HARTFORD – As forecasts predict below-zero lows for this week, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Tuesday activated the state’s “Severe Cold Weather Protocol” for the first time this winter season. The protocol directs several state agencies to coordinate with the…

CANAAN/SHARON Students at North Canaan Elementary and Sharon Center schools were tested on their knowledge of places around the world during last week’s National Geographic Bee. At North Canaan, fifth-grader Aiden Veilleus emerged as a finalist after a playoff with…

PLYMOUTH – Mayor David V. Merchant said the top goal for his third term is redeveloping the former Mayfair Garage site, preferably with a franchise business. The town got a boost on Nov. 20 when it received a $750,000 grant…

WATERBURY – Waterbury Teachers Association President Kevin M. Egan faces charges including driving under the influence following a traffic stop on Interstate 84 earlier this month. Egan, 49, of Waterbury, was driving his 2017 Chevrolet Tahoe 30 mph in the…

WATERBURY – A pick-up truck crashed into a stone wall at the corner of Cooke and Homer streets shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday. The driver was unresponsive when emergency personnel arrived, but they administered Narcan, which brought him back to…

HARTFORD – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has ordered a review of state policies and procedures regarding sexual harassment in the workplace. Citing the ongoing national conversation on the subject, the governor’s office on Monday announced that Malloy had issued an…

NAUGATUCK – A 17-year-old girl who was missing for five weeks has been found and is safe. Police said Tuesday morning that Cassidy Leonetti was located and had not been harmed. She was reported missing on Nov. 16. At the…

NAUGATUCK – Police are asking for the public’s help identifying a person suspected of burglarizing The Station Restaurant on Water Street over the weekend. Early Sunday, a person carrying a hammer broke into the newly opened restaurant and stole cash…

HARWINTON – State police said two people were taken to area hospitals with serious injuries following a three-car crash on Route 8 north in Harwinton Monday evening. The crash was reported shortly after 6 p.m. Monday near the on-ramp to…

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…

SOUTHBURY — The Zoning Commission will continue its hearing next month on an amendment to the zoning regulations, which would allow piggeries. The commission’s action was sparked by a citizen complaint over odor from a neighbor’s pigs and Zoning Enforcement…

NAUGATUCK – 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…

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…

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…