WATERBURY – The numbers of teens giving birth and the frequency of juvenile arrests are on the decline in Waterbury, according to a foundation’s report that includes measurements that reveal deeply rooted social issues in the city. “Waterbury, Connecticut…

LITCHFIELD – Sweet sounds from a Steinway piano filled St. Michael’s Church on a cold Sunday afternoon as the church’s First Sundays Series resumed with a performance by Margarita Nuller. Nuller, a music teacher at the Kent School and a…

WATERTOWN – Assistant Finance Director Susan Zappone will take on a new role as interim finance director-assistant town manager for three months in the wake of former finance director Frank Nardelli’s retirement in December. Town Manager Robert M. Scannell appointed…

HEBRON – Most of the Republican candidates for governor stood on a jam-packed stage Wednesday night trying to stand out with sweeping proposals to slash taxes, state employee costs, and red tape. Candidates running as outsiders slammed the two sitting…

SOUTHBURY – Town Democrats took the first step toward righting the party’s ship after a difficult year during caucuses Wednesday, while Republicans’ unity continued two years after experiencing turbulence of their own. Registered Democrats filled room 205B of Town Hall…

WOODBURY – The Board of Selectmen at a meeting tonight will likely appoint a new committee to help town officials with storm water management efforts. The town recently enacted a storm water management plan and must also comply with a…

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…

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

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…

FALLS VILLAGE – The retirement of Housatonic Valley Regional High School head custodian Kevin Whitney has prompted the Region 1 Board of Education to reevaluate the position. During Monday’s meeting, Superintendent Pamela Vogel said she would recommend the job be…

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…

VALE DE SALGUEIRO, Portugal (AP) — The Epiphany celebrations in the Portuguese village of Vale de Salgueiro feature a tradition that each year causes an outcry among outsiders: Parents encouraging their children, some as young as 5, to smoke cigarettes….