New Haven County

Deborah Jimenez, 44, and her partner have two well-cared for huskies and a cat. They keep them fenced in, in their room at a former Days Inn hotel, which is now a 24-hour homeless shelter.

The records will be automatically erased, but the law only erases low-level offenses and some felonies. That’s after legal pushback led to revisions to the list of eligible convictions, according to CT Mirror.

Residents from Ansonia, Shelton and surrounding municipalities, met Monday at Ansonia city hall to share their stories and urged lawmakers to seek more federal aid to use toward home heating assistance.

A lone protestor placed a Palestinian flag atop a 30-foot-tall menorah on the New Haven Green over the weekend, spawning immediate condemnation from other protestors and local officials.

Michael DiMassa,who represented the city of West Haven, was sentenced to 27 months in prison last May for stealing more than $1.2 million from the city.

Connecticut's Department of Housing received $4.5 million from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development to pair Section 8 recipients with homes in "opportunity neighborhoods."

The nonstop flight is the first to travel out of New Haven to the Caribbean and outside the continental U.S.

Democrats gained 16 of the top offices in Connecticut's cities and towns this election cycle, while the GOP gained eight. Bilal Sekou, a political scientist, says local issues were the focus.

Three state residents have already died this season after contracting flu or RSV, according to the Department of Public Health.

DiMartino has good reason to be proud. The local Democratic Party in Derby swept through the down ballot races as well, and his campaign manager, Linda Fusco explained it partly had to do with his chief opponent, Gino DiGiovanni’s ongoing legal troubles stemming from his participation in the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.