Villwell owner gets CO for house|Monteiro still under investigation by feds
WOLCOTT -- A man embroiled in two federal investigations has cleared himself of one potential claim: living in a house without a certificate of occupancy. The same day as the Republican-American...
View ArticleHomeless man arrested as he fled Torrington street fight
TORRINGTON -- Police on Wednesday identified the homeless man arrested after fleeing a brawl outside of the Dunkin' Donuts on South Main Street late Tuesday as Todd Chadwick, 25. Police said Chadwick...
View ArticleHistoric night in Mexico City|U.S. gains breakthrough soccer win
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Second-half substitute Michael Orozco Fiscal scored in the 80th minute to give the United States its first-ever win at Mexico with a 1-0 victory in a friendly Wednesday. Brek Shea,...
View ArticleTorrington man charged in robbery|Also pinched for pot plant
TORRINGTON -- A local man who ransacked the H.R. Madeux Insurance Agency on Wednesday and stole a myriad of items to sell for cash was charged in the burglary and later for drug possession after...
View ArticleWhy are pitchers so dominant?|Hernandez pitches record 3rd perfecto of season
Twenty-seven up, 27 down. Again. Seattle's Felix Hernandez threw Major League Baseball's third perfect game of the season Wednesday — a record — joining San Francisco's Matt Cain and the White Sox's...
View ArticleLitchfield County gets NFL Network|Cablevision reaches deal with NFL
NEW YORK (AP) — Cablevision customers will be getting some more football. The NFL Network and Cablevision announced a deal Thursday to bring the network to that cable system starting Friday. The...
View ArticleSummer theater is not over yet
Summer theater is winding down. Most of the outdoor summer theaters have struck their sets, stored their costumes and tallied their ticket sales. However, never fear. There's still plenty of theater to...
View ArticleCityscape becomes venue for art, music
Freight Street Gallery will host another Handmade Market from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. The historic site of the Anaconda-American Brass Factory will be transformed into a vibrant, outdoor...
View ArticleYoung fiddler brings French flair to the Mattatuck
Bristol native and French Canadian fiddler Daniel Boucher — et ces bons amis (and his good friends) — will play from 5:30 to 7:30 tonight in Waterbury at the Mattatuck Museum's TGI Third Thursday....
View ArticleState reports first West Nile case of 2012
HARTFORD (AP) -- State officials say a New Haven resident has been infected with the first human case of West Nile virus in the state this year. The State Mosquito Management Program says the person...
View ArticleVoter turnout picking up in Oxford
OXFORD -- Voter turnout in today's referendum on a proposed $3.1 million athletic complex at Oxford High School has already surpassed the number of voters in Tuesday's primary as of this afternoon. As...
View ArticleTexas avoids 4-game sweep at Yankee Stadium
NEW YORK (AP) — Craig Gentry turned a spot start into a tiebreaking hit and the Texas Rangers avoided a four-game sweep in a matchup of AL division leaders, rallying past the New York Yankees 10-6...
View ArticleWaterbury woman charged with embezzling from Prospect bank
PROSPECT -- A Waterbury woman who worked at the Prospect branch of Wells Fargo Bank has been arrested on a warrant, charging her with embezzling nearly $5,000 from the bank, state police said. Michelle...
View ArticleTechnology and golf
Prospect golf pro Jeff DelRosso shows how an indoor simulator works. More video segments on Time Out Blog.
View ArticleUConn injury update
Coach Paul Pasqualoni talks about injured defensive tackle Shamar Stephen.
View ArticleBody found in Town Plot likely that of missing Thomaston woman|Family:...
WATERBURY — Police believe they've found the body of Barbara Grohs, the missing 62-year-old Thomaston woman who wandered away from a doctor's office on Highland Avenue July 30. A body was found in a...
View ArticleMan killed in Waterbury motorcycle accident
WATERBURY [Dash] A 36-year-old Waterbury man was killed in a motorcycle accident on Meriden Road Thursday afternoon. Michael Chapman, of Ward Street, was pronounced dead at Saint Mary's Hospital...
View ArticleVoters pass proposed athletic complex at Oxford High School
OXFORD -- The Wolverines at Oxford High School now will have a track and field to call their own. By 501 votes, voters in a referendum Thursday approved a proposed $3.1 million athletic complex at the...
View ArticleThis week's Main Street Marketplace winner
TORRINGTON -- The winner of this week's Republican-American raffle at Main Street Marketplace is Carol Delagrange of Naugatuck. Delagrane won a gift certificate to Backstage restaurant in Torrington...
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