NEW YORK (AP) [–] Amazon has narrowed its hunt for a second headquarters to 20 locations, concentrated among cities in the U.S. East and Midwest. Toronto made the list as well, keeping the company’s international options open. The online retailer…

LITCHFIELD – The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday night appointed a seven-member committee charged with evaluating a proposal to convert the former Litchfield courthouse into a town hall. The Town Hall Review Committee also will be tasked with reviewing a…

TORRINGTON – A city man charged in a violent assault against his ex-girlfriend last month was allowed to enter a drug-treatment program under the conditions of his pretrial release, which were modified Wednesday in Torrington Superior Court. Michael Truskauskas, 22,…

BETHLEHEM – Residents again packed a Board of Selectmen meeting Tuesday night to air concerns over activities by Newport Academy students and the school’s proposed expansion, and to hear what town officials are doing to address the problems. The academy…

THOMASTON – The town will postpone the next four phases of its five-phase road reconstruction project for at least three years because of a strapped municipal budget, First Selectman Edmond V. Mone told the Board of Selectmen on Tuesday night….

NAUGATUCK – A black SUV slammed into two utility poles Wednesday afternoon, taking out power to Eversource customers in three towns. Although the impact split the utility poles in half, it did not result in serious injuries, police said. Prospect…

MORRIS – Debate over whether the first selectman’s job is full-time or part-time and the insurance benefits that currently come with the position raged during a hearing Wednesday night on the Board of Finance’s proposed budget of $9,411,071 for 2017-18….

MIDDLEBURY – Finance Director Lawrence S. Hutvagner says the fiscal year ended with a $101,089 surplus in the general fund on June 30, 2017, while an audit gave the town a clean bill of health. Sandra Welwood of Sandra E….

WOLCOTT – Taxpayers here may have to dip into their wallets once again, thanks to the state’s fiscal crisis. The Town Council has scheduled a special meeting Monday at 6:30 p.m. in the Town Hall’s council chambers to discuss issuing…

WATERBURY – The city’s dismal recycling rates are quickly rising under a new $4 million recycling program. In October, the city began replacing residents’ 18-gallon recycling bins with 96-gallon rolling recycling carts – 31,500 in all. Typically, recyclables have accounted…

HARTFORD – The state Supreme Court overturned a far-reaching Superior Court ruling that found how the state funds public education violated the Connecticut Constitution. Led by Chief Justice Chase T. Rogers, a four-member majority determined a coalition of municipalities, parents,…

NAUGATUCK – The Board of Education is letting the Columbus Day holiday set sail in favor of giving students a longer Thanksgiving weekend. The board has voted 7-1 to approve a 2018-19 school calendar that gives students the day before…

KENT – Frozen in place for five days and counting, the mile-long ice jam “is now one large barge” on the Housatonic River. On Wednesday, it even drew a national weather celebrity to town. Jim Cantore, a veteran meteorologist for…

WINSTED – Local officials are seriously considering an offer from Bank of America, which is willing to donate its former local branch at the corner of Center and Elm streets to the town. Town Manager Robert Geiger on Tuesday night…

WATERBURY – Wet, heavy snow made the Wednesday morning commute slow, but the storm failed to meet expectations from a day earlier. On Tuesday, forecasters called for 5 to 7 inches in Greater Waterbury, with as much as 9 inches…

MORRIS An overwhelming show of generosity by local residents and the business community has ensured a sizable donation to a fund established to assist the family of a Morris toddler battling a rare kidney disease. The support came during a…

HARTFORD AP) — Federal prison officials say former Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland has been transferred from a Pennsylvania prison to a halfway house to finish his sentence for campaign fraud, conspiracy and obstruction of justice. The 60-year-old Republican, who…

NAUGATUCK – An accident Wednesday afternoon closed Prospect Street between Union City Road and Locust Street and took out power in the area. The single-car crash into two utility poles did not result in serious injuries, police said. Eversource was…

HARTFORD – A new analysis of firearm fatalities finds Connecticut continues to have the fifth lowest rate of gun deaths in the United States. The Violence Policy Center determined the state had 4.81 gun deaths per 100,000 people in 2016 based…

WATERBURY – Trash collections delayed by the Martin Luther King Day holiday are being pushed back again due to today’s snow. Households that usually have Tuesday pickups will now be collected Thursday. Thursday collections will happen Friday and Friday collections will…