HARWINTON – The Torrington Area Health Department ordered the Landing Zone Grille to close due to health and fire code violations. The Torrington Area Health Department declined to detail the violations it found, saying its investigation of the restaurant at…

SOUTHBURY – Property owners unhappy with their new assessments following the town’s revaluation still have time to file an appeal. Though one-on-one meetings with representatives of Vision Government Solutions, the firm hired by the town to do the revaluation, are…

WATERBURY – Police arrested multiple men and seized 10 guns, including an AK-47 style rifle, as part of an ongoing investigation into a shooting near Waterbury Superior Court on Tuesday that left a man with a bullet wound to his…

Schools have started announcing closures for Thursday due to the impending snowstorm. The storm is expected to drop 3 to 5 inches of snow on the region, with wind gusts of up to 40 mph. Forecasts show the snow beginning…

WINSTED — Firefighters are investigating whether a wood stove at a former car repair shop started a three-alarm fire off Main Street on Wednesday. Firefighters responded to the former Schieb’s Garage building off of Lake Street after a report of…

WATERBURY – A fire broke out in a factory on Brookside Road just before midnight Tuesday. Firefighters responded to an automatic fire alarm at 361 Brookside Road, which is the address for Nova Metal Finishing, a manufacturer of surface metal…

SEYMOUR – A car that spun out on Route 8 northbound Wednesday morning is causing traffic delays. A Ford Taurus lost control and struck a concrete barrier on the side of the highway near Exit 22. At 8 a.m., traffic…

WATERBURY – A morning shooting Tuesday outside of Waterbury Superior Court left a man with a gunshot wound to the leg, which authorities suspect is tied to escalating violence between groups in the city. Multiple pops of gunfire were heard…

BURLINGTON – State police arrested a Burlington man on drug and weapons charges following a seven-month undercover investigation by state and Bristol police.   Gregory J. Hebert, 45, of 51 Main St., was arrested on Dec. 27 and will be arraigned…

WOODBURY – First Selectman William J. Butterly said he’s fed up with the state Department of Transportation, which has taken years to deliver on requested safety measures but recently told the Public Works director to remove flags near crosswalk meant…

NAUGATUCK – Registered sex offenders will no longer be allowed on most borough-owned property. The Board of Mayor and Burgesses unanimously passed an ordinance Tuesday that bans any person convicted of a sexual offense from frequenting borough-owned parks, schools, playgrounds,…

MIDDLEBURY – U.S. Attorney John H. Durham announced the arrest of a Waterbury man on federal charges stemming from two armed robberies in Middlebury last month. Zachary Provost, 32, allegedly robbed the Mobil gas station, 750 Straits Turnpike and the…

TORRINGTON — Woodridge Lake Sewer District filed its application to hook up to Torrington sewer district on Tuesday, according to the mayor’s office. More than a year and a half since it was first proposed, the sewer district filed the…

HARTFORD – Connecticut taxpayers who pay estimated income taxes every quarter rushed to meet a year-end deadline to take full advantage of a deduction for state and local taxes for the last time. The federal tax overhaul that President Donald…

WINSTED – Independent thinking is the goal in education today, and that mission is clearly evident in the mathematics classes offered at Northwestern Regional School No. 7. “We take a lot of pride in our program,” said George Mitesser, chairman…

Thursday’s forecast winter storm will serve as the appetizer for another blast of Arctic cold and potentially damaging winds on Friday and Saturday. John J. Bagioni, a meteorologist with Fax-Alert Weather Service in Burlington, said the bitterly cold temperatures and…

TORRINGTON – Little Iyla Pietrafesa couldn’t come soon enough, but her entrance was still a tad late for the first day of 2018. There were no babies born on New Year’s Day at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, but the healthy little…

BEACON FALLS Region 16 Superintendent of Schools Michael Yamin is looking to hire a science teacher for the elementary schools next year, a move that may become more common as districts strive to meet the new Next Generation Science Standards….

The icy road conditions over the long holiday weekend led to several accidents on I-84. In Southbury, a Middlebury man veered off the left shoulder of Interstate 84 east in his GMC Acadia amid icy conditions Saturday, and struck a rock…

WINSTED – The Board of Selectmen is gearing up for another budget season. The board approved a schedule on Tuesday night for preparing the spending plan for the 2018-19 fiscal year, which begins on July 1. By March 15, the…