CANTON, Mass. (AP) — So long strawberry banana smoothie. Goodbye steak and egg breakfast sandwich. Dunkin’ Donuts is cutting back on its food and drink offerings. The Boston Herald reports the new, simplified menu is expected to roll out in…

ENFIELD (AP) — Authorities are searching for an inmate who escaped from a correctional facility in Enfield. Carl Robinson Correctional Institution officials say Jerry Mercado was unaccounted for around 3:15 p.m. Sunday during a routine facility count. The building was…

HARTFORD (AP) — A state senator says Connecticut should help the Electric Boat Shipyard in Groton meet the expected demand for more submarines. Democratic Sen. Cathy Osten of Sprague has filed proposed legislation that calls for dedicating $100 million over…

HARTFORD (AP) — Connecticut’s two U.S. senators are pressing their colleagues to do more to help the residents of Puerto Rico, who are still recovering from a hurricane that hit the island more than 100 days ago. “Puerto Rico is…

ROCKVILLE (AP) — A woman charged with trying to steal the notes of a right-wing commentator giving a speech titled “It’s OK To Be White” may plead not guilty at an upcoming court appearance. A lawyer for Catherine Gregory says…

NORWALK (AP) — Connecticut police say a woman was severely injured when she was run over by a car and pinned underneath. Norwalk fire officials say the woman was run over Sunday afternoon and first responders found her trapped underneath…

WATERBURY – Nearly three years after forming what was then a new advocacy group with a goal to challenge “systems of oppression” in the city public schools, leaders of the nonprofit group Radical Advocates for Cross-Cultural Education, or RACCE, are…

WATERBURY – The 220 religious education students at All Saints Parish received a visit from their own version of the three kings Sunday morning, during what is considered the liturgical zenith of the Christmas season and one of the Catholic…

OXFORD – Old tennis courts behind Great Oak Middle School were transformed last year into a school garden where students will learn about agriculture by growing tomatoes, peppers, green beans and other crops. This year, plans to enhance it with…

HARTFORD – A state panel of policymakers and doctors has released a draft of a report calling for more transparency in how the cost of prescription drugs is negotiated for Connecticut consumers. The state Healthcare Cabinet, which has 21 members…

CHESHIRE – The Cheshire Chamber of Commerce has selected a new leader to replace longtime President Sheldon Dill. The chambers’s board of directors unanimously chose Yetta Augur to replace Dill when he retires in April after a 12-year tenure at…

OXFORD – Firefighters made quick work extinguishing a chimney fire that had reportedly spread into the walls of a single-family home at 236 Park Road on Sunday afternoon. Oxford Fire Chief Scott L. Pelletier reported no injuries to residents or…

WINSTED – Trying to adhere to a state environmental law is apparently the main reason the town has yet to officially sell the former Lambert Kay pet supply factory. Town Manager Robert Geiger told the selectmen last week that the…

OXFORD – Old tennis courts behind Great Oak Middle School were transformed last year into a school garden where students will learn about agriculture by growing tomatoes, peppers, green beans and other crops. This year, plans to enhance it with…

LITCHFIELD – American Legion Post 44 maintained a winter tradition Saturday by recognizing as its veteran of the month a veteran of either the Civil War or the Revolutionary War. The January service at the Bantam Borough Hall honored Maj….

KENT – Townspeople will have an opportunity to comment on the newest version of the five-year capital plan during the annual town meeting Jan. 18. The Board of Education is expected to vote Wednesday on its newest submission to the…

WOODBURY – The long-awaited flood management plan for the Nonnewaug High School renovation project has been approved and bids came in favorably and below the construction estimate. Now the project is set to move into phase two and finish about…

HARTFORD – Many working people who have state income taxes deducted from their paychecks may not realize that Jan. 15 is the second biggest filing deadline after April 15. Jan. 15 is the date that taxpayers who pay estimated income…

TORRINGTON – Walking through the doors of The Backstage Restaurant one last time Sunday, customer Jackie Tanner reminisced on all the birthdays, celebrations and family gatherings that were spent at the Main Street restaurant over the years. The Backstage Restaurant,…

SOUTHBURY Southbury Democrats are looking forward to the new year after a poor performance in the municipal election, two school board members defected to the GOP and the Democratic Town Committee’s chairwoman resigned at the end of 2017, criticizing the…