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…

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,…

WATERBURY – A city man was charged with a drunken attack on his elderly roommate, leaving the roommate with a stab wound to his upper arm.. Khurshed Amrietdienov, 59, was charged with first-degree assault in connection to the New Year’s…

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.

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…

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 – 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

TORRINGTON — The search for a new deputy chief in the Torrington Fire Department will not change despite criticism from some Board of Public Safey members about the parameters established for the number two role in the department. The Torrington…

WATERBURY – For the third year in a row, the Concerned Black Clergy Council of Waterbury will host its annual Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. “Each One, Teach One” Youth Day Summit. The event will take place Saturday, Jan. 13…

BEACON FALLS – Voters overwhelmingly approved sending a request to the state legislature to change the town positions of town clerk and tax collector from elected to appointed Wednesday. The change for the town clerk was approved by a vote…

TORRINGTON – Bond holding a New Milford man accused of violence and home invasion was increased to $350,000 Wednesday in Torrington Superior Court following an additional arrest. Police allege Michael Saunders, 33, went berserk on June 19 and attacked his…

WATERBURY – A flood at the Josephine Towers apartments in the city center Wednesday night displaced seven residents, according to Fire Chief David Martin. A small fire in a bathroom on the tower’s 13th floor shortly after 5 p.m. tripped…

NAUGATUCK – ]A local man tried to stab his ex-girlfriend with a folding pocket knife on New Year’s Day, according to police. The argument started in a car around 2:30 p.m., police said. When the ex-girlfriend left the car, police…

WINSTED – With strong gusty winds and temperatures expected to plummet to single digits and below zero this weekend, the town has designated the following locations as warming shelters: Town Hall, 338 Main St. Blanche McCarthy Senior Center, 80 Holabird…