TORRINGTON – The city fire marshal’s office on Wednesday said it traced the source of Monday’s fire at a two-family home on Highland Avenue to a plug-in air diffuser. When hot oil in a glass container broke, it spilled or…

OXFORD – A local man reportedly drove off after hitting the building at Tommy K’s Plaza with his Dodge Ram truck, while parking in front of Subway Tuesday afternoon. Police found the driver, Charles Kovalusky, 63, of 169 Newgate Road…

BRIDGEPORT – A 23-year-old Bridgeport man pleaded guilty Wednesday to distributing a lethal dose of heroin to a Seymour man last summer. Richard “Raw” Estaba pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin in federal court in Bridgeport. That…

TORRINGTON – A Torrington High School English teacher resigned last week following a second investigation into his conduct with students. Bruce Harrison, a 36-year-old city resident who taught for 13 years in the district, had been on administrative leave since…

KENT – Flooding has reoccurred on Route 7 next to the Housatonic River with the recent warm temperatures and some melting of river ice. The state Department of Transportation has closed Route 7 from Route 341 to Bulls Bridge Road….

WATERTOWN – The owner of the Country Cinema, 523 Main St., is fighting for his life after being struck by a hit-and-run driver Tuesday night. Police believe 74-year-old Miratit Ajro, known as Mike, was getting into his car after leaving…

TORRINGTON – Can the Woodridge Lake Sewer District in Goshen apply for a sewer connection into Torrington even though the district doesn’t border the city? Can the sewer line go through a watershed protection zone? Those were some of the…

HARWINTON – After losing a November 2017 race for a seat on the Region 10 Board of Education, Wendy Darasz on Tuesday night was elected by a town meeting to replace Corey Rewenko on the board. Darasz, a Democrat, pulled…

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…

SOUTHBURY – An outspoken economist gave a tongue lashing to legislators gathered for a breakfast meeting Tuesday, holding little back as he lambasted the state’s economy and ongoing budgetary crisis. Fred Carstensen, professor of finance and director of the Connecticut…

WATERTOWN – A local electrical contractor waived indictment and pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection to a bribery scheme that steered millions in construction work to his company, according to federal authorities. Kevin Dunn, 49,…

SOUTHBURY – A couple who hired someone to remove close to a dozen trees on town-owned land behind their raised ranch at 204 Scout Road recently agreed to a settlement with the town. Brian Willenbring and Susan Pease will pay…

WATERTOWN – A series of racist and homophobic incidents last week at Taft School has left administrators, faculty and students at the private school’s 226-acre campus grappling with how to deal with it. Meanwhile, open letters signed by more than…

TORRINGTON – Rickey Flowers claimed he was in agonizing pain after lifting an armoire at a city furniture company last March and received $5,800 in workers’ compensation. But the 44-year-old South Main Street man was well enough to advertise his…

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 – A judge heard arguments Tuesday from a group of Watertown neighbors who oppose plans for a car dealership on the corner of Straits Turnpike and Bunker Hill Road. The purpose of the hearing at Litchfield Judicial District Courthouse…

GOSHEN – The Board of Selectmen is closely scrutinized an application for a special events permit seeking use of the Goshen Fairgrounds for a beer festival in July. The New England Summer Beer Festival would be held July 6-8 and…

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…

TORRINGTON – A city man faces multiple charges, including resisting arrest, when he appears Monday in Torrington Superior Court. Plainclothes police officers drove an unmarked car to Donohue playground at about 11:30 p.m. on Jan. 14. Police noticed a blue…

TORRINGTON – Rickey Flowers claimed he was in agonizing pain after lifting an armoire at a city furniture company last March and received $5,800 in workers’ compensation. But the 44-year-old South Main Street man was well enough to advertise his…