MIDDLEBURY – Working Foreman Anthony Polzella watched the latest news of Thursday’s snowstorm on the wall-mounted TV in the Middlebury Public Works office at 1 Service Road Thursday afternoon while waiting for his drivers to return from the firehouse. The…

TORRINGTON – Two Massachusetts men were charged with possession of heroin in the city on Saturday. Plainclothes officers noticed the pair driving fast on East Main Street before turning into the Walmart parking lot on Torringford Street. The officers approached…

WATERBURY – A Hartford man who police suspect beat a woman bloody after awakening her in her bed while her daughter slept nearby was released by a judge without bond after police completed an investigation into the incident. Cinque Jenkins,…

WOODBURY – Woodlake Condominium Complex will soon have new solar panels to power its sewage treatment plant. The Inland Wetlands Agency recently approved an application by Commercial Solar Works to install 444 photovoltaic solar panels in a nearby field that…

WATERBURY – A multifamily home that caught fire last week had not been inspected by the fire marshal – nor should it have been, based on a city policy of only inspecting residences with three or more families. Seven adults…

BARKHAMSTED – There is a power outage on Wright Road at Triangle Road in Canton and there are 220 homes out between Canton and Barkhamsted, according to Barkhamsted First Selectman Donald S. Stein. In Barkhamsted, approximately 145 homes on Ratlum,…

USPS driver Sandra Kurtz has been delivering mail for 30 years. "There’s been worse," she said, "but this is a good one." She said she was unable to complete parts of her route today because of the road conditions. Even New Haven Road is bad, she said.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A massive winter storm roared into the East Coast on Thursday, threatening to dump as much as 18 inches of snow from the Carolinas to Maine and unleashing hurricane-force winds and damaging flooding. Schools and offices…

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — It’s so cold in Florida that iguanas are falling from their perches in suburban trees. Temperatures dipped below 40 degrees Fahrenheit (5 degrees Celsius) early Thursday in parts of South Florida, according to the National…

WATERBURY – A natural gas leak kept a small portion of East Main Street closed overnight, but otherwise, city officials report few problems as a growing storm took hold of the city Thursday morning. The city has a parking ban in…

LITCHFIELD COUNTY — “Stay off the roads,” State Trooper Richard Binkowski at Troop B said early Thursday afternoon as callers reported being stuck in blizzard conditions throughout the Northwest Corner. “There are only so many plow trucks.” High winds whipped…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the East Coast gets pummeled by a winter storm, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued food safety recommendations to follow should power be lost. Steps to follow in…

NAUGATUCK — An armed robber stole about $130 in cash and 50 packs of cigarettes from Cumberland Farms on Rubber Avenue early Wednesday morning, police said. The heavyset Caucasian man displayed a weapon around 3:18 a.m., then stuffed the stolen…

WATERBURY — Webster Bank on Thursday announced intentions to increase its minimum wage, add $1 million to its community giving and give certain employees a $1,000 bonus. The Waterbury-based banking chain said the investments come as it assesses the financial…

WATERBURY – Central and parts of Western Connecticut can expect an average of 6 to 10 inches of snowfall today, with heavy winds and freezing temperatures causing problems into Friday. “The main message is get ready for a wild 12-hour…

Pick a direction, and watch the snow from the Republican-American’s tower cams. Just click this “View From the Top” link. VIEW FROM THE TOP Related

WATERTOWN – The Watertown Food Bank scheduled for today has been rescheduled due to inclement weather. It will open Friday instead, following the Thursday appointment schedule. Anyone with questions or concerns can call the info-line at 860-945-5272. Related

A few years ago, we asked our staff members to recommend moves to watch while stranded home during a snowstorm. Given that outside looks like Snowmageddon right now, this seems like a good day to republish that. Make sure to…

With today’s winter storm forecast to last into this evening, state Department of Agriculture Commissioner Steven K. Reviczky is advising residents to take steps to protect livestock, pets and property. He offered these guidelines: — Owners of animals should prepare…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A preliminary magnitude 4.5 earthquake shook San Francisco Bay Area residents out of their slumber early Thursday. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake’s epicenter was 2 miles (3 kilometers) from Berkeley, California. The earthquake had…