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New Milford Police say a man killed his own mother. They say Eric Meagan then reported himself to police on Monday. Meagan has now been arrested and he is charged with murder after being taken into custody yesterday. Police said it all started when they received a call at 8:25am Monday from a man who said he had just killed his mother next to the Still River near Harrybrooke Park. That man turned out to be Meagan, who police say stayed on the phone and gave them his location. He is now being hel...

Newtown Pride FC has won the inaugural edition of The Soccer Tournament with a 2-0 victory over SLC FC in the championship game. That means they bring home the $1 million prize after the four-day tournament held at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina. The tournament featured amateur domestic teams and teams representing well-known clubs from around the world. Newtown Pride FC is based in Sandy Hook, and they usually play in the Connecticut Soccer League.

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The Connecticut Office of Early Childhood has completed the distribution of $70 million in state funding that was allocated in the most recently enacted state budget for bonus payments to the staff of child care and early childhood education providers statewide in Connecticut. The initiative, known as Wage Supports for Early Childhood Educators, is intended to help stabilize the child care industry and support its workforce. Approximately 21,000 early childhood educators and staff statewide are ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending more than $1.3 million to the State of Connecticut to reimburse it for the cost of steps taken to open several temporary hospitals to handle what was then the expected overflow caused by COVID-19 patients during the pandemic. The FEMA Public Assistance grant will reimburse the Connecticut Department of Corrections for the cost of setting up four temporary hospitals at Stamford Hospital; the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford; Western...

Three people died in car crashes on state highways over Memorial Day weekend. Connecticut State Police released statistics that show they responded to 246 crashes statewide over the long holiday weekend, with two involving serious injuries and three reported fatalities. While those numbers are sobering, they are better than last year’s Memorial Day statistics, which included 359 crashes; 35 injuries; and 12 fatalities. The data includes activity from Friday at midnight up to 11:59 p.m. Sun...

In Bethel, an affordable housing proposal involving Whitney Road has been killed over concerns about dust. The 30-unit apartment complex was proposed for 17 Whitney Road in Bethel, but plans by the owners… Frank and Judy Saunders were rejected by the Planning and Zoning Commission. Those plans called for 42 one-bedroom units on the 1.7 acre property, but the were nixed over what was called “fugitive dust from an abutting property.” That property is Gault Stone and Landscape Su...

As you get ready to hit the road for the holiday weekend, or if you are planning to travel anywhere on Connecticut’s busy interstate highways, take note of this… The exit signs on nearly a dozen major highways here in Connecticut are being renumbered. It comes as the state Department of Transportation replaces old signs to meet new Federal Highway Administration standards. The change will be gradual, but by the end of this decade, exit numbers will correspond with mile markers, and ...

Some new information has been released surrounding a boat crash that happened last week on Candlewood Lake that resulted in two people being taken to the hospital. It happened near the Lattins Cove State Boat Launch on the morning of May 15th. A 19-foot bass boat with two people aboard, and 20-foot bowrider with one person on board, crashed near an island. The passenger in the bass boat was not hurt, but both boat operators were taken to the hospital… one suffering from a broken rib and p...

The Danbury Public Library is holding an interactive session today to teach you how to make the internet work for you. You’ll leave with an understanding of how to safety plan with and around technology. An officer from the Danbury Police Department will educate parents about Internet safety, while staff from the Center for Empowerment and Education work with teens. It’s free and it begins this afternoon at 5.