At least one Connecticut police department has obtained an arrest warrant for Torrington resident Richard White, who was apprehended Saturday night in Pennsylvania.
The park was the Long Cove mobile home park, according to a post from police.
A wind advisory is expected to start Monday for “[p]ortions of northern Connecticut,” according to the National Weather Service.
Connecticut State Police said 37-year-old Richard White was arrested by Pennsylvania State Police and is in their custody.
The state estimates the new groups that will be eligible make up around 610,000 people in total.
The shooting left a 27-year-Derby man with multiple gunshot wounds to the arm and abdomen. He was taken to the hospital in critical condition, according to police.
Connecticut should receive about 30,000 doses of the vaccine next week. Despite lower efficacy in trials, one expert said resident should take it if they can.
It looks like the state may actually have enough doses for the 600,000 who will become eligible for vaccinations as of Monday.
There may be snow out west, but the forecast calls for a warm, rainy weekend in Connecticut.
Police say five catalytic converters have been stolen in recent days. Other towns in Connecticut have reported similar thefts.
Officials are concerned about some school employees who schedule their own vaccination appointments when doses will be reserved for them at local clinics.
School districts are devising plans to quickly vaccinate teachers and staff, with some clinics already set to get shots to arms March 1.
An apparent rift between progressive Democrats and Gov. Ned Lamont was bridged when the governor’s team welcomed compromise on adult-use cannabis.
The total number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 in Connecticut fell to 451 on Friday, a net drop of 34 patients from the previous day.
Yes, you can make multiple COVID-19 vaccine appointments in Connecticut, but hopefully you’re cancelling the ones you don’t need.
The justice department is expected to have Durham continue in his role as special counsel.
Flu activity in the state remains unimpressive.
Hoping to send a message, local religious leaders lined up for vaccinations outside St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport Friday morning.
Police on Friday released footage of three males they say are wanted in connection with the shooting death of Heriberto Marquez.
Two 26-year-old men, including an East Hartford resident who was critically injured, were taken to the hospital late Thursday night.
Police said a nurse allegedly threatened to get a shotgun after tellers at a Stratford credit union told him his account had been closed.
U.S. Marshals and Waterbury police apprehended the suspect at the Econo Lodge in Southington on Thursday morning.
A 71-year-old man has been charged in connection with incidents involving a tenant and her kids that occurred in January, police said.
A man was found with a loaded gun in his waistband, another firearm in his car and hundreds of bags of drugs, police said.
Police say three suspects, wearing dark clothes and masks and armed with guns, took an undetermined amount of merchandise during the robbery Wednesday night.
The 4-3 school board vote came during a special meeting Thursday after a 5-4 vote of the board’s finance subcommittee.
Police are asking residents to ensure they’re sharing accurate information about crimes to avoid alarming others.
According to the data, at least 39 percent of white residents have received a first dose, compared to 21 percent of Black residents and 27 percent of Hispanic residents.
Connecticut school districts, especially in the cities, expect they will need huge increases in staffing to get students caught up after the COVID pandemic.
The state Department of Public Health has released a list of school workers and child care professionals who become eligible for the vaccine on Monday.
As the state pivots to a new age-based vaccination schedule, it will rely on mass vaccination centers across Connecticut to reach minority, mostly city-dwelling residents.
Meriden is the hometown of Miguel Cardona, President Joe Biden’s nominee for Secretary of Education.
Graduate level students are tested through weekly samples. Students in those grades receive an email to notify them if they have to get tested.
In a tweet sent at 7:37 p.m., police said they received “preliminary reports of a party shot.”
Joel Jaquez, of Springfield, Mass., will also face five years supervised release at the conclusion of his sentence, the U.S. attorney’s office said.
The chairman of the redevelopment agency said he hopes the proposal will be done next month.
A Fairfield selectman has issued a statement following his DUI arrest last week in Darien, saying he learned a “valuable lesson.”
There were no injuries reported from the fire at the East Aurora Street scrapyard on Thursday morning.
Restaurant owner John Vazzano, charged with trying to bribe a witness in a sexual assault case, applied for a probation program on Thursday.
In response to falling COVID hospitalizations and cases numbers, Bridgeport Hospital is loosening some of its visitor restrictions.
The head of a Clinton environmental cleanup company was arraigned Thursday on criminal charges in the Fairfield dumping case.
Officials say the change to the state’s vaccine plan will still inoculate a significant amount of people with comorbidity issues.
The man accused of beating Christine Holloway to death in her Ansonia apartment in December 2019 faces a judge Thursday morning.
Residents, including those with underlying medical conditions, have been among the loudest voices questioning the governor’s new plan.
Police are trying to identify the man who they say stole about 30 to 35 bags of shrimp from a local store.
The move by the governor stunned some members of the panel’s allocation subcommittee, a group tasked with providing crucial advice on who should receive a coronavirus shot and when.
The shooting happened on Winter Street around 7:20 p.m. Wednesday and the victim was taken to a nearby hospital by private vehicle, police said.
In a message to the community Tuesday, SHU officials said they are planning for “classes to be fully on ground in the fall for all undergraduate students, including those in St. Vincent’s College.”
Police said officers were at the intersection of Calhoun Avenue and Pequonnock Street where there had been a report of “a party stabbed.”
