WATERBURY – Work to turn around a derelict 17 acre industrial site in the city’s South End began with chainsaws and heavy brush-clearing equipment Tuesday. State Rep. Geraldo Reyes, D-75th District, and staff from Waterbury Development Corp. were on-hand to…

HARTFORD – Waterbury Mayor Neil M. O’Leary and other local officials presented long-standing recommendations from towns and cities to the latest independent state commission studying how to make Connecticut more financially stable. The state government needs to give the state’s…

TORRINGTON – Bar codes have made price checks obsolete, and for one alleged thief, easier to steal in the checkout line. Justin Agrella, of 55 Barrett Road in Katonah, N.Y., figured it was easier to steal expensive electronic items by…

NEW HAVEN (AP) — A New Haven theater’s artistic director is on administrative leave due to allegations of sexual misconduct. Long Wharf Theatre board chair Laura Pappano says she placed Gordon Edelstein on leave Monday following a report by The…

HARTFORD (AP) — Several fraternity chapters at Yale University have postponed recruiting events amid a push by student activists to make the social organizations open to both men and women, an umbrella group said Monday. The fraternities put off rush…

MANCHESTER (AP) — Police say a man who tried to walk away from a Sam’s Club store with two large television sets was arrested last year for a similar attempt at a nearby Walmart. Officials say the 47-yearold Windsor man…

GROTON (AP) — General Dynamics’ Electric Boat says its workforce continues to grow as it prepares to build a new class of ballistic-missile submarines. Local media reports Jeffrey Geiger, president of the U.S. Navy contractor, said Monday Electric Boat has…

ENFIELD (AP) — Officials have placed five prison employees on paid leave in connection with the escape of an inmate who spent 10 days on the lam before being caught in Georgia. The Department of Correction announced Monday that four…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The swift steps ending a messy and expensive government shutdown has enabled hundreds of thousands of federal workers to return to work Tuesday, but some say they fear they could find themselves in limbo again in a…

HARTFORD – State Department of Education officials have taken steps to revoke former Hopeville Elementary School Principal Maria Moulthrop’s educator certifications. Those steps come more than six years after Moulthrop resigned as Hopeville’s leader. A hearing was held in Hartford…

WATERBURY – An environmental contractor responding to Saturday’s large manufacturing oil spill began winding down its cleanup effort on the Naugatuck River on Monday due to heavy rain expected today. Clean Harbors on Monday removed all but one of its…

WATERBURY – A suspected carjacker who allegedly stole a $9,000 ring from a department store is also suspected of swallowing the 1-carat jewel as he made his getaway. Raymond Roy, 42, is facing a list of felonies after police say…

The website the Federal Emergency Management Agency has devoted to Hurricane Maria contains a page listing online stress management resources. “Sadness, frustration and anxiety are all symptoms of emotional stress,” it says on the page. Michelle Cruz and her husband,…

WATERBURY — An environmental contractor has managed to capture about 1,500 gallons of oil spilled from a manufacturer on Piedmont Street Saturday, according to a state environmental official. Somewhere between 4,500 and 6,000 gallons spilled from Somers Thin Strip, said…

TORRINGTON — Firefighters had to help evacuate a family on Highland Avenue after they were unaware of a fire on the second floor. Firefighters responded to a house fire on Highland Avenue on Monday afternoon that was quickly extinguished. Heavy…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress sped toward reopening the government Monday, as Senate Democrats dropped their objections to a temporary funding bill in return for assurances from Republicans leaders that they will soon take up immigration and other contentious issues. Senate…

LONGMEADOW, MASS. – A Thomaston man was killed in a tractor-trailer crash on Interstate 91 Saturday morning, according to Massachusetts State Police. At about 7 a.m., troopers responded to a six-car crash involving two tractor-tractors on I-91 northbound. Police believe…

BRIDGEPORT (AP) — A small child visiting the Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport has been bitten on the finger by a rodent native to South America. Lisa Clair, a spokeswoman for the zoo, tells local media the “toddler-aged” girl was visiting…

GROTON (AP) — Connecticut authorities are trying to determine the cause of a boating accident that killed two waterfowl hunters and seriously injured a third. Officials say the hunters’ boat overturned Saturday morning off Mumford Cove near Groton. Firefighters rescued…

ENFIELD (AP) — Police say three people have been killed in a one-car rollover crash in Enfield . State Police say troopers responded to the accident on Interstate 91 southbound in Enfield shortly before 7:30 a.m. Sunday. Troopers say a…