Wethersfield News

The governor gets a thumbs up this week for transparency. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has ordered the creation of a searchable public database of tax credits and other state aid to businesses.

When contractor Cal Caldarella read that a 90-year-old World War II veteran faced eviction for smoking, he knew he had to do something.

A convicted sex offender was arrested last week after he reportedly failed to verify his address and retake his photograph, as required by state law, police say.

Neighbors said the man, Dave Obedzinski, was a hero. The resident of the burning house, Joseph Parracino - a World War II veteran - was transported to Hartford Hospital as a precaution.

The Connecticut Department of Transportation will conduct a public information meeting about the replacement of Bridge Number 03993 in Middletown Dec. 16 at 7 p.m. All are welcome to attend and discuss the project with DOT personnel.

A freezing rain advisory has been issued for the majority of the state, causing slick road conditions and several closures this morning.

Dana Misner and her children Dylan, 4, Camryn, 2, and Charlotte, 3 months, spend time together at their home in Trumbull Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013.

The pedestrian has not been identified. It's not clear how badly injured the victim may be, but police said they're treating it as a serious accident.

The chamber of commerce presented a local breast cancer charity with $5,000 Monday, proceeds of its first Pinktober event to fight the deadly disease.

But there is still more work to do in reaching the Turkey and Thirty goal of feeding 20,000 needy families for Thanksgiving.

Town land next to Stonehouse at the Westwoods public golf course is being considered as a possible site for a new Farmington dog park.

Major Crime Division detectives are investigationg a shootout and car chase that ran from Wethersfield Avenue and Wyllys Street through the South End until it ended with a crash near Cowles and Baldwin streets.

At the hospital where Mary Raymond works as a nurse, plenty of doctors are hired from outside the region.

Irate residents and public officials of Metropolitan District Non-member Towns packed the meeting hall at the MDC Training Center Wednesday evening to voice their displeasure with the proposed rates for 2014.

Dolan Dental of Wethersfield hosted the office's first-ever " Halloween Candy Buyback" Event on Saturday, Nov. 2. During the event, Dr. Thomas Dolan paid children $1 per pound for their extra Halloween candy.

Christopher Benjamin was legally drunk the night of June 10 when the car he was driving struck Donna Nickerson, throwing her 30 feet and killing her almost instantly, police say.

Veterans Day is a national holiday in which we show appreciation to those who have served their country in the armed forces.

A jury convicted a 51-year-old man in a home invasion in Wethersfield last year, but found him not guilty in a similar case in Berlin.

A New London man is facing a string of charges after police said he led Hartford police officers on a chase in his unregistered car, blew a tire, tried to get away on foot and turned out to have a loaded, unlicensed gun.

A student still wearing his Halloween costume from the weekend caused alarm when he walked through Central Connecticut State University Monday, prompting a campus lockdown and a massive armed response from police.