The omnibus bill approved Wednesday by the House of Representatives commits more than $100 million in new aid to municipalities.
Ronald Daniel pleaded guilty Tuesday to a single charge alleging he created child sex abuse imagery, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office for the District of Connecticut.
Lamont calls his marijuana legalization bill comprehensive and stresses opportunities for neighborhoods that were targets in the war on drugs.
Federal authorities have loaned Bridgeport a mobile weapons tracing system.
WASHINGTON — When asked about Gov. Ned Lamont’s decision to go with age groups for vaccination order instead of front-line workers and people with medical conditions, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday the federal guidance Lamont bucked was issued “for a reason.”
“Obviously governors make different choices about the prioritization and the prioritization order,” Psaki said. “But we stand by the guidelines we’ve recommended at a national level.”
Psaki did not call for Connecticut to reverse the decision Lamont announced on Monday, when he recast the state’s COVID-19 vaccination plan. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises putting essential workers and people with pre-existing conditions ahead of middle-age people.
“We make recommendations at the federal level for a reason because there are groups that we feel should be prioritized whether they are frontline workers, health care workers, individuals over a certain age as you noted and our objective of course is to get to the stage where there are recommendations for people who are much younger, who don’t have pre-existing health conditions that would mean they would qualify,” Psaki added. “That’s the reason we lay them out as we do.”
The CDC and White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Jeff Zients did not immediately respond to requests for comment Wednesday. The CDC itself has modified its recommendations previously, for example, adding people age 65 to 74 as a priority a few weeks ago.
Starting Monday, Connecticut residents age 55 to 64 become eligible under Lamont’s plan. The eligibility expands every few weeks until everyone age 16 and above can get vaccinated, with a target date of May 3.
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The SBA will also revise its funding formula to allow more sole proprietors, independent contractors and self-employed people to get the assistance.
Across the school district, 17 students and six staff members were in isolation due to positive COVID-19 cases as of Wednesday.
Walgreens is the latest retailer selling COVID-19 tests that allow people to test themselves at home by collecting their own saliva sample.
A man taken into custody in North Carolina earlier this month has been brought back to Norwich and charged with murder, police said.
A gun was found in a vehicle after a crash that closed a Fairfield intersection Wednesday, according to police.
Public Works Director John Phillips said the warmer temperature and sunny skies created perfect conditions for the repairs.
The fire chief said no one was home, which was being renovated, when the blaze broke out early Wednesday morning.
Fire officials said a closed door prevented the blaze in a Burnside Avenue multi-family apartment building from spreading.
Federal officials say the nationwide scheme, which targeted 12 states including Connecticut, was the first of its kind.
A total of 837 inmates have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in recent weeks.
Connecticut residents with high-risk medical conditions said “they pulled the rug out from under us” by shifting to an age-based approach to vaccine distribution.
Students began a 14-day arrival quarantine earlier in the month that concluded on Sunday.
The U.S. attorney’s office for the district of Connecticut announced the agreement had been reached without litigation Tuesday.
Republican Mike France of Gales Ferry, a four-term state legislator, may be Courtney’s most serious challenger in years.
Schools superintendent Michael Testani tells community members that an expanded vaccination hub at Central High School’s gymnasium is not a student risk.
Elias Guzman, 29, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
Hartford resident Stephen Pelletier, 66, was the lone occupant in the car that was found ablaze on Feb. 3, police said.
According to Gov. Lamont’s plan, groups can begin registering for COVID vaccines on the following dates, but not beforehand.
Four former Fairfield town officials pleaded not guilty in an illegal dumping scam.
Connecticut has announced a new schedule for COVID vaccinations. Here’s a look at how that compares to New York, New Jersey and Rhode Island.
BRIDGEPORT — St. Vincent’s Medical Center, its parent company Hartford HealthCare, the Greater Bridgeport branch of the NAACP and more are sponsoring a virtual town hall at 6 p.m. Wednesday to discuss facts and myths about the COVID-19 vaccine.
The discussion will include who is eligible to receive the vaccine and when and offers a live question-and-answer session with the experts. Those speaking will include the Rev. D. Stanley Lord, president of the Greater Bridgeport branch of the NAACP; Sarah Lewis, vice president for health equity at Hartford HealthCare; and Dr. Charles Bruce-Tagoe, regional medical director at St. Vincent’s, among others.
To participate, view the livestream on St. Vincent’s Medical Center Facebook page, or use Zoom link https://zoom.us/j/9893835681, passcode t36mci.
Sen. Rob Sampson, R-Wolcott, said voters in his district were told at the polls that absentee ballots already had been cast in their names, but no complaints were filed.
Susan Hatfield said she will not seek a full two-year term in June and will not seek another term as vice chair.
A call to a crisis hotline over the weekend led police to an Elm Street apartment, but they said it was a false report.
Police said the man put his hand around the victim’s neck, cutting off her air supply while he assaulted her.
Before temperatures start warming up this week, there’s a chance of black ice on untreated roads Tuesday morning.
The move is in recognition of the more than half a million American deaths since the start of the pandemic.
A court date has been scheduled for May 20 at state Superior Court in Waterbury, according to police.
Attorney General William Tong would have expanded power to seek fines of up to $500 for instances of deceptive advertising by so-called crisis-pregnancy centers.
