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

Watertown and Waterbury school districts will dismiss students early today due to snow that’s expected this evening. After-hours activities are cancelled. Light snow is expected mid-afternoon. Accumulations of about an inch are possible. Related

HARTFORD (AP) — Prison officials say an inmate who escaped from a medium security prison this weekend has a tattoo on his neck that reads, “Time Waits For No One.” Jerry Mercado, 25, of Hartford, did not wait to finish…

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…

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…

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…

TORRINGTON Torrington’s Board of Education will make committee assignments and set its agenda tonight during a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. at the district’s headquarters at 355 Migeon Ave. Board members will staff up the usual committees – budget, personnel,…

WATERBURY Remember the time you put together that table from Ikea and there were a few nuts and bolts missing? An end table may survive the rigors of domestic life with a few pieces missing, but we’re pretty sure you…