WATERTOWN – Watertown public schools has hired Thomas DiStasio as its new business manager, Board of Education Chairwoman Leslie Crotty said Friday. DiStasio, who was born and raised in Watertown, is a certified public accountant. He has worked at UConn…

TORRINGTON – The Torrington Area Health District inspected the establishments listed below between Jan. 8 and Jan. 12. A minimum score of 80 is required to pass. “Pre” means the operation was inspected at its opening, after a change of…

WATERBURY When Mike Ortiz couldn’t find the brand of dog food he liked for his pits and pugs locally, he and his dad would drive south to pick up the goods. They started carting back Victor pet food for friends…

TORRINGTON There was a “Redcoat” patrolling the halls of Vogel-Wetmore School on Friday morning, black boots clacking on the linoleum tiles as he marched up and down a hallway. Check out related video He was one of a half-dozen Revolutionary…

KENT – The Kent Streetscape Committee is considering what new sidewalks should be constructed from and what they should look like, and will hold a special meeting today at 9 a.m. to view what other communities have done. The town…

CORNWALL – With the increased presence and intrusion of bears in the Northwest Corner, the topic is one of great interest. The subject drew many residents to Cornwall Library on Sunday to hear Felicia Ortner’s talk on “The Bear Reality.”…

SOUTHBURY – First Selectman Jeffrey A. Manville reflected on highlights of his first two years in office in an address at Thursday’s Board of Selectmen meeting. Among the achievements he noted was extending the remaining service life of Southbury’s roads…

WATERBURY – The head of the Waterbury Teachers Association applied for a court program Friday that may lead to a dismissal of a driving under the influence charge he faced. Kevin Egan, 49, appeared with his attorney, Mark G. Ouellette,…

PLYMOUTH – Ray Gentile wants visitors to his Gentile’s Campground to have a nice place that’s open to everyone, even if they’re not renting a campsite. In November, Gentile opened the Old Fashioned Gospel, a new Protestant church at 223…

WATERTOWN – Waterbury elementary students are working with students from a Watertown private high school to create a collaborative art project. Just under 100 kindergarten through fifth-graders each made a leaf. The Taft School students will assemble them into a tree…

NAUGATUCK – Beacon Hose Co. No. 1 applauded one of its own after she saved a woman’s life this week. Beacon Falls Emergency Medical responder was in the right place at the right time when the car in front of…

MORRIS – Voters are scheduled to consider a proposed town budget of $9,409,802 for 2017-18 at a town meeting on Jan. 31. The Board of Selectmen set the date during a special meeting on Friday. Selectman Vincent Aiello, however, said…

TORRINGTON – It used to be that when a call came in for a heroin overdose, there was only so much city firefighters could do to stop the effects until EMTs arrived on scene with the life-saving drug naloxone, better…

KENT – Sightseers and out-of-town visitors are still flocking to see Kent’s ice jam – a mile-long block of ice on the Housatonic River that continued to show no signs of movement on Friday. Frank and Miok Lipke traveled to…

WATERBURY – The state Medical Examining Board has reprimanded a Waterbury doctor after an infant died in 2014. According to the consent order, John Kaczmarek provided care to a patient during her labor and delivery at Waterbury Hospital Aug. 10,…

TORRINGTON – A frail but sane Daniel Gervais is now headed toward trial at Torrington Superior Court. He is charged with brutally murdering his 79-year-old wife of 11 years, Phyllis Gervais. The retired 70-year-old tree service company owner waived his…

CORNWALL – The Board of Selectmen projects a gloomy outlook as it begins work on its budget for the 2018-19 fiscal year. First Selectman Gordon M. Ridgway said next fiscal year will be a costly one for the town. Cornwall’s…

TORRINGTON- Bradley Grey stretched his long arms behind his back to be handcuffed by marshals before being led into a basement lockup Friday at Superior Court to begin a 60-day sentence for sexually assaulting a juvenile in Winsted in 2016….

WATERTOWN – Police arrested a Middlebury man in connection to the armed robbery of the Davis Street 7-11 earlier this week. Thomas Gaffney, 34, of 2006 Straits Turnpike, was arrested Friday and charged with first-degree robbery with a deadly weapon,…

WATERBURY – Police are investigating two shootings Friday night, one of which sent someone to the hospital. The first shooting happened at the intersection at Willow Street and Hillside Avenue, which police blocked off as they investigated. The Detective Bureau…