NEW HAVEN – A study by the Yale School of Public Health links certain Connecticut watersheds, including the Naugatuck River, to increased instances of Legionnaires’ disease. The study’s lead author, Kelsie Cassell, said state epidemiologist Matt Cartter asked her to…

WATERBURY To pants, or not to pants? That is the immortal burning question many a prisoner has asked as they exit Waterbury Superior Court. To pants is to suffer the insulting looks of passer-by as they see tan prison clothes…

HARTFORD State legislators are scrambling to find a solution to the Department of Transportation’s $388 million cumulative deficit, which Commission James P. Redeker likened to a crisis. The financial circumstances forced the DOT to postpone more than $4 billion in…

WATERTOWN A good crowd of contractors attended a mandatory prebid meeting for the renovation of Watertown’s the former Heminway School building. Plans for turning the former school just off Main Street into town offices are finally moving forward after decades….

It’s an issue that has come up many times before in Winsted – pedestrians walking on Route 44 to get to Ledgebrook Plaza. Winsted resident John Wiarda brought it up at last week’s selectmen meeting. He wondered whether the state…

WOLCOTT During Tuesday’s Wolcott Town Council meeting, Mayor Thomas G. Dunn was unusually coy about sharing some good news with the town. After talking about the need for a supplemental tax because of the state’s roughly $2 million cut in…

WOODBURY Region 14 Building Committee members were more than pleased last week to learn that construction bids for the Nonnewaug High School renovation project came in $2.5 million under budget. This allowed several alternatives to be included back into the…

THOMASTON During an Facebook discussion on the Thomaston People Speaks page, a debate in the comments section about the delay in continuing the road renovations quickly turned to road rage. A reporter for the Republican-American published a post in the…

CORNWALL There is a lot of talk these days around Region 1 about the declining enrollment of schools, the aging populations and the need to attract young people and families so communities don’t wither away. That sentiment was expressed a…

BETHLEHEM Town officials are grappling with recent and unexpected announcement that funding from the state Department of Transportation for various road projects is on hold indefinitely. Officials in Woodbury and Watertown said bridge repair projects that would get about 50…

SOUTHBURY – Residents in four units in Heritage Village were displaced when a fire broke out Sunday morning. Firefighters reported no injuries in the fire, but said residents of the four condominium units in building number 366 on Krueger Circle…

WATERBURY – The firm tasked with overseeing the city’s search for a new city schools chief will convene a series of meetings Wednesday, seeking input from stakeholder groups and community members. Search firm Ray & Associates will hold meetings throughout…

NEW HARTFORD – Members of the asset evaluation team met in executive session on Wednesday night to look at three bids submitted for purchase of the town’s sewer system and/or its water company. The bids ranged from a low of…

LITCHFIELD – The Region 6 Board of Education has created a director of operations position and filled it with a business teacher at Wamogo Regional High School. Jeremiah Sattazahn, in his third year at the school, was appointed by the…

TORRINGTON – A convicted fentanyl kingpin has been granted permission to travel to a new catering job in New York state, court records show. In 2016, John Casadei of Morris was slapped with drug charges as the leader of what…

BEACON FALLS – A recent agreement between the town and the police union will help accomplish the goal of having two officers on duty for each shift, officials say. The town and police union came to an agreement late last…

CORNWALL – The Board of Selectmen has decided not to support the Cornwall Conservation Trust in seeking a state grant to help preserve three contiguous pieces of land that contain 104 acres. Though the board has given its approval in…

TORRINGTON – A city man’s alleged attempt to give police a false name backfired, resulting in two additional charges on top of drug possession, police say. Two plainclothes officers said they saw a man, later identified as Chad Weed, 31,…

TORRINGTON – A city parent’s “petition of no confidence” in Superintendent Denise L. Clemons has garnered nearly 600 online signatures on the website change.org. Not all of the signatories are city residents. Keith Hudak said he started the online petition…

NEWS NUGGETS Middlebury Public Works director wants employees trained on emerald ash borer threat to trees Hundreds of dead ash trees pose a threat of falling onto pedestrians, vehicular traffic and even some houses. “We knew about this problem for…