WATERBURY – The Bertucci’s restaurant in the Brass Mill Center is closed. By yesterday afternoon the sign had been scrubbed off the top of the building and workers were busy preparing for the moving process. The restaurant’s sudden closure took…

TORRINGTON – Moving crews were parked in front of Backstage Restaurant on Monday, busy moving out booths, tables and other materials after closing its doors for good on Sunday. Pieces of cardboard now cover the glass windows looking into the…

NEW YORK Two major Apple investors have urged the iPhone maker to help curb smartphone addiction among children, highlighting growing concern about the effects of gadgets and social media on youngsters. New York-based Jana Partners and the California State Teachers’…

WATERBURY – Proponents of the planned Naugatuck River Greenway say much progress was made in 2017, even if it’s not obvious to the naked eye. And it won’t be for at least another year or more. Construction of the first…

NAUGATUCK – Heating fuel providers across Connecticut have been putting in long hours these past two weeks to keep up with customer demand for fuel. The demand accompanies one of the longest stretches of continuous days where temperatures have dipped…

HARTFORD – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Monday announced he is nominating Justice Andrew J. McDonald of the Connecticut Supreme Court to serve as the first openly gay chief justice of a U.S. state. Malloy said he will be formally…

WATERBURY – The Board of Aldermen has cancelled its 7 p.m. meeting tonight due to icy road conditions. The city currently has 40 trucks spreading sand and salt on local roads. Related

WATERBURY — Police apprehended the occupants of a grey sedan they say was stolen out of New York before it was driven over two parked cars and crashed into a building at 630 Baldwin St., Sunday night. Police say the…

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…

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…

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…