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TORRINGTON — It's only two weeks until Congress reconvenes in Washington, and the state's congressional delegation on Tuesday came to City Hall seeking a wish list of programs needing federal grants to help combat the heroin epidemic.

NEW HAVEN — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Tuesday declared his First Five initiative "a huge success" while standing outside the swanky, spanking new global headquarters of Alexion Pharmaceuticals.

WATERBURY — City police, next week, will begin a new program of confronting residents suspected of using out-of-state license plates to dodge city vehicle taxes..

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut woman has been sentenced to prison for stealing more than $380,000 from her employer by charging personal expenses to a corporate credit card.

WATERBURY -- A man robbed a Dunkin Donuts on East Main Street Monday night, police said.

A white man entered the coffee and donut shop around 9:30 p.m. and demanded cash from the register, police said.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut's congressional delegation is urging the U.S. Navy to suspend any possible plans to shift maintenance of the Marine One presidential helicopter fleet from Sikorsky Aircraft in Stratford to a facility in Florida.

OXFORD — Police arrested a Fairfield man after a fight at a home on Pine Street Saturday night.
Theodore Guest, 25, of 53 Edge Hill Court, was charged with disorderly conduct and third-degree assault and released on $5,000 bond for a Sept.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

CANAAN — After years of delays, setbacks and legions of paperwork, the restoration project of the Canaan Union Station will finally become a reality.

WATERBURY — The Board of Aldermen were poised Monday to help developers planning to build big box stores in an area above Reidville Drive despite objections of nearby residents.

HARTFORD — Facing a massive deficit that's more than 12 percent of his city's budget, the new mayor of Hartford is appealing to wealthier neighbors to help find regional solutions that benefit Connecticut's struggling capital city and its suburbs.