Eight more Bridgeport men have been indicted for alleged gang activity.
Leading police officials ask for delay in training changes in controversial accountability law.
The next group eligible for vaccines would be people age 55 to 64, not essential workers or those with preexisiting medical conditions, officials said.
The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, which serves children with severe illnesses, has raised the millions needed to rebuild after a fire.
Five Connecticut teens who were spotted trying to steal cars were apprehended after the driver struck a state trooper’s car in Tolland, police said.
Milford police say a major crash has closed East Broadway at Surf Avenue Monday morning.
A detour will be in place for drivers through the area as tree trimming crews expect to do work in the area for the next several weeks.
The recent winter weather has canceled hundreds of Red Cross blood drives across the nation, including 15 in Connecticut.
The RISE Network tracked about 12,000 students to find out how many could stay back after failing at least two classes in first marking period.
Northern Fairfield County is the only part of Connecticut that will be under a winter weather advisory from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday.
A city teen faces state charges after he allegedly lied about the location a shooting in the hopes he wouldn’t get arrested, officials said.
Police found a male — who “was alert and conscious” — with a gunshot wound to his calf, the release read.
The 2-year-old dog is named after Robert “Tommy” Byrne, a police officer who died in 2017.
As of Friday, contributions totaled $22,595 of a goal of $65,000 on a GoFundMe page set up to benefit the family.
A dispatcher said Sunday evening that Connecticut Natural Gas was working on repairs.
Police are investigating a potential shooting near the 300 block of Lyon Terrace.
Some parts of the state could see upwards of 3 inches Monday, but the southern portion will see snow turn to rain by midday.
Connecticut lawmakers are considering whether to address housing issues as U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Department of Justice review state laws.
A 36-year-old Bridgeport man was killed in the crash late Saturday on Route 8, state police said.
State police tracked down the suspects who fled after a stolen Acura crashed into a state police vehicle.
“A trooper was injured during the course of the incident after one suspect intentionally struck the cruiser being operated by the trooper,” state police said.
The National Weather Service said to expect a sunny, if cold weekend, followed by a chance of snow and rain Monday.
A home health aide was charged for allegedly forging her client’s signature on multiple checks, police said.
Connecticut health officials say it’s preferred, but should not be required, for a person to receive both doses of the vaccine at the same location.
Tom Ellet, the university’s chief experience officer, issued a stark warning to students, saying such gatherings could jeopardize the school’s in-person classes
A virtual panel of Black female politicians say it’s time for the next generation to emerge and there are only six in the General Assembly.
City police said 27-year-old Hector Morales, a Waterbury resident, was arrested Wednesday and charged with murder.
A city spokesman said police are investigating the origin of a fake threat that was made through an app early Friday evening.
There were 33 fewer patients hospitalized as of Friday, dropping the statewide total to 535 — the lowest it’s been since Nov. 8.
Mayor Joe Ganim’s application to get his law license back has been sent to a committee of lawyers.
State police said they pulled in detectives, special units such as the tactical team and road troopers to provide security on Jan. 17.
A Fairfield man faces drug-related charges after his arrest Thursday afternoon following a motor vehicle accident.
A Bridgeport man was charged Thursday after an investigation intended to help “reduce violent crime,” authorities said.
The owner of MK Electric was paid by two older adults, but never delivered the generators, police said.
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump and his legal team have filed the lawsuit against the town of Wethersfield and the police officer involved in the 2019 shooting.
Even after slashing $11 million in spending, Connecticut’s community colleges are facing a larger deficit due to declining enrollment.
For some, the 2015 promise to send sales tax revenue to municipalities is one of the worst examples of fiscal bait-and-switch in Connecticut politics.
The National Weather Service has compiled snowfall totals for the area from Thursday’s precipitation.
As freezing rain changes over to a wintry mix or a light snow across the state, not much additional accumulation is expected Friday.
A man in custody on state charges after being allegedly connected with an incest website and trying to traffic a minor now faces federal charges, authorities said.
The state is expected to receive 72,000 vaccines next week in first doses alone, a vast increase compared to the few thousand it received in December.
A long-simmering divide between cities and towns surfaces in committee hearing on reforms for affordable housing in towns.
Connecticut’s daily positivity rate has dipped to around 2 percent, far lower than in December and January, but experts are not sure why.
Tired of the barrage of phone calls that mostly prey on the elderly, CT legislators consider how to strengthen state law against telemarketers, solicitations.
Flu numbers in Connecticut remain low and flu-related hospitalizations have been stable at 13 for several weeks.
The increase means the town could theoretically afford to spend about $3.1 million more next year without raising taxes.
Eight horses found severely neglected at an Oakdale farm in September are now up for public adoption after rehabilitation.
The teenager was pronounced dead at the scene after first responders were dispatched on a call of shots fired.
Bridgeport, which ranks near the bottom in Connecticut for percentage of population vaccinated, has been assigned two state DPH employees to help the city’s efforts.
A member of the Hartford-area Latin Kings was sentenced Wednesday to more than seven years in prison followed by supervised release.
A male victim was shot in the abdomen in Hartford late Wednesday afternoon, according to police.
Most of the state will see about 4 to 8 inches of snow, with the possibility of more or less in some areas depending on the path of the storm.
