identify two people wanted in connection with an armed robbery at TD bank on Friday. A man entered the bank just before 7 p.m. demanding cash from the tellers before fleeing on a motorcycle with an accomplice, according to police. The robber is described as wearing a dark colored hooded...

A motorcyclist has serious injuries after the driver of a Nissan Armada turned around on the median of Route 15 in Hamden just 5:45 a.m. Tuesday and struck him, according to police.