Category Archives: Local News

PLUM ISLAND LEGISLATION PROPOSED The U.S. Senate is considering legislation designed to protect the environmental integrity of Plum Island. Senator Richard Blumenthal is sponsoring the bill, which wou...

BOND PROPOSALS GO TO VOTERS Norwich voters in three months will decide the fate of some 8.25 million dollars in bonding. The City Council last night agreed to send a 5-million dollar infrastructure bo...

NL RESIDENTS RAISE CONCERNS NEW LONDON, CT (WFSB) - It was a packed meeting in New London Monday night as people in the city call for more police officers on the streets. Some residents say they don't...

MILLSTONE STILL PUSHING HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Owners of the Millstone Nuclear Power Station are urging Connecticut lawmakers to take action now to help keep the facility operating, as they meet over ...

FESTIVAL CANCELLED Last year, about 15,000 people attended the first Revolution Rock Festival at Foxwoods Resort Casino. Despite the success of the first event, this year's festival has been cancelled...

PROMOTING CT ACROSS THE POND Tourism promoters are hitting the road. They are going to Ireland and England next month for a five-day mission called "Tastes and Sights of Connecticut." Officials say Ea...

MALLOY TARGETS STATE AID Governor Dannel Malloy has asked his budget director to provide him with detailed information about municipal finances, suggesting he'd support reductions in state aid to citi...

MYSTIC WOMAN KILLED A Mystic woman is dead after crashing her car on I-95 in Rhode Island. It happened just before midnight on Tuesday. Police say 31-year-old Elizabeth Kingsland was driving southboun...

REPUBLICANS WANT SAY IN RIVERA REPLACEMENT Next week, the New London school board is expected to formally begin the process of searching for a new superintendent to replace Manuel Rivera, who recently...

SENATE APPROVES CONCESSIONS DEAL HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The Connecticut Senate has given final legislative approval to a state employee concession deal that's supposed to reduce the projected $5 billi...