TORRINGTON – Superintendent Denise L. Clemons on Wednesday night warned members of the Board of Education that closing East School for the 2018-19 school year would result in only “minor” savings. The school accounted for just over $3 million in…

TORRINGTON – Parents once again are banding together to raise money to keep the DARE program in the city schools this year. Funding cuts in 2016 forced parents to raise $25,000 last year to help fund the program and the…

TORRINGTON – Changes could be coming to upper Water Street. The former Register Citizen building at 190 Water St. is on the market again, and the Hotchkiss Bros. complex across the street was sold at auction to a Woodbury-based redevelopment…

HARTFORD – The replacement of the Mixmaster interchange of highway bridges in Waterbury is among $4.3 billion in future transportation projects that are being postponed indefinitely. The state Department of Transportation is still going a head with $200 million in…

Despite being included on the governor’s list of projects that are supposed to be postponed indefinitely, the replacement of the Holabird Bridge in Winsted will continue. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Wednesday announced that a total of $4.3 billion in…

THOMASTON – Residents on Wednesday night unanimously voted to approve funding for the state-mandated reconstruction of Walnut Hill Road bridge and the purchase of a ladder truck for the volunteer fire department. A total of 76 residents packed into the…

Judith Labrecque of New Hartford has had many friends and relatives in recent years who have required an infusion of someone else’s blood. Both her husband and her sister died of cancer, and she has a friend with liver cancer…

SOUTHBURY – A broken taillight led to a narcotics arrest after a traffic stop on Main Street South Monday night. The passenger in the vehicle, William Kiely, 23, of 675 South Main St. in Waterbury, was charged with possession of…

WATERBURY – The lead counsel on a Waterbury lawsuit against opioid drugmakers in state court was named co-lead counsel in nearly identical federal litigation last week. Mayor Neil M O’Leary praised the development as “great news” for the city’s effort…

WATERBURY – A sex offender who served prison time for possessing child porn is under investigation for using his son’s phone to contact middle-school aged girls in Plymouth while asking for nude pictures and sending sexual messages. Michael LaMountain, 30,…

WATERBURY – Police have arrested a 43-year-old man who they say robbed two stores in Naugatuck and Waterbury. Jeffrey Stokarski was charged in the robbery of a Cumberland Farms in Naugatuck on Rubber Avenue on Jan. 3 in which cash…

Sen. Christopher S. Murphy has renewed his effort to boost Connecticut manufacturing by forcing the military to buy only American-made goods. After nearly a decade of promoting “Buy American” legislation with limited success in Washington, Murphy filed a bipartisan bill…

WATERTOWN – Town Council members are still waiting for Watertown Town Attorney Paul Jessell to issue an opinion as to whether it should launch an investigation into Watertown Police officer helping Puerto Rico in disaster relief efforts. Watertown police officer…

TORRINGTON – The charges keep coming for a Manchester man accused of breaking into more than 20 Dunkin’ Donuts across the state. New Milford police charged Brett M. Johnson, 32, with burglary and larceny for two break-ins at the Dunkin’…

WATERBURY “There’s many a slip,” Ede Reynolds said with a laugh Tuesday, “‘twixt the cup and the lip.” She used the ancient phrase, which roughly means that the best of plans can go wrong at the last minute, because they…

WATERBURY – In an effort to balance its budget, the state Department of Transportation is threatening substantial cuts to transit services, including the Waterbury branch of Metro-North Railroad. A proposal to mitigate the agency’s budget deficit calls for a reduction…

WATERBURY – Every year, after large snowstorms, there are complaints about snow-covered sidewalks forcing pedestrians and schoolchildren into hazardous streets. Only one has gotten to city officials since the Jan. 4 snowstorm. School officials called police to complain of snow-covered…

TORRINGTON – The space formerly home to Backstage is drawing some interest one day after being entered as a real estate listing. The closing of the downtown bar and restaurant adjacent to the Warner Theatre was abruptly announced over the…

CHESHIRE – Superintendent of Schools Jeffrey Solan is recommending a $72.5 million operating budget for the 2018-19 fiscal year, an increase of 3.4 percent, or $2.3 million, over the current budget. “We’re well with the range of what we’ve seen…

LITCHFIELD – School officials in Litchfield and neighboring Region 6 have begun exploring a potential collaboration between Litchfield High School and Wamogo Regional High School involving shared courses. Litchfield Superintendent Sherri Turner, commenting during the first meeting of the Litchfield…