Category Archives: Local News

TORNADO IN ASHFORD .HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A small tornado briefly touched down west of Ashford Lake. The tornado landed at about 4 p.m. Tuesday and was on the ground for about a minute. The National ...

DEVELOPER GETS TAX BREAK Last night, Stonington residents overwhelmingly approved a tax break to local developer David Lattizori worth more than $1.3 million for the first phase of the proposed Perkin...

REPUBLICANS BLAST MALLOY TOLL STUDY HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Republicans are criticizing Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's order for a $10 million study of electronic tolling on key Connecticut highway...

COUNCIL REJECTS FORMING CHARTER REVISION COMMISSION A resolution setting up a charter revision commission in Norwich received four yes votes, and three no votes last night from the city council. The m...

NORWICH MOTHER ACCUSED OF LEAVING CHILD IN HOT CAR A Norwich mother is facing charges of leaving her one year old child alone in a hot car. Police say they found the youngster inside a parked automobi...

EMERGENCY LANDING Aviation officials say a plane with smoke in the cockpit made an emergency landing in Groton. The Federal Aviation Administration says the Dassault Falcon aircraft, operated by Dumon...

CANDIDATES SQUARE OFF The five men seeking the Republican nomination for governor in Connecticut square off in a debate at Mohegan Sun's Cabaret Theater. Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton is the party endor...

PLAINVILLE CRASH The pilot of a small airplane has been killed in a crash near an airport in the town of Plainville. There were no other passengers aboard when the plane crashed this morning. The Fede...

MEN POSING AS FIREMEN North Stonington police say they received complaints a week ago that two men approached a resident's house saying they were from the local fire department and claimed they were t...

TRASHY BEACH An ongoing litter problem at Misquamicut State Beach in Westerly has finally come to a head. Misquamicut Business Association executive director Caswell Cooke says the town is placing dum...