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He submitted his resignation in a letter obtained by the Register.

“We don’t serve on this board to be intimidated or threatened.” board Chairman John...

Police: 13 guns, nearly 200 casings recovered after Branford fatal standoff FacebookTwitterEmail Branford Police investigate at 241 Main Str. on April 14, 2021, where they engaged fire with a shooter in a second-floor apartment the previous day.Arnold Gold / Hearst Connecticut Media BRANFORD — Investigators recovered 196 spent shell casings and 13 firearms — none of them secured — from Matthew Lee Walker’s second-floor apartment at 241 Main St. after his seven-hour standoff with police,...

Blues Beat: More CTBS blues jams coming up Domenic Forcella FacebookTwitterEmail Mark Zaretsky and the Chicago Dawgs are bringing their show to Cafe Nine.Contributed photo Well, it is looking more and more like old times. Blues shows are appearing more frequently, including last week’s very successful inaugural edition of the CTBS Blues Jam at The Chicken Shack in Marlborough. The CTBS All Stars — River City Slim, Joey Primo, Phil Caron) joined by featured artist Mike Bloomer and talented j...

New Haven police: Truck explosion was an accident FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 An HVAC service truck that was damaged by an explosion Wednesday.Rick Fontana / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less 2of3 New Haven firefighters walk down into the tunnel beneath Gateway Community College and the Knights of Columbus building, site of an explosion in a compartment within a truck on Wednesday, March 17, 2021.Mark Zaretsky / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 3of3 NEW HAVEN — An explosion in a com...

One injury reported from truck explosion in New Haven tunnel FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 An HVAC service truck that was damaged by an explosion Wednesday.Rick Fontana / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less 2of6 New Haven firefighters walk down into the tunnel beneath Gateway Community College and the Knights of Columbus building, site of an explosion in a compartment within a truck on Wednesday, March 17, 2021.Mark Zaretsky / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 3of6 4of6 Police and others p...

Blues Beat: New release has blues world buzzing Domenic Forcella FacebookTwitterEmail Don Destefano joins other talented musicians playing the music of the Grateful Dead Saturday and Sunday at FTC’s The Warehouse.Domenic Forcella / Contributed photo The big topic is the blues community this week was the movie release of Ma Raineys “Black Bottom.” Taken from the play by August Wilson, Blues Beat remembers seeing its premiere at the Yale Rep in the 1980s. Besides the acting, a band supplied...

Dean Falcone’s 24th Annual Vomitorium holiday variety show, featuring musicians “overcooking perfectly good songs,” normally takes place at Cafe Nine in New Haven but is happening virtually this year. In association with NHDocs: the New Haven Documentary Film Festival, it will stream from this Friday, Dec. 18 at 6 p.m. through Dec. 26 at 11:45 p.m., paired with a screening of “a truly delightful documentary,” “North Pole, NY.” All proceeds benefit the Cafe Nine employee tip jar. F...