AdvertisementBy HartfordApr 11, 2021 at 10:03 pmHartford — A 3-year-old boy was shot and killed Saturday afternoon in Hartford’s North End, an apparent unintended victim of a drive-by shooting during a frantic day filled with gunfire in the capital city.A 16-year-old boy was fatally shot and another 17-year-old boy injured — just two hours later and less than a mile away — in what police believe was a separate incident as officers scrambled from scene to scene while more gunfire continued to ring out across the neighborhood.AdvertisementThree-year-old Randell Jones died at a hospital...…AdvertisementBy HartfordApr 11, 2021 at 10:03 pmHartford — A 3-year-old boy was shot and killed Saturday afternoon in Hartford’s North End, an apparent unintended victim of a drive-by shooting during a frantic day filled with gunfire in the capital city.A 16-year-old boy was fatally shot and another 17-year-old boy injured — just two hours later and less than a mile away — in what police believe was a separate incident as officers scrambled from scene to scene while more gunfire continued to ring out across the neighborhood.AdvertisementThree-year-old Randell Jones died at a hospital...WW…

AdvertisementBy HartfordFeb 02, 2021 at 5:54 amAlmost all of Connecticut was buried under a foot of snow or was on its way toward that mark after an enormous winter storm arrived Monday and parked itself over the Northeast, where it is expected to linger through Tuesday evening and drop as many as five more inches of snow across the state.Bridgeport and West Haven each reported 15 inches of snow on the ground, the highest observed snow totals in Connecticut as of 8 p.m., but many communities near the coast were not far behind, according to the National Weather Service.AdvertisementMonroe,...…AdvertisementBy HartfordFeb 02, 2021 at 5:54 amAlmost all of Connecticut was buried under a foot of snow or was on its way toward that mark after an enormous winter storm arrived Monday and parked itself over the Northeast, where it is expected to linger through Tuesday evening and drop as many as five more inches of snow across the state.Bridgeport and West Haven each reported 15 inches of snow on the ground, the highest observed snow totals in Connecticut as of 8 p.m., but many communities near the coast were not far behind, according to the National Weather Service.AdvertisementMonroe,...WW…

AdvertisementBy HartfordDec 28, 2020 at 10:12 amConservationists have won the more than decadelong fight to stop the federal government’s sale of Plum Island, the Long Island Sound home of a government research facility that also has become a pristine wildlife haven.The measure ending the controversial plan to sell the island to the highest bidder was among the many items stuffed into the new massive congressional omnibus spending bill, which also includes the latest COVID-19 financial relief. President Donald Trump signed the bill Sunday.AdvertisementNow conservationists and the...…AdvertisementBy HartfordDec 28, 2020 at 10:12 amConservationists have won the more than decadelong fight to stop the federal government’s sale of Plum Island, the Long Island Sound home of a government research facility that also has become a pristine wildlife haven.The measure ending the controversial plan to sell the island to the highest bidder was among the many items stuffed into the new massive congressional omnibus spending bill, which also includes the latest COVID-19 financial relief. President Donald Trump signed the bill Sunday.AdvertisementNow conservationists and the...WW…

AdvertisementBy HartfordNov 25, 2020 at 7:46 pmConnecticut businesses that violate the state’s COVID-19 restrictions and capacity limits will now be subject to fines of $10,000 per violation beginning Thursday.The new penalty dramatically increases the current $500 fine for breaking the so-called sector rules for different types of businesses as the state clamps down ahead of the holiday shopping season as cases surge in nearly every area of the state.Advertisement“The sector rules and capacity limits we’ve implemented are intended to mitigate the spread of this disease to the greatest...…AdvertisementBy HartfordNov 25, 2020 at 7:46 pmConnecticut businesses that violate the state’s COVID-19 restrictions and capacity limits will now be subject to fines of $10,000 per violation beginning Thursday.The new penalty dramatically increases the current $500 fine for breaking the so-called sector rules for different types of businesses as the state clamps down ahead of the holiday shopping season as cases surge in nearly every area of the state.Advertisement“The sector rules and capacity limits we’ve implemented are intended to mitigate the spread of this disease to the greatest...WW…

AdvertisementBy HartfordSep 25, 2020 at 8:03 pmThe Avon attorney accused last year of stealing state Senate Republican campaign funds was arrested again Thursday on dozens of felony forgery and identity theft charges in connection with financial documents related to his divorces from his two previous wives.Michael J. Cronin, 57, was charged with 26 counts of second-degree forgery and 12 counts of third-degree identity theft involving a series of real estate, refinancing and affidavit documents that were part of both divorce cases.AdvertisementHe was arrested by inspectors from the Division...…AdvertisementBy HartfordSep 25, 2020 at 8:03 pmThe Avon attorney accused last year of stealing state Senate Republican campaign funds was arrested again Thursday on dozens of felony forgery and identity theft charges in connection with financial documents related to his divorces from his two previous wives.Michael J. Cronin, 57, was charged with 26 counts of second-degree forgery and 12 counts of third-degree identity theft involving a series of real estate, refinancing and affidavit documents that were part of both divorce cases.AdvertisementHe was arrested by inspectors from the Division...WW…

