Regional cooperation is delivering real results for southeastern Connecticut

As school districts across Connecticut confront rising costs, increasingly complex operational demands, and continued pressure to use public resources responsibly, the conversation often turns to what districts can cut, consolidate, or simply do without. …

Former Connecticut housing authority exec charged with $16.2 million loan fraud

The US Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut has indicted the former executive director of a Connecticut public housing authority on nine counts of fraud and money laundering. Robert Cappelletti of Middlebury, CT, was charged with committing …

A 126-year-old estate spanning across New York and Connecticut returns to market for $75 million; the 268-acre property ...

Image Credit: Daniel Milstein (Sotheby's International Realty)/Mansion Global A more-than-a-century-old estate stretching across the New York-Connecticut border has returned to the market with a $75 million asking price. Known as Hillandale, the …

Building a Future In Connecticut

To the Editor: My wife and I started our farm because we wanted to build something of our own here in Bethlehem. Today, we’re working to turn our small farm into a business that can eventually provide a full-time income for our family. We raise chickens, …

Connecticut man who attempted to join ISIS sentenced

Ahmad Khalil Elshazly, 29, of West Haven, was sentenced to 92 months of imprisonment and a lifetime of supervised release for attempting to provide material support to ISIS, a designated foreign terrorist organization. According to court documents and …

Southeastern Connecticut doesn't want Trump

As heating oil prices rise, Connecticut residents turn to firewood

CHESHIRE, Conn. (WFSB) - As heating oil prices have risen dramatically over the last two years, more Connecticut residents are turning to firewood to heat their homes this winter. Connecticut’s average price for a gallon of heating oil is $5.61, according …

Stricter distracted driving rules take effect Thursday in Connecticut

MONTVILLE, Conn. (WFSB) - Stricter distracted driving rules take effect Thursday in Connecticut under a new law passed by the legislature. The law specifically writes out that watching videos on a phone or car screen while driving is not allowed. It also …

Connecticut man convicted of shooting into occupied homes of former classmates

Gregory McHugh, 42, of Guilford, was sentenced to 24 years in prison, suspended after 12 years served, and a five-year period of probation for shooting into the occupied homes of two former Guilford High School classmates in December of 2022 and October of …

USS Idaho returns to Connecticut after 19,000-mile deployment

GROTON, Conn. (CBS2) — According to a recent news release, the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Idaho (SSN 799) returned to Naval Submarine Base New London, Connecticut, after completing its first deployment on Sept. 28, 2026. Capt. Thomas Flaherty …