WATERBURY – The public seems to have heeded warnings from police and media this holiday season, said Deputy Police Chief Fernando Spagnolo, as thefts of packages delivered and left outside residential homes were down in Waterbury this year. Other area…

OXFORD – When he was a boy, David Haversat saw a girl around his age mowing the lawn at Santa’s Land roadside amusement park in Putney, Vt., during a trip there with his parents. “I said to myself, ‘How lucky! She…

MORRIS – The Board of Finance will present a fourth budget proposal for 2017-18 at a hearing next Thursday. The $9.4 million spending plan, completed by the finance board on Thursday night, will be aired at Town Hall at 7…

TORRINGTON – Known on the street as “Fly,” Christopher Vargas was behind bars again Friday on charges of selling narcotics. Vargas, 22, of 54 Riverside Ave. in Torrington, was arraigned Friday in Torrington Superior Court, where his bond was reduced…

WATERBURY – The island of Puerto Rico is still reeling from the massive hurricane that hit in September, but its people aren’t letting it keep them down, according to a state legislator who recently returned from a 10-day relief mission…

MORRIS – The Morris Volunteer Fire Department has agreed to join the Board of Selectmen in an effort to end a long stalemate over money and emergency medical services. Fire Chief Joel Skilton notified First Selectman Thomas Weik on Thursday…

WATERBURY – Police are investigating a call of gunfire that ended in at least one gunman firing a bullet into a home on Christmas Eve. Several shots rang out on Dec. 24 near the intersection of Cooke Street and Amaryllis…

NAUGATUCK – Sex offenders will no longer be allowed in borough-owned parks, schools, playgrounds, recreation and event centers, pools, gyms, sports fields and facilites, trails, or open space if the Board of Mayor and Burgesses approves a new “Child Safety…

NEW BRITAIN – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is urging the federal government extend temporary housing assistance to Puerto Rican families displaced by Hurricane Maria. Malloy on Wednesday expressed concerns about what will happen to families sheltering in the state after…

WINSTED The United States is hungry for science, technology, engineering and math students, and Northwestern Regional School No. 7 is attempting to meet that need. According to the National Science Foundation, the 21st century demands more professionals in fields such…

LITCHFIELD – The Democratic Town Committee is recommending to the Board of Selectmen that Anne C. Dranginis of the Board of Finance fill the selectman’s seat that belonged to the late Diane Knox. The town committee unanimously settled on Dranginis,…

MIDDLEBURY – Furniture has been moved from the cafe level of Middlebury Consignment’s main store on Whittemore Road and a construction crew will begin work on Vyne Restaurant & Bar on Tuesday. Once the restaurant opens in the spring, the…

WATERBURY – A Farmington man is accused of providing a false name to police again while being arrested for the second time in less than a week. Waterbury police on Wednesday night arrested Corey Casey, 25, and charged him with…

WATERBURY – A burglar has struck yet another business in the city, marking at least the fourth break in within recent weeks. A warehouse on Industry Lane was the latest to fall victim to a thief who perused racks of…

NAUGATUCK – The borough’s public ice skating rink at Breen Field is officially open for the season. Area residents are encouraged to fill a thermos with hot chocolate and bring their friends and family for a fun evening of skating….

OXFORD – Police arrested two adults and four juveniles early Wednesday morning after a Butternut Ridge Road man reported seeing them going through the unlocked pickup truck in his driveway. The man knocked on his bedroom window and the suspects…

WATERTOWN — Woodbury Fire Chief Janet Morgan says the driver got out safely before his 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee burst into flames on Route 6 this afternoon. Watertown and Woodbury firefighters were dispatched around noon, because the incident was close…

WOLCOTT – Police are warning residents to be leery of calls from anyone claiming to be from an insurance company who asks for personal information over the phone. Recently, scammers have been calling residents at home, saying they’re from Blue…

WATERBURY – A hit-and-run driver is expected to be sentenced to five years in prison for the killing of a grandmother he struck days before Christmas, according to a plea deal hashed out in Waterbury Superior Court. Eliut Canales, 29,…

KENT – Young engineers got creative Thursday at Kent Memorial Library creating towers from paper and designing containers to protect eggs. Kent brothers Oliver and Edwin Hernandez worked together as a team, using two red plastic cups as their outer…