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National Weather Service: Snowfall expected in parts of CT FacebookTwitterEmail Parts of Connecticut could see some snowfall Sunday into Monday, the NWS says.National Weather Service A winter weather advisory is set to start this afternoon and stretch into Monday morning, with anticipated snowfall in parts of the state, according to the National Weather Service. The advisory — planned to last from 1 p.m. Sunday until 7 a.m. Monday — is for “[m]uch of Massachusetts, mainly west of Interst...

Published December 30, 2020 • Updated on December 30, 2020 at 10:33 pm NBC Connecticut A person was rushed to the hospital after being pinned under a tractor-trailer in Willimantic Wednesday. Willimantic firefighters confirmed the incident in the area of Thread City Crossing and Pleasant Street. The victim was freed and airlifted to the hospital via LifeStar. No other details were immediately available. Rescue in progress. I/S Thread City Crossing and Pleasant St. Person under tractor tra...

click to enlarge Eddie Toney Eddie Toneys first job was at a shoe factory in Littleton, N.H., just over the border from his hometown of St. Johnsbury. It was well into the Great Depression, and Eddie had quit school after eighth grade to help his family; hed never much enjoyed classroom learning anyway. The teenager made $8.75 weekly, until one week when his ...

Leapfrog: Connecticut hospitals graded from best to worst on safety Andrew DaRosa FacebookTwitterEmail In its biannual report, the Leapfrog Group has graded 22 of Connecticuts hospitals based on safety. The nonprofit, which monitors and reports hospital safety data, grades hospital safety based on a number of factors, including the number of infections and the types of practices in place to prevent errors. The Leapfrog Group looks at the data available from each hospital, and determines how wel...

Get the weekly rundown Email* GRAND OPENING Chipotle Mexican Grill has opened at 30 Salem Turnpike, Norwich, which includes a Chipotlane, the drive-through pickup lane that allows customers to pick up digital orders without leaving their cars. Hours of operation are 10:45 a.m.-10 p.m. daily. Norwich guests can support the Stephen J. Wampler Foundation, an organization providing life-changing opportunities for kids with physical disabilities, by rounding up their bill to the ...

Southington resident Kristyn Formeister started a Facebook group a couple of weeks ago, inviting friends to "adopt" a couple of families struggling this holiday season by sending toys or clothes to them. It has exploded into a group of 500 that so far has provided gifts to more than 200 youngsters from more than 100 families across the state - from Greenwich to Willimantic.

Feds: CT drug trafficker sentenced to 25 years in prison FacebookTwitterEmail A file photo of a judge’s gavel.Getty Images / Contributed Photo A Mansfield resident was sentenced this week to 25 years behind bars on drug trafficking and firearm possession charges, federal prosecutors said. U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall sentenced Carlos “Los” Delgado, 51, to 300 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release during a video conference court appearance on Tuesday. ...

Courtesy of Pixabay A report by a retired Connecticut police detective finds 94 students, who were attending Norwich Public Schools illegally because they did not live in the area, have been removed from school. Ed Peckham, who joined the district as the new attendance officer in 2019, was hired by the school district to find out-of-town students. A report he released in November estimated those students cost the district $2.7 million, or 3% of the budget for the previous school year.   Peck...