In an email Wednesday afternoon, UConn spokeswoman Stephanie Reitz said nine of the new cases were found among Storrs students living on campus, while the remaining seven were Storrs students living off campus.
John Vazzano, owner of the Vazzy’s restaurants, surrendered to State Police on Wednesday.
Here’s the latest information on the expected storm that is forecast to drop about 6 inches of snow across Connecticut Thursday into Friday.
Around the state, 534 more cases were reported out of 33,808 tests for a 1.58 percent positivity rate. The seven day positivity rate stands at 2.52 percent.
Connecticut’s largest teachers’ union is ramping up efforts to prioritize school staff in the state’s vaccine rollout.
Maximino Medina Jr. was among 15 residents Gov. Ned Lamont tapped to fill a state Superior Court vacancy.
Responding to Republican criticism of the state’s participation in a regional climate initiative, Gov. Ned Lamont promises gas prices won’t rise by more than five cents in 2023.
A Bridgeport man was ordered held in lieu of $1 million bond after being charged with shooting a woman in front of her daughter.
Seymour police said a seven-month investigation into the July 2020 incident has determined it was a murder-suicide.
Police said a woman was arrested after she was found with a gun and drugs when she was apprehended trying to flee from an accident.
The Connecticut Bankers Association have offered a reward as police investigate an armed bank robbery.
Most of Connecticut is forecast to receive about 6 inches of snow Thursday into Friday, according to the National Weather Service.
A 39-year-old New Haven man was shot once in the leg on Fourth Street Tuesday afternoon, police said.
Most major colleges and universities around the state have been reporting cases around the state for several weeks as students returned to campuses and class.
The increased use of video-conferencing tools could be exacerbating severe body image issues, specifically among teenagers, according to health experts.
During the first hours of a 24-hour hearing where 1,931 signed up to speak, most said the state should keep the religious exemption for school vaccinations.
Westport and Fairfield police said the fatal incident is still under investigation, and asked for the public to provide any additional information related to the crash.
The message of Lamont and prominent Black leaders was clear: If you’re African American, sign up for the vaccine as soon as you can.
The injured bald eagle recently taken in by A Place Called Hope is recovering and responding well to his treatment, the facility said.
Police said the man put a motion-activated camera in the employee bathroom, pointed at the toilet.
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont received his first dose of the Pfizer vaccine at a clinic in Bloomfield Tuesday morning.
One of two alleged suspects in the attempted theft of four snowblowers from Lowe’s has been taken into custody, police said.
A bill is in the works to address health equity that includes forming a commission to offer input on policy and provide recommendations.
Firefighters called for a second alarm for the blaze that was reported around 11:30 p.m. Monday, officials said.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidelines, which state teachers should be considered a “high priority” for receiving COVID vaccine.
An unidentified man robbed the CVS on Main Street of about $190 after he threatened the clerk with a gun, police said.
Forecasts indicated freezing rain would change to rain Tuesday morning, with utility companies ready to respond to outages.
Westport police are investigating the cause of a car crash on Riverside Avenue on Monday afternoon.
As Gov. Ned Lamont rolls out his budget proposals for the coming biennium, education funding seems poised to become a battleground.
More than 110,000 doses of COVID vaccine have been administered in the state’s long-term care facilities since late December.
Governor Ned Lamont’s office announced Monday the first case of the so-called “South African” COVID variant has been detected in a Connecticut patient.
The Metropolitan Transit Authority inspector general announced Monday that two employees have been terminated for “falsifying time sheets” in separate incidents.
Police said eastbound travel lanes on the Post Road will be closed between Old Post Road and Rennell Drive until further notice due to a crash.
A year after the COVID pandemic closed the legislature, lawmakers will again consider mandatory school vaccinations and ending a 60-year-old religious exemption.
A couple of males told someone they would “harm her if she did not turn over her keys and other personal property,” according to police.
Police continue to investigate the incident.
Kelvin McCullough, 33, also faces charges of second-degree threatening, as well as disorderly conduct, an update to a police news release read.
A new CDC report touts how wearing two masks can help slow COVID-19 spread, but health experts are stopping short of making this an official recommendation.
A winter storm that was expected to hit Connecticut on Sunday failed to materialize, but more precipitation is in the forecast this week.
Twelve percent of Connecticut households with mortgage loans have reported they weren’t caught up on their payments.
New faces include a protestor from last summer’s encampment outside of police headquarters and representatives of community organizations, including ones that have been critical of policing in Bridgeport like the NAACP and the Generation Now civic group.
The New Haven Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating a minor chimney fire that erupted Saturday evening.
The Stamford fire department is celebrating the life of a retired firefighter who recently died.
The Senate voted 57-43 Saturday for conviction, short of the 67 votes needed to convict ex-President Donald Trump.
The New London State Attorney’s Office is investigating a police shooting that occurred during a joint pursuit by Meriden and West Hartford police.
Police say two suspects drove a white pickup into a Seymour driveway, hooked up a boat trailer and drove away.
The National Weather Service is predicting rain, freezing rain, sleet and snow through Tuesday night.
State data shows some hospital intensive care units in Connecticut are above 90 percent capacity.
A Facebook post from police in Stratford offers a “Valentine’s Special,” including “their own pair of locking bracelets” for your ex.
