WATERBURY – State officials last week released $2.1 million previously pledged for the redevelopment of the long dormant 17-acre Anamet site off South Main Street. Decades ago, Anamet employed hundreds at is large manufacturing complex along the bank of the…

WOODBURY – With bids coming in under budget, the Nonnewaug High School Building Committee was able to include items in the project to upgrade the school’s athletic facilities. Plans now call for a synthetic turf football field surrounded by a…

CHESHIRE – The construction of a solar farm on an old landfill behind the dog park on Waterbury Road will not only put the former dump to good use, but also will save the town more than a million dollars…

WATERBURY Less than a week after the state learned that Aetna would not be leaving Hartford for New York City, Amazon.com dashed hopes of grand economic investment by announcing that it will not be moving to Connecticut. Amazon issued a…

KENT – Route 7 finally reopened Thursday afternoon after being closed for five days due to flooding from the Housatonic River that froze over the road. The state highway was cleared of ice by the state Department of Transportation, which…

WINSTED – Town Manager Robert Geiger remains in good standing with his employer after the Board of Selectmen gave him another outstanding job performance review on Tuesday night. Geiger, hired in 2016, made the unusual move of having his evaluation…

TORRINGTON – Dozens of creditors owed a combined $38,000 by the defunct Torrington Titans baseball team are not likely to recoup their losses. The collegiate team shut down in 2016 and filed for bankruptcy in June 2017 after its owners…

WATERTOWN – Town officials were pleased with the large turnout of contractors who attended a mandatory prebid meeting Thursday for the renovation project that will transform an old school into new administrative offices. Chris Nardi from Silver/Petrucelli Architects led the…

TORRINGTON – An alleged serial rapist accused of a brutal rape and home invasion in the city last April was ordered held Thursday on $500,000 bond here and $750,000 for two other rapes in the New London area. Monte White,…

WATERBURY – State officials last week released $1.7 million previously promised for the construction of a produce sanitization center in the city’s South End. The money, released by the Department of Economic and Community Development, allows the city to sign…

SALISBURY – While many may cringe when people spew hate, Nadine Strossen is quick to note the First Amendment clearly allows for free speech. In her new book, “Hate: Why We Should Resist It With Free Speech, Not Censorship,” Strossen…

HARTFORD – Social conservatives are mobilizing to oppose the confirmation of Justice Andrew J. McDonald as chief justice of the state Supreme Court. The Family Institute of Connecticut just launched an opposition campaign, alleging McDonald is hostile to religious liberty,…

LITCHFIELD – Tax Collector Nancy Southard will be stepping down on June 30 after nearly three decades of service to the town. Southard, who was elected in 1989 and is the town’s longest-serving elected official, tendered her pending resignation to…

WINSTED – It’s January and Northwestern Regional School No. 7’s Kindness in Motion initiative is gearing up. The annual campaign, which gives students $100 grants to promote actions that will bring happiness to others, will run through the spring, but…

BARKHAMSTED – The Republican Town Committee has thrown its support behind gubernatorial candidate Peter Lumaj. Lumaj, who ran for secretary of state in 2014 and U.S. Senate in 2012, appeared before the committee on Monday night to explain his campaign…

NAUGATUCK – About 12 hours after an automobile crash downed two utility poles on Prospect Street, a power surge initially caused by the crash sparked a house fire, the borough fire marshal said. Eversource crews were working to restore power…

NAUGATUCK – A former security guard for an elderly housing complex was charged with dozens of felonies in connection to the alleged theft of more than $18,000 from a 94-year-old resident. Nyeisha Douglas, 27, of New Haven, was arrested in…

WATERBURY – A city man is facing multiple charges after police suspect he broke into his ex-girlfriend’s home, sucker punched her new boyfriend while he was asleep and then fired off a shot at them as they tried to escape….

KENT — Route 7, which has been closed between Route 341 and Bulls Bridge due to flooding and ice jams in the nearby Housatonic River, has reopened. Rep. Brian Ohler R-Canaan reported the opening at about 2:15 p.m. Ohler has…

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…