Connecticut, Pike Fuels settle for $2 million following New Haven environmental violations

The state announced the settlement with the company formerly known as Gulf Oil on Tuesday. It committed violations at the New Haven petroleum distribution facility. NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Connecticut has settled with Pike Fuels, formerly known as Gulf Oil, …

Massachusetts man identified as victim of fatal crash in Connecticut on Oct. 30

The driver was positively identified as Craig David Laliberte, 54, of Southbridge, Mass., according to Connecticut State Police. WOODSTOCK, Conn. — A Massachusetts man has been identified as the victim of a fatal collision that took place along Route 198 …

Will Connecticut voters ever break their Democrat addiction?

Connecticut, the land of steady voting habits. The vast majority of our country shifted to the right this election cycle in hopes of salvaging a decimated economy. In Connecticut voters dug in their heels, handed Democrats at least five more seats in the …

Woman, baby are killed in shooting in Connecticut

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A woman and a baby were shot to death while inside a car in Hartford, Connecticut, on Tuesday after another vehicle pulled up alongside them and began firing, police said. Lt. Aaron Boisvert of the Hartford Police Department said the …

New Orleans-Inspired Coffee Chain Opens in Connecticut

There's not many things I love more than coffee shops. I can talk coffee all day. Local shops are my favorite, but I can go for a unique coffee chain as well. Unique as in not the Starbucks and Dunkin' coffee that's on every corner. I get …

Connecticut Foodshare Is Providing 50,000 Thanksgiving Meals To Alleviate Rising Food Insecurity

Volunteers from Bank of America help unload turkey donations and sort produce at Connecticut Foodshare in Wallingford on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. Credit: Viktoria Sundqvist / CTNewsJunkie WALLINGFORD, CT – Three thousand frozen Thanksgiving turkeys …

Connecticut man comes forward with story of clergy sexual abuse in hopes of helping other victims

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Duane Gray says the priest at his Connecticut parish began sexually abusing him around 1974, when he was 12 years old. He told his parents, but they didn't believe it and beat him repeatedly. HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Duane Gray …

Why is it smoky and hazy in some parts of Connecticut?

Fire in Massachusetts sends smoke into Connecticut. HARTFORD, Conn — A forest fire in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, is impacting people in Connecticut with a smoky smell and haze in the air.  According to the Berkshire Eagle, the 10-acre fire on East …

Regulator rejects Connecticut Natural Gas rate hike, orders $7-8 cut to bills

Deadly Brush Fires Cost Connecticut Millions to Fight

(TNS) — It started with a campfire. Some time before the afternoon of Oct. 21, a hiker or camper tried to tamp out a fire they'd made on the cliffs overlooking Sea Green Drive in Berlin. The steep ridge line is part of the "hanging hills" of …