Get a photo taken as a new driver at 17 years old and you might not get another one until 33
In a Facebook post around 7:42 p.m. Friday, the Ellington Volunteer Fire Department said state police are on scene and investigating.
A fire destroyed multiple buildings at the 'The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp,' a nonprofit organization founded by Paul Newman for children with serious illnesses.
A net decline of 57 patients hospitalized for the illness brought the state’s total down to 674.
Mayor Joe Ganim has applied for reinstatement to the state bar, nine years after a similar request was denied by a three-judge panel.
Several small winter storms are expected over the next several days with snow, freezing rain and ice.
Two men have been charged for their alleged roles in the kidnapping and death of a Massachusetts man in late December.
State police detectives are helping with an investigation in the area of the Berlin Turnpike late Friday afternoon.
Police said officers seized bags filled with a white substance that later tested positive for a mix of cocaine and fentanyl.
Though COVID-19 is still a presence in Connecticut, flu cases here remain low.
A bald eagle that survived a serious beak injury for months, might not survive high levels of lead toxicity, officials said this week.
In his 10 years on the force, Vane was deployed on more than 100 human tracks for a variety of suspects and missing individuals, police said.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommends that some fully vaccinated people no longer need to quarantine following exposure to COVID-19.
The alleged suspects fled in a Nissan Altima with a misused license plate after the officer came across the scene around 3 a.m., police said
One of the two hawks, who were stuck together by their talons, was brought to a local rehabilitation facility for treatment.
Waterbury police Sgt. Nadine Amatruda said the accident occurred around 8:42 a.m. on Watertown Avenue.
The additional dash cam footage does clearly not show officers firing the fatal shots that killed Christopher Hagans, a 36-year-old local man, on Feb. 5.
While appointment rolls officially opened Thursday, health care providers were told earlier this week they could start filling empty slots with those 65 and older.
A Bristol man has been charged after the FBI said he was linked to an incest website during a months-long investigation.
A full Senate vote confirming Cardona as Secretary of Education is expected soon.
The University of Bridgeport is among the institutions hosting a number of events in celebration of Black History Month over Zoom.
Police said witnesses told investigating officers the trio kicked and punched the victim and stole his backpack.
Police said the local man has ties to six attempted and completed residential burglaries near his home.
A male victim was brought to a local hospital with a gunshot wound around 3 a.m. Thursday, according to police.
A Texas man who police say killed a woman in Pennsylvania over the weekend was arrested Wednesday night at a Connecticut truck stop.
A Hartford man will spend two years and three months in prison for his involvement in a cocaine trafficking ring, officials said.
As snow falls in Connecticut, another slippery morning commute is in the forecast, according to the National Weather Service.
In all, about 80 percent of the $2.9 billion that Lamont recommends sending to the state’s cities and towns next year are education grants.
Eight of the new cases were identified in students living on campus at Storrs, the remaining dozen were reported off campus.
Police said the car drove into traffic “nearly hitting additional oncoming cars.”
In a press release, the U.S. attorney’s office said the Main Avenue club is making changes to the facility to bring it into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Bridgeport police Capt. Brian Fitzgerald said that shortly after 4 p.m. two men attempted to rob a man on North Avenue in Bridgeport.
Connecticut cities and towns gain in the short term but lose out over the long haul in the new two-year budget Gov. Ned Lamont proposed Wednesday.
Using federal coronavirus pandemic relief dollars and state bonding, municipalities would get an extra $320 million next fiscal year and $220 million more in 2022-23, with a strong focus on the poorest communities.
Bu Lamont, who had to close a projected deficit of roughly $2.6 billion over the next two fiscal years combined, suspended an ongoing initiative to ramp up education grants to local districts.
He also may have dealt a death blow to a program that was supposed to share more than $300 million annually in state sales tax receipts with cities and towns, and while he did pledge communities a share of the revenues from the proposed taxation of cannabis sales, that represents a tiny fraction of the sales tax receipts they were promised.
“This past year has been an exceptional challenge to our cities and towns,” Lamont said in his budget address. “There isn’t a single mayor who in 2019 budgeted for a pandemic in 2020, and they are struggling to build this new reality into an already tight budget for 2021 and beyond.”
That said, most of the new money Lamont would distribute to cities and towns wouldn’t come out of the state’s coffers.
More than $400 million in federal relief for local school districts
The largest chunk, by far, involves about $220 million in federal pandemic relief funds that are designated in each of the next two fiscal years for local school districts.
But some legislators are worried, because the money runs out in two years but the problems created by the coronavirus might not go away — ever.
...New data released by the state Department of Public Health confirmed huge racial disparities in the administration of COVID-19 vaccine.
The head of the ACLU of Connecticut noted it’s unclear when the suspect died or why camera footage from only two of six officers involved has been released.
Milk, bread and fresh produce will distributed to the community at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday as part of a Bridgeport Hospital monthly program.
The sentencing for former Bridgeport Police Chief Armando Perez and former Personnel Director David Dunn was continued to April.
Hartford HealthCare officials said the mega vaccination center is on track to open sometime between Feb. 22 and March 1.
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Gov. Ned Lamont, citing the need to attack COVID-19, proposes a 2-percent spending increase in the fiscal year that starts July 1.
A year after state lawmakers rejected his trucks-only highway tolls, state truckers slam Gov. Lamont’s new plan to tax them per-mile.