Drought conditions across Connecticut continue to get worse this fall, despite heavy rain across most of the state last week, prompting officials to elevate the drought status across most of the state again Monday. Portions of Hartford, Tolland, Windham and New London counties are now classified at Stage 3 “moderate” drought conditions — out of five stages — a level issued only once before during an exceptionally dry stretch of 2016 and 2017, officials announced Monday. Middlesex County also was elevated to Stage 2 “emerging” drought conditions this week. Advertisement “Reports of low water...…Drought conditions across Connecticut continue to get worse this fall, despite heavy rain across most of the state last week, prompting officials to elevate the drought status across most of the state again Monday. Portions of Hartford, Tolland, Windham and New London counties are now classified at Stage 3 “moderate” drought conditions — out of five stages — a level issued only once before during an exceptionally dry stretch of 2016 and 2017, officials announced Monday. Middlesex County also was elevated to Stage 2 “emerging” drought conditions this week. Advertisement “Reports of low water...WW…

AdvertisementBy HartfordSep 10, 2020 at 4:54 pmA Waterbury teen is being hailed as a hero after saving a mother and her three young children from a burning car on Wednesday afternoon.Justin Gavin was walking down West Main Street and minding his own business when the 18-year-old saw a car on fire rolling to a stop at Sperry Street, Capt. Michael Dasilva said.Advertisement“Without concern for his own safety, Justin ran over to the burning car and opened the door to allow the woman to escape,” Dasilva said in a video commemorating the heroics. “Justin then noticed three children were in the...…AdvertisementBy HartfordSep 10, 2020 at 4:54 pmA Waterbury teen is being hailed as a hero after saving a mother and her three young children from a burning car on Wednesday afternoon.Justin Gavin was walking down West Main Street and minding his own business when the 18-year-old saw a car on fire rolling to a stop at Sperry Street, Capt. Michael Dasilva said.Advertisement“Without concern for his own safety, Justin ran over to the burning car and opened the door to allow the woman to escape,” Dasilva said in a video commemorating the heroics. “Justin then noticed three children were in the...WW…

AdvertisementBy HartfordAug 19, 2020 at 9:51 amSeveral UConn students have been evicted from on-campus student housing after video of a packed dorm-room party with no social distancing or face masks was shared widely on social media Monday night.University officials condemned the students for “endangering not only their own health and well being, but that of others” and have opened investigations into the students and party.AdvertisementSome of the students involved also have had their student housing revoked, so they must either return home or find new off-campus housing, and were issued...…AdvertisementBy HartfordAug 19, 2020 at 9:51 amSeveral UConn students have been evicted from on-campus student housing after video of a packed dorm-room party with no social distancing or face masks was shared widely on social media Monday night.University officials condemned the students for “endangering not only their own health and well being, but that of others” and have opened investigations into the students and party.AdvertisementSome of the students involved also have had their student housing revoked, so they must either return home or find new off-campus housing, and were issued...WW…

AdvertisementBy HartfordJul 28, 2020 at 6:54 pmFarmington police are investigating the origins of a threatening and racist card that was mailed last week to a Black, incoming member of the town's new Racial Equality Task Force.The card arrived in the mailbox of community leader Jessica Harrison over the weekend and appears to be a faux, orange “hunting license” for Black Americans that repeatedly uses a racial slur.AdvertisementHarrison reported the mail to police, who said Tuesday they have launched an investigation in tandem with postal inspectors to try to locate and charge the anonymous...…AdvertisementBy HartfordJul 28, 2020 at 6:54 pmFarmington police are investigating the origins of a threatening and racist card that was mailed last week to a Black, incoming member of the town's new Racial Equality Task Force.The card arrived in the mailbox of community leader Jessica Harrison over the weekend and appears to be a faux, orange “hunting license” for Black Americans that repeatedly uses a racial slur.AdvertisementHarrison reported the mail to police, who said Tuesday they have launched an investigation in tandem with postal inspectors to try to locate and charge the anonymous...WW…

AdvertisementBy HartfordJul 10, 2020 at 5:31 pmEaston police seized a dozen firearms and a “large amount of evidence” from the home of a man accused of sexually assaulting two underage victims earlier this month.Robert McGuire, 40, was arrested Friday at his Adams Road home and charged with two counts each of first-degree sexual assault and illegal sexual contact and one count of risk of injury to a minor.AdvertisementInvestigators were first alerted to the alleged abuse when two victims were admitted July 1 to Yale New Haven Hospital for "signs of sexual abuse and trauma," police said....…AdvertisementBy HartfordJul 10, 2020 at 5:31 pmEaston police seized a dozen firearms and a “large amount of evidence” from the home of a man accused of sexually assaulting two underage victims earlier this month.Robert McGuire, 40, was arrested Friday at his Adams Road home and charged with two counts each of first-degree sexual assault and illegal sexual contact and one count of risk of injury to a minor.AdvertisementInvestigators were first alerted to the alleged abuse when two victims were admitted July 1 to Yale New Haven Hospital for "signs of sexual abuse and trauma," police said....WW…