Briceyda Landaverde

The town of Southington is hoping to take a financial burden off the wife of fallen State Trooper First Class Aaron Pelletier

Jackelynne Silva-Martinez, also known as Jacky, was born and raised for most of her adolescence in Cusco, Peru.

The family of 6-year-old Jathan Escobar is calling for justice after he was brutally beaten with a baseball bat in Bridgeport last month and died days later. They gathered outside a Bridgeport courthouse Thursday morning all wearing matching sweaters honoring the life taken too soon. They were there for the court appearance of Abdulrahim Sulaiman, who now faces upgraded charges,…

This is the first general election in Connecticut where voters can head to the polls early.

On Thursday, there was a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of a former piano factory in Meriden that is being turned into mixed-income housing. “We always look at this big building and we’re like hey it looks pretty gothy, it’s old,” North End Neighborhood Association President Steven Cardillo said. The former Aeolian Organ and Music Company building located on Tremont…

On Monday, a group of Southington residents gathered outside of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. racial equity mural on North Main Street to bring light to what they are calling an injustice.

An unusual scene at the beach during October. “We are surprised there are so many other people out here,” Jillian Stone, of Farmington, said. The summer season officially wrapped up last month, but warm temperatures have been in full swing this week, attracting dozens of families out to Hammonasset Beach State Park. “It is fantastic to be out, although sometimes…

Utility customers are turning frustration into action. On Thursday, advocates hand-delivered 68,000 signatures to Governor Ned Lamont’s office. “The public benefits need to be removed from our energy bill,” advocate Scott Pearson said. “I know people are very upset about this, and this is not going to go away.” Customer Donnetta Campbell was among the group. She brought copies of…

An outpouring of support has come from all corners of Connecticut for Wethersfield fallen firefighter Robert Sharkevich Sr. In Cheshire, a young woman is selling t-shirts to help raise money for his family. It’s not the first time she is giving back to loved ones of first responders. “It is unbelievable what these guys are doing, really is something special,”…

Jose David Almeida, 78, most commonly known as David, was born in Cape Verde in 1946. “I love Cape Verdean, it is a beautiful island,” Jose David Almeida, of Waterbury, said. Almeida came to Connecticut at the age of 15 like many others before him chasing the American dream. “Because the United States is the land of opportunity, everybody wants…