A Bridgeport woman was allegedly under the influence of drugs when she crashed into the McDonald’s on Post Road, police said.
A judge sentenced the man to serve one year and one day in federal prison, followed by supervised release.
Some experts say the side effects from the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine can be worse than the first dose.
Currently, 46 students are isolating on campus after testing positive or showing symptoms for the disease, according to the university’s public dashboard.
Patrol officers were called to the 400th block of Garden Street, a residential neighborhood, just before 3 p.m. after the city’s Shot Spotter system registered gunfire.
Oxford resident Joshua Goodart, a cybersecurity and networks major, died Saturday, according to the funeral home and a news release from the university.
Former Attorney General William Barr announced in December he conferred the title of special counsel on Durham.
So far, Connecticut health officials have recorded 20 cases of the variant, known as B.1.1.7, including four new infections reported Saturday.
Christopher Hagans, a Stratford resident, was killed by gunshot wounds to the head, torso, left upper and lower extremities, Hartford State’s Attorney Sharmese Walcott said Tuesday.
The union members passed a motion to hold a vote of no confidence at their meeting on Monday.
The man was indicted on charges for his alleged actions with a minor during the summer and fall of last year, officials said.
Corn rows, braids and natural, historic hairstyles in the Black community, would be protected from discrimination under legislative proposal.
A Hartford man faces years in federal prison after he was found in his home with several firearms, according to officials.
A judge denied a motion to release a Hamden man awaiting trial for the 1993 murder of a custodian at a popular Bridgeport restaurant.
About 35 percent of vaccination clinics across the state are signing people up through something other than the federal system, an analysis shows.
One vehicle hit a building on State Street after a collision with another vehicle Tuesday morning.
A truck down an embankment has two lanes of Interstate 91 south closed in Wallingford Tuesday morning.
A truck tipped over on Route 9 north in Ansonia near the Seymour line shortly before 10 a.m. Tuesday.
The woman allegedly helped sell high-mileage vehicles with altered odometers showing lower numbers to unsuspecting buyers.
Snow is falling across Connecticut again, with the latest forecast predictions indicating up 4 inches of accumulation likely on Tuesday.
While the accumulation won’t be much, this will be the third system bringing snow to Connecticut in just over a week.
The Rams scored back-to-back goals late in the second period to take the lead for good in its 2-1 win over the Jesuits.
UConn’s Stamford campus was also included in the new caseload, with four new cases among residential students there.
A spokesperson for the state’s top prosecutor said no new information would be forthcoming until Tuesday.
WASHINGTON — Democrats plan to include an at least $3,000-per-child tax credit, paid to American families monthly in 2021, in the coronavirus relief bill that is hurtling toward passage by Congress.
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-3, has been pushing to expand the child tax credit for 20 years in Congress and now as chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee, she helped secure this temporary increase — and is leading the fight to make it permanent.
Aimed at fighting child poverty during the pandemic, the proposal in the coronavirus bill would raise the child tax credit to $3,600 for families with children up to six years old and pay $3,000 per child up to age 17 for couples earning up to $150,000 or individuals up to $75,000. The credit would decrease in size for higher income earners until it is phased out.
The child tax credit is normally $2,000. It’s not fully accessible to low-income people who do not pay taxes. But using lessons learned from distributed stimulus checks to non-taxpayers, Democrats now plan to pay the new enhanced tax credit to non-tax filers.
Over one in three children do not qualify for the tax credit because their parents earn too little, according to the Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University. In Connecticut, 26 percent of all children do not qualify, a DeLauro aide said.
Also, unlike the lump sum refund, parents will get this tax credit paid in monthly installments of $300 for parents of young children or $250 for older children.
Increasing the child tax credit during the pandemic has bipartisan support. But not everyone favors doing so permanently like DeLauro.
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Former Bridgeport Police Chief Armando Perez is asking a judge to continue his sentencing hearing — again.
On March 1, protections from some liabilities in hospitals and nursing homes will end, according to the latest orders from Gov. Ned Lamont.
The man accused of choking the mother was free on probation after being convicted of third-degree assault, reckless endangerment, and unlawful restraint last year.
With most of those 75 and over vaccinated, state health officials will begin scheduling appointments for those 65 and above this week.
A third shooting in 24 hours has sent a third victim to the hospital.
The closure is not a surprise. Northern Correctional Institution was opened in 1995, when the state’s prison population was much greater.
Police have charged a man they say is responsible for a fatal stabbing on Oct. 31, 2020.
High Ridge Hydroponics of Ridgefield wants to provide fresh greens year round in the city’s food desert.
The National Weather Service reported between 4 and 9 inches fell in Connecticut on Sunday.
With decline in COVID numbers, St. Vincent’s is dialing back some of its restrictions on visitors.
A New Haven lawmaker has introduced a bill that would stop Connecticut municipalities from charging high fees to non-residents to use their beaches.
Police said the man got out of a vehicle and charged at the officers, refusing to comply and resisting arrest.
Police said the shooting happened in the 300 block of Dover Street on Saturday night.
Separate shootings hours apart left two people injured in Hartford, according to police.
Police said the woman’s blood-alcohol content was more than two times the legal limit when she struck a pedestrian who later died.
