WATERBURY – Police are investigating an armed robbery of a clothing store earlier this month. Two suspects, who police say showed guns during the hold up, robbed Mike T’s Urban Wear on Orange Street on Jan. 10. The men were…

TORRINGTON – A city man with a felony robbery conviction was ordered held on $50,000 bond Thursday in Superior Court. Ryan Marston, 25, of 89 Pearl St., is charged with violating his probation by failing to attend a drug-treatment program…

TORRINGTON – Police in Shelton arrested a 45-year-old Torrington man on charges of fourth-degree sexual assault and second-degree harassment after a 17-year-old girl reported that he touched her while she slept in his car. Christopher Galvin was released on $5,000…

WATERBURY – The state is committed to providing funding for the proposed expansion of Wendell Cross Elementary into a pre-kindergarten-to-grade-8 school, so long as construction begins by October 2019. Meanwhile, the building committee tasked with overseeing the project must move…

SOUTHBURY – Signs on the entrance to Staples this week informed customers of the store’s closing, but Economic Development Commission Chairwoman Anne Armeno’s spirits are lifted by news that the national retailer HomeGoods will take its place. Adam Zeiberg and…

TORRINGTON – Christina M. Emery is the new executive director of Prime Time House, a private nonprofit organization that helps adults with mental illness. Emery’s first day on the job at Prime Time House, 836 Main St., was Jan. 8….

SOUTHBURY – River Road Park, which overlooks Lake Zoar, has been a destination for picnics, boating, fishing, swimming and volleyball over the years. But it has since fallen into disrepair and is currently closed. The Parks and Recreation Commission is…

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…