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Southington council OKs budget with 4% tax hike in party line vote- SOUTHINGTON — Taxes will likely rise more than four percent following the Town Council’s party line adoption of a budget Monday.Increased spending is driving the tax rate hike and larger budget, although the Republican majority and the Democratic...

Castle Craig Players kicks off new season, celebrates 30-year anniversary- MERIDEN — Saturday marked the opening night for the Castle Craig Players’ 30th anniversary season. The local theater troupe debuted its show “The Marvelous Wonderettes: Dream On,” a 1960s/70s-era musical about a group of girls coming together to say...

State lawmaker could see drunken driving charge erased- HARTFORD (AP) — A state lawmaker arrested after a crash near the Capitol could see her drunken driving charge erased from her record in a year if she completes a probation program that includes alcohol education or substance abuse treatment.Rep. Robin...

Wallingford’s annual restaurant hop set for May 17  - WALLINGFORD— Hop around and enjoy great eats from different restaurants at downtown Wallingford’s Annual Restaurant Hop on Wednesday, May 17.“Instead of doing a restaurant week we do a one day event where we have all of our restaurants in the downtown...

Environmental probe continues after Meriden fire as city waits to secure site- Record-Journal staffMERIDEN — The city on Saturday planned to partition off the site of a large fire on Pratt Street with a fence once environmental assessments could be completed and any risks fully contained.Once the state Department of Energy and...

Environmental probe continues after Meriden fire as city waits to secure site- Record-Journal staffMERIDEN — The city on Saturday planned to partition off the site of a large fire on Pratt Street with a fence once environmental assessments could be completed and any risks fully contained.Once the state Department of Energy and...

Castle Craig Players kicks off new season, celebrates 30-year anniversary- MERIDEN — Saturday marked the opening night for the Castle Craig Players’ 30th anniversary season. The local theater troupe debuted its show “The Marvelous Wonderettes: Dream On,” a 1960s/70s-era musical about a group of girls coming together to say...

Lawmakers take on Big Tech to protect exploited children- MERIDEN — Children who were exploited in sexual photos and videos are often haunted by those internet images years later because of shield laws that protect Big Tech.But U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, and U.S. Sen. Lindsay Graham,...

Southington police search for suspects in burglary, identity theft case- SOUTHINGTON — Police are searching for a pair of suspects in a car burglary and identity theft case dating back to last month.On April 14 at approximately 7:35 p.m., police said officers received a call from a victim alerting them of items stolen from...

Acro yoga offers a unique workout at The Movement Collective in Meriden- MERIDEN — Every Friday night, John Thorpe and his partner, Natasha Nixon, host acro-yoga classes at The Movement Collective. This form of partner yoga involves two or more people where one person poses on the hands and feet of the other...