The National Weather Service says the storm could produce up to 4 inches of snow in some parts of Connecticut.
The new rail network, costing $105 billion, would provide “transformational mobility, economic development and climate resilience benefits for the entire seven-state region.”
New guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates it’s safe to wait up until six weeks between vaccine doses.
EMS transported a 52-year-old Shelton resident to Bridgeport Hospital for a “suspected serious injury,” state police said.
The National Weather Service has winter storm warnings in place for some parts of the state, and winter weather advisories for others. The warnings are in place until 9 p.m. Sunday.
Four more cases of a highly-infectious strain of the coronavirus have been identified in Connecticut, state officials announced Saturday evening.
Mayor Justin Elicker’s office announced a citywide parking ban will go into effect from 11 p.m. Saturday evening through 3 p.m. on Monday.
Witnesses said they heard as many as six shots, and Assistant Superintendent Paul Whyte said bullets entered an office, a bedroom and the living room of his Beaver Hills home.
Smaller orders might signify smaller, family-sized gatherings, though chicken wings sales in Connecticut are as robust as ever.
Throughout the state, residents can expect to clean 7 inches of snow off of cars and driveways, with a bit more forecast for the southwest portion of Connecticut.
State police were called to the scene of an officer-involved shooting in Stratford Friday evening.
According to the FBI’s national stolen art database, several New England Patriots Super Bowl rings have been stolen.
The majority of the new cases - 17 - were found among students living off campus and attending Storrs.
Kane was one of two state auditors who oversee the office that reviews the finances of all state agencies, along with John Geragosian.
Top pharmacy group say its members could drastically increase vaccination rate, but supply continues to slow the process.
Though eight more people have tested positive for flu in Connecticut, the illness remains almost a nonentity this season.
Police identified the victim as 28-year-old Hartford resident Cleveland Byfield, who was shot on Maple Street early Friday morning.
The fuels system specialist was uninjured but was taken to a local hospital as a precaution.
In a brief filed Friday, Attorney General William Tong detailed what he deemed were “failures” by the company during the storm.
The assistant manager of the animal rescue program participated in the arctic splash to help raise funds for the program.
Authorities said the man had a loaded handgun while sitting in a parked car outside a Hartford nightclub.
Between March and December 2020, the Department of Insurance recorded 10 complaints — nearly the same amount it received over a two-year period before pandemic.
Some parts of Connecticut could see up to 2 inches of snow accumulate throughout the day on Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.
Police said his crimes spanned from Connecticut to California — and they expect there could be more victims.
The University of Connecticut said Thursday the school found 75 additional cases of COVID-19 through reentry testing for off-campus students.
Most notably, Thursday’s night’s order excludes federal stimulus payments from calculations that determine whether someone is eligible to receive state benefits.
“I’m certainly not going to knock anything that’s going to help the restaurant industry recover.” Matt Storch,
The group of older adults traveled from Long Island to Waterford by ferry after apparently making appointments to get the vaccine, police said.
Though Ansonia told residents Monday’s snowstorm meant delayed trash collection, some sanitation workers still did their assigned pick ups.
The money will be sent to “non-governmental, short-term general hospitals,” that meet certain requirements for pandemic-related expenses, Lamont’s office said in a statement.
A day-long search for a Mercedes taken in a carjacking ended with the arrest of a Bridgeport man.
The suspect walked out of a Goshen archery shop without paying for the bow, state police said.
The union had called for stronger commitments from the telecom company in the lead up to Wednesday’s decision.
A Bridgeport man was arrested after police said he stabbed his roommate in the head after accusing him of stealing his diamonds.
Authorities said the man fled Puerto Rico after allegedly committing a homicide in April 2019.
A law that would allow supermarkets to sell wine could be a fatal blow to package stores, owners charge.
A 33-year-old Hartford man was hit while standing outside his disabled vehicle late Tuesday night.
Hartford police on Thursday announced an arrest in the Jan. 29 homicide of Michael Dudley.
The money must be used for expenses related to COVID-19 and cannot be used to plug holes in the budget.
Police said a “large chunk of ice” crashed through the windshield and hit the driver in the face.
A homeowner called police around 6 a.m. to report that someone had gone through his vehicles in his driveway.
Three individuals have pleaded guilty for their roles in a scheme that defrauded an elderly Mystic resident, authoritiess said.
The charge stemmed from the man receiving more than $66,000 in fraudulent postal insurance claims, authorities said.
The big lottery prizes in the state last month ranged from $100,000 to a half-million dollars, according to the Connecticut Lottery.
Officials say they are addressing system glitches that have made it difficult for residents to schedule an appointment for a second dose in the appropriate time frame.
A Norwich man will serve more than four years in federal prison due to his involvement in a 2019 assault and shooting, authorities said.
A father and son have been arrested in connection with a Jan. 6 burglary where police said they fled by driving a truck through the homeowner’s garage.
“We would like to thank the Waterbury Police Department, past and current leadership, and detectives for their continued seventeen-year active criminal pursuit,” the statement said.
So far, 46 Storrs residential students have tested positive this semester, and 25 were in isolation after either testing positive or displaying symptoms as of Wednesday.
With a president who supports gun safety and Democratic control of Congress, Ethan’s Law could be the first of several major firearms reforms.
