New food truck in Southington prompts town to develop regulations
New food truck in Southington prompts town to develop regulations
New food truck in Southington prompts town to develop regulations
Marty DiVito, of Wolcott, owner of Martyâs food truck. Advertisement
April 11, 2021 12:04PM By Jesse Buchanan, Record-Journal staff
SOUTHINGTON â A Wolcott restaurateur is readying a food truck for a seasonal spot on Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike where heâll offer steak sandwiches, hamburgers, salads and his own relish.
Marty DiVitoâs request for permission to set up on his own land prompted town officials to consider rules on food trucks.
DiVito got permission from the Zoning Board of Appeals this winter to set up his food truck for one year. Usually food trucks are looking for permission to set up at a festival or other event and board chairwoman Alicia Novi said there wasnât really a category for what DiVito was doing.
Mamma Mia in Southington reopens under new management
Mamma Mia in Southington reopens under new management
Massimo Riccitelli, owner of Mamma Mia Italian restaurant, prepares a Neapolitan-style pizza last Friday. The Southington restaurant reopened in December 2020 after being closed for more than a year due to a fire in April 2019. Advertisement
Massimo Riccitelli, owner of Mamma Mia Italian restaurant, shifts a Neapolitan style pizza around the interior of the restaurant s special made oven, imported from Italy. The Southington restaurant reopened in December 2020 after being closed for more than a year due to a fire in April 2019. | Devin Leith-Yessian
Shrimp risotto being prepared in the kitchen of Mamma Mia Italian restaurant, on April 2, 2021. The Southington restaurant reopened in December 2020 after being closed for more than a year due to a fire in April 2019. | Devin Leith-Yessian
Meriden man charged in October crash that damaged Southington home
Meriden man charged in October crash that damaged Southington home
The Southington Police Department, Wed., Jan. 13, 2021. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
April 05, 2021 03:11PM By Devin Leith-Yessian, Record-Journal staff
SOUTHINGTON â The driver of a vehicle that crashed into a Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike home in October has been charged with DUI and operating a stolen vehicle, police said.Â
Kevin Aponte, 27, 112 View St., Meriden, was also charged on March 30 with possession of a controlled substance, third-degree criminal mischief, second-degree larceny, failure to drive in the proper lane and evading responsibility.
According to Southington police, Aponte was driving a stolen vehicle that struck a guardrail and then a house at 446 Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike on Oct. 9.
Mamma Mia in Southington reopens under new management
Mamma Mia in Southington reopens under new management
Massimo Riccitelli, owner of Mamma Mia Italian restaurant, prepares a Neapolitan-style pizza on Friday. The Southington restaurant reopened in December 2020 after being closed for more than a year due to a fire in April 2019. Devin Leith-Yessian, Record-Journal Advertisement
Massimo Riccitelli, owner of Mamma Mia Italian restaurant, shifts a Neapolitan style pizza around the interior of the restaurant s special made oven, imported from Italy. The Southington restaurant reopened in December 2020 after being closed for more than a year due to a fire in April 2019. | Devin Leith-Yessian
Updated: 12:48 PM EST February 26, 2021
SOUTHINGTON, Conn. A man wanted in a fatal shooting in Alabama was arrested in Southington on Thursday night.
Opelika police said 40-year-old John Thomas III reportedly shot two victims, one in the face and one in the chest, before fleeing the state of Alabama on February 18.
On February 19th, police issued an arrest warrant for Thomas, charging him with murder, attempted murder, first-degree robbery, and Opelika officials requested help from the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force.
In conjunction with the U.S. Marshals Violent Fugitive Task Force in Connecticut and the Waterbury Police Department, Marshals tracked Thomas to the Southington area.