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2 Brooklyn Teens Killed When Van Rolls Over On I-84 In Danbury

A Brooklyn community is in mourning after a van packed with teenagers crashed on a Connecticut highway, killing two of them.

2011/11/07

Many residents in storm-struck Danbury, CT are still facing power problems. (credit: CBS 2)

Connecticut Light & Power Hopes To Restore Most Outages By Sunday

The president and chief operating office for CL&P says the utility is “still shooting to have 99 percent of our customers restored sometime Sunday.”

2011/11/01

Moammar Gadhafi (file / credit: MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/Getty Images)

CT Professor Was Translator For Moammar Gadhafi; NJ Mansion Still Libya’s

No one in Libya was untouched by the tyranny of now late dictator Moammar Gadhafi, according to Dr. Abubaker Saad.

2011/10/21

Candlewood Lake in Connecticut - Oct 21, 2011 (credit: Paul Murnane / WCBS 880)

Candlewood Lake On The Verge Of Public Ownership

Connecticut’s biggest lake is on the verge of a major change.

2011/10/21

Paul Valeri says his mother is lucky to be a live after a small plane crashed in her yard in Danbury (credit: CBS 2)

Pilot Killed After Small Plane Crashes In Danbury

A small airplane clipped a house and crashed in Danbury on Sunday evening, killing the pilot, officials said. A 91-year-old woman was luckily unhurt when the plane crashed in her yard just outsider her kitchen.

2011/10/17

Scot King (file / credit: Remember The Wounded Ride)

U.S. Marine Scot King Riding Through Connecticut On Lower 48 Tour For The Wounded

The wounded from the current wars return stateside to a hornet’s nest of red tape, says Scot King, a retired Marine corporal.

2011/10/11

Trains Now Moving, But Power Still Out In Parts Of Connecticut

At the Branchville train station in Ridgefield, a sound was heard this morning that hadn’t been heard since Saturday – a train’s horn.

2011/09/01

Manicures, Other Goods And Services, Now Being Taxed In Connecticut

The budget approved in Connecticut is making a whole slew of things more expensive beginning Friday.

2011/07/01

Heat Wave Brings Record High Temperatures To NYC

As the mercury rose Thursday, temperatures continued their relentless march upward. The sweltering, baking Tri-State area broke some records as the heat wave continued for a second straight day.

2011/06/09

Former Payroll Consultant Arrested In NY Scandal

The project manager who developed New York City’s troubled CityTime payroll system has been arrested on charges that he received at least $5 million in kickbacks for his work.

2011/05/27

A member of the Connecticut Governor's Horse Guard (file / credit: Governor's Horse Guard)

Connecticut Governor’s Horse Guard Faces Uncertain Future

A storied tradition in Connecticut might go the way of the typewriter or Kodachrome if a deal isn’t reached to save it.

2011/04/29

Metro-North Train Tracks (credit: CBS 2)

Floodwaters Ruin Metro-North Train Tracks In Connecticut

In Connecticut, Metro-North said it will take at least two weeks to replace the support under train tracks on the Danbury Line.

2011/03/09

The temperature is displayed at a branch of the Savings Bank of Danbury - Brookfield, CT - Jan 14, 2011 - Photo: Paul Murnane / WCBS 880

Man, It’s Cold Outside!

It’s cold enough to make a diesel engine shut down.

2011/01/14

Richard Delgaudio, front left, of Rocky Hill, Conn., joins other passersby to help a motorist stranded in snow at an intersection in Hartford, Conn., Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Pat Eaton-Robb)

Sections Of Connecticut Hit With 2 Feet Of Snow

A major winter storm dumped more than a foot of snow on much of Connecticut on Wednesday, shutting down schools and businesses and slowing travel to a crawl.

2011/01/12

Conn. Police: Man Fatally Shot Had Criminal Record

Connecticut State Police say a man who was shot and killed in Danbury had a criminal record in several states and had escaped a U.S. Marshal’s transport service in West Virginia.

2010/10/10

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