The figure is the lowest COVID-related hospitalizations have been since Nov. 21, according to the state’s data.
The state has already been allowing residents to renew their license online through a pilot program the last 45 days.
A Bridgeport man is charged with sexually assaulting a woman he allegedly met on a dating app.
The proposal would move the entire region into Atlantic Standard Time and do away with Daylight Saving Time, which now lasts eight months.
Police said about 40 to 50 people were sledding nearby when the purses were stolen after the vehicle windows were smashed.
A New York man was charged with murder for allegedly stabbing his brother-in-law to death in Bridgeport.
Town police and fire officials, as well as state police Fire and Explosion Investigative Unit, are investigating the incident.
Farmington police said the man who was wanted for trying to kidnap a Red Cross employee stabbed himself when confronted at a gas station.
‘There is no substitute for a classroom experience for our students,’ Miguel Cardona.
Have questions about the COVID-19 vaccine? Represents of Bridgeport Hospital, the Greater Bridgeport NAACP and others will have answers at a Thursday town hall.
Seymour Superintendent Michael Wilson on Tuesday night submitted his letter of resignation.
Police said the vehicle was involved in an armed robbery in Stratford.
After overnight accumulation left roads snow-covered and slick, officials are urging drivers on the roads Wednesday morning to take it slow.
The mayor said in a statement Wednesday morning that while firefighters were able to rescue four people, a fifth individual died.
As students return to in-person classes at many colleges and universities this week, many are requiring students to be regularly tested for COVID-19. Sacred Heart University has taken it a step further, handing out wristbands to students after they receive a test for the virus, which then allow them access to campus buildings and in-person classes.
The incident began when Farmington police notified Hartford authorities that a man and a woman “they held active felony arrest warrants for, were operating a carjacked vehicle in the south end of Hartford,” police said.
One priority is helping elderly residents without computer access register for their appointments.
The daily positivity rate stood at 4.36 percent on Tuesday when 14 more COVID-related deaths were also recorded.
No major issues were reported cleaning up from Monday’s nor’easter, though more snow could be on the way.
A new effort to send COVID-19 vaccines to pharmacies in “hard-to-reach” communities next week is intended to address racial equity in the distribution.
Emergency department doctors urged anyone with problems due to the recent snow storm to come in ASAP.
One purse was taken from a vehicle at the Cumberland Farms on Pershing Drive, while the other was stolen from a vehicle at the Stop and Shop on Division Street, police said.
Police responded to a call about a person stabbed in the 400 block of Summit Street Tuesday morning.
Griffin Hospital is offering cancer pre-screenings for breast cancer over the phone on Thursday.
Windsor Locks police said there were two other incidents prior to the Suffield purse snatching that involved the same suspects.
Crews were able to remove burning insulation found in the chimney.
First responders found the man on the football field at Enfield High School Monday night, police said.
While fire damage was limited to the kitchen, the house on Arrowhead Lane suffered heavy smoke damage, fire officials said Monday.
Southington police continue to investigate a collision that left two drivers with serious injuries.
More than a foot of snow has been recorded in most of Connecticut.
STORRS — The University of Connecticut Monday said 18 new cases of COVID-19 had been found in the past 24 hours.
A majority of the cases were found in the student body. Seven of the new cases were among Storrs students living on campus, and another seven among students living off campus. One of the new cases was found among residential students at UConn’s Stamford campus.
The three remaining cases were among university employees, all of whom work on campus, according to the school’s dashboard.
As of Monday, 32 residential students at Storrs are in isolation, after either testing positive for the virus or developing symptoms. Since the spring semester began, 27 residential students have recovered and left isolation.
So far this semester, 18 off-campus students at Storrs have tested positive, along with two residential students at the Stamford campus.
Among employees, 167 have tested positive since the start of the academic year, according to UConn’s data.
Several colleges and universities have begun reporting cases as students return for the spring semester.
Western Connecticut State University in Danbury reported 11 new cases last week— four residential students, three commuter students and four faculty and staff members.
Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven reported 16 new cases last week, the majority among residential students and live-in staff, according the university’s database.
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A long under-funded program that supports towns and cities for hosting tax-free properties, would get a boost of $114 M a year under new proposal for state budget.
With infection rates below 4 percent, Lamont allows houses of worship to reach 50 percent occupancy; restaurant curfews pushed back to 11 p.m.
Among residents age 75 and over, some towns have 85 percent or more vaccinated for COVID-19 while others, including Bridgeport, are under 25 percent.
Monday’s snow storm resulting in many postponements at COVID-19 vaccine clinics around the area.
The PROTECT Act would end solitary confinement in the state’s prisons, create an avenue for greater Department of Correction oversight and shutter Northern Correctional Institution.
Three Bridgeport police captains have dropped their court claims that they were retaliated against for challenging the police chief selection.
The state is warning residents that cold weather can lead to an increased risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.
As a snowstorm slams the region, stay up to date on the latest power outage and utility company information.
Milford police are looking to identify a male suspect connected to a recent attempted robbery.
Since Bridgeport declared a state of emergency, 28 cars have been towed for being parked on snow emergency roads; other communities say they may follow.
Waterbury Hospital and UConn Health officials responded Monday to Gov. Ned Lamont’s criticism that they “overpromised” the amount of vaccines they had.
