CHESHIRE – The problem that brought ice on Saturday and Sunday and closed a stretch of Waterbury Road between Marion and Winslow roads should be less of an issue in the future. With the road, state Route 70, closed for…

KENT — Town officials have declared a state of emergency in Kent as of 12:30 p.m. Monday. The declaration is designed to “open an uninterrupted line of communication with federal, state, regional safety assets. This will also allow the town…

WINSTED – A driver died of injuries he suffered after crashing in front of the Department of Motor Vehicles on Torrington Road Sunday evening. Police received a 911 call at 8:22 p.m. about the one-car accident. Police said the vehicle…

U.S. Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty, D-5th District, is crisscrossing the state to celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. today. The holiday commemorates the civil rights leader’s birthday. He would have been 89. Esty began in Meriden at…

MERIDEN (AP) — Connecticut Latinos are learning firsthand from the state’s congressional delegation about government and how the advocacy process works. Seventeen residents were selected to participate in second Latino Leadership Academy, organized by the delegation and the Connecticut Hispanic…

KENT – Route 7 remains closed due to flooding between Route 341 and Bulls Bridge Road, according to the state Department of Transportation. The state road was reported closed at 4:28 p.m. Saturday. As of 7:50 this morning, the DOT…

CANAAN – Rehabilitation of the historic Canaan Union Station is getting closer to completion. Heavily damaged in an arson fire in 2001, the structure has gone through a metamorphosis that townspeople hope will bring it, and the town center, back…

TORRINGTON – With only nine months to go until her wedding day, Emily Starr said she discovered things she didn’t know she was missing after attending the bridal event Sunday. Starr was among the 600 attendees who browsed through the…

WOODBURY – Plans to rebuild the one-lane bridge on Middle Quarter Road have been put on hold indefinitely after Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced a halt to many state-funded capital projects last week. First Selectman William J. Butterly said the…

WOODBURY – Work on the Gallery room at the Woodbury Public Library continues, and selectmen at a recent meeting said there’s good news that means the project should be moving along expeditiously. Structural engineering plans were drawn up to replace…

WATERBURY – The city is surveying parents, students, school personnel and the community at large with the search for the next public schools superintendent underway. The school district has posted two surveys to its website. The first asks respondents to…

NEW HARTFORD – The Planning and Zoning Commission eyed the need for new regulations governing food trucks in the town when it met last week for the first time in 2018. The issue has become more pressing in recent months…

WATERBURY – City Department of Public Works employees were prepared to tackle their tremendous workload over the weekend, their boss said. “We prepared for this during the week, knowing we were going to have warm temperatures and quite a bit…

TORRINGTON – Local leaders are calling for the release of state money to Torrington from motor vehicle tax cap reimbursements. Torrington is one of three municipalities in the state that is owed money because of the motor vehicle tax cap…

NEW HARTFORD – Fear that the selectmen would be left to decide who would lead the Board of Finance prompted a compromise vote last Tuesday. The board had been presented with two nominees at its annual organizational meeting – Chairman…

FALLS VILLAGE – The Region 1 Board of Education, after approving the 2018-2019 calendar Monday, realized the local school boards that comprise the region hadn’t seen it. Falls Village representative Patricia A. Mechare noted after the vote that “maybe we…

WOODBURY – Woodbury selectmen at a meeting Thursday reinstated a storm water management committee consisting of Town Planner Maryellen Edwards, Public Works Director Richard Lamothe and Carol Haskins from the Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition. The committee will make sure the…

WINSTED – Can’t be there in person? Let technology bring the event to you. Winsted Superintendent of Schools Melony M. Brady-Shanley recognized social worker Patricia Ursaki at last week’s school board meeting. Ursaki recently won a $1,000 grant from the…

WATERBURY – Have you made it a habit of leaving your leftover change in a tip jar when you pick up your morning coffee? Perhaps you make it a point to leave something extra for a favorite barista. Don’t plan…

A weekly look at insider political news and views from around the region. TORRINGTON – A 33-year-old former Torrington woman who admitted violating her probation by getting arrested while on probation for a previous robbery conviction got a suggestion about…