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Gallery One, an artspace in Old Saybrook , closed last year. Several artists from that gallery are reuniting for a show that will be open for another month in New Haven .

Gianna Forte, of Easton, will dance the role of the Snow Queen on Sunday, Dec. 22, at the Klein Memorial Auditorium with the New Englad Ballet Company.

Standing with his lawyer, Fred Paoletti, left, University of New Haven student William Dong, 22, of Fairfield, appears at Superior Court in Milford, Conn.

One moment Michael Fumiatti was chasing a quad driver who tried to run him down Tuesday evening - then moments later found himself helping bring a baby boy into the world.

Cindy Clair knew that New Haven once made clocks and carriages and steam engines.

Police and U.S. marshals in Connecticut have arrested a New Haven man wanted in Rhode Island in connection with a fatal shooting near a Providence bar in November.

An attorney for a Connecticut student involved in a gun scare at the University of New Haven campus says he expects his client will plead not guilty.

In the quest to revive the long-shuttered Dixwell Community "Q" House, the next step may be to tear it down.

Russell L. Burbridge, Jr., 47, of New Haven, died Dec. 15 at his home. He was born Nov. 10, 1966 in New London to Kathleen Baxter Clement of Branford and the late Russell L. Burbridge, Sr. He had a great love for cooking and landscaping, and worked as a cook and kitchen manager for the Salvation Army in New Haven.

Connecticut Music Award-winning jam band Kung Fu plays a pair of shows this holiday season: Saturday, Dec. 21 at Toad's Place in New Haven and Tuesday, Dec. 31 at Fairfield Theatre Company.

The police officers who patrol America's colleges are empowered these days to do far more than respond to campus emergencies.

Forty-seven years after he dropped out of Hillhouse High School, Albert Payne, Jr. is racing the clock to get his GED - before the pencil-and-paper test is replaced with a more difficult, online version.

In City Hall and at a nearby bar Monday night, lawmakers saluted the end of another term with farewell remarks from departing colleagues, some words from the mayor, and honorary rubber stamps.

Madison Cares, a local group dedicated to eliminating poverty housing through community participation, dedicated its ninth house this past weekend at 827 Congress Avenue in New Haven.

More lanes on Interstate 95 and other state highways to break up bottlenecks was the top transportation remedy that would help businesses thrive, according to a survey of executives conducted by the state's largest business and trade organization.

Zullo, who plead guilty to one count of obstruction of justice, will be the first of four East Haven police officers sentenced as part of the federal government's investigation into civil rights abuses in the department.

An East Haven father who was arrested in October after posting comments on Facebook that were critical of the security at Joseph Melillo Middle School will not be prosecuted.

As he contemplates closing up his sprawling 80-year-old family-owned engine repair business, Pete Nizen III pointed out some of the patients awaiting attention - a 1938 Mercedes crankshaft, a 1939 Mack truck engine, a 1954 firetruck engine.

The state released the rankings on Dec. 5 based on the 2012-13 school year. Check the charts in this story to see how your school fared; and click here for more detailed state reports about all city public schools, as well as New Haven's public school district.

The city and a developer have reached a deal to jump-start the revival of a stretch of New Haven destroyed by urban renewal - by building a 120,000-square-foot office and retail complex across from Career High School and rezoning 16 acres of land between downtown and the Boulevard.