HARTFORD — The state’s next budget debates will play against the backdrop of the 2018 elections for legislature and for governor. Republicans see the party standing on the cusp of winning the control of the statehouse and the governor’s office…

NAUGATUCK [Dash] Police are investigating a burglary at the Station Restaurant, which opened in August in the former Naugatuck Historical Society building at 195 Water St. A burglar broke into the bar area and stole cash from the bar wall,…

Much of the state woke up to a white Christmas Monday morning. As of 9:30 a.m., the snow had stopped falling in downtown Waterbury. There was about an inch of wet, heavy snow, and more in the northern part of…

Police increased patrols for the holiday weekend, issuing 686 violations to drivers and making 23 drunken-driving arrests as of 7:30 a.m. Monday. The Connecticut State Police holiday enforcement effort began Friday at midnight and will continue until noon today. As…

A year ago, news shocked Catholic parishioners across Connecticut – their churches faced potential closure or merger in a money-saving acknowledgment by the Archdiocese of Hartford that not every neighborhood parish could be sustained. Where generations of ethnic groups or…

OXFORD – Oxford’s plan to build a $44.9 million middle school is on a state list of school building project funding priorities for 2018. Melody A. Currey, commissioner of the Department of Administrative Services, presented the list to Gov. Dannel…

NEW HAVEN – A team of college students is getting attention from internet companies and Congress after developing a browser extension that alerts users to fake and biased news stories and helps guide them to more balanced coverage. The plug-in,…

WATERBURY – For volunteers at the annual Joy of Christmas dinner at the First Congregational Church, Monday was about more than celebrating the birth of Jesus with family and friends. It was a day of giving back to members of…

WATERBURY – An environmental contractor hired by the city has filled two, 30-yard Dumpsters with trash taken from the Naugatuck River in a roughly two-week effort, according to Joseph Geary, the city’s director of operations. Clean Harbors was scheduled to…

HARWINTON — State police said three people were taken to area hospitals with life-threatening injuries following a three-car crash on Route 8 north in Harwinton Monday evening. Police earlier Monday reported that one person was killed in the crash but…

SOUTHBURY — Residents in the South Britain section of town may have experienced power outages Monday evening, and the first selectman’s office issued an alert that the outages should last about one hour around 5 p.m. “Power needs to be…

PLYMOUTH – Dealing with another challenging budget year is Mayor David V. Merchant’s top focus for 2018. “We need to save $1.5 million out of our existing budget,” Merchant said last week about the 2017-18 fiscal year, which ends on…

CHESHIRE – Last year, Katrina Ljunggren spent most of her days at Boston Children’s Hospital. This year, the 13-year-old is finally able to enjoy the perks of being a “normal” teenager. Katrina was born in 2004 with Hypoplastic Left Heart…

WATERBURY – The city, along with much of the state, woke up to a white Christmas this morning. As of 9:30 a.m., the snow had stopped falling in downtown Waterbury. There was about an inch of wet, heavy snow. There…

TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) — Weather forecasters have issued winter storm warnings for much of New England. The National Weather Service says that up to 10 inches of snow are possible in portions of northern and western Massachusetts and Connecticut. Forecasters…

TORRINGTON — Stuffed from a Christmas Eve dinner that included a traditional lasagna dinner for the Marciano family, there was still a second tray untouched. The extra lasagna wasn’t for any of the dinner guests sitting around the table. For…

Every year, one of the editors here points out – correctly – the inevitable bad writing of a story that starts out “Christmas came early for …” I know one of those once surfaced in September, and we may have…

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut is joining a secure, nationwide, wireless, mobile broadband network that will help Connecticut first responders during emergency and disaster response situations. Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy was advised by a working group to opt into…

SALISBURY – As Eileen Mulligan looked out her office window onto the Noble Horizons’ campus recently, she reflected on her tenure at the retirement village. She has much to remember. The facility’s only executive director throughout its existence, Mulligan will…

If you live in the Northeast or Midwest, you’re not dreaming: It’s going to be a white Christmas. But the trade-off is hazardous driving conditions across New England. The National Weather Service forecasts snow in the Rocky Mountains and Pacific…