New Britain News

A Connecticut man accused of brutally beating his mother to death is expected to make his first court appearance at the Superior Court in New Britain next week.

A unit of the Connecticut Army National Guard is teaming up with doctors and nurses from Hartford Hospital for a training event this weekend.

Firefighters are on the scene of a house fire at 5 Belden St. in New Britain. Photo: Tern/Report It New Britain, Conn.

Updated 12:47 p.m. A New Britain man is facing charges including felony murder after police said he allegedly beat his mother to death at Jensen's Trailer Park, stole her car and then drove back to his home in New Britain last Saturday.

They are offered on Mondays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the school's facility at 117 W. Main St.

A Connecticut man has been charged with killing his 64-year-old mother at the Southington trailer home park where she lived.

Mykall L. Martin, 25, of 67 Ibis Lane, Groton, was charged Tuesday with second-degree failure to appear in court.

There are many times that the word "full" is a good thing, but for a municipal animal shelter, "full" is the last thing that needs to happen.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy 's education aid proposal shapes up as a $2.65 million bonanza for city schools, the city's legislative delegation said Thursday.

In a busy couple days for police, more than a dozen people were cited for motor vehicle charges including cell phone violations, passing a standing school bus and operating an unregistered motor vehicle.

The following arrest information was supplied by the Vernon Police Department . It does not indicate a conviction.

DiLoreto Magnet School students prepare meals at the Friendship Center's soup kitchen in New Britain.

Robert Sturgeon, 35, of 22 N. Hawthorne Drive, Unit 2, was charged Wednesday with risk of injury to a minor, disorderly conduct and third-degree criminal mischief.

When the final buzzer signaled an end to Quinnipiac's trouncing of Central Connecticut on Wednesday night, Tom Moore and Howie Dickenman , friends much longer than they have been opposing coaches, met near midcourt, traded pats on the back and headed their separate ways.

The alleged leader of a large-scale burglary operation is not mentally competent enough to understand the criminal proceedings against him or to assist in his own defense, a mental health expert testified in Superior Court on Wednesday.

The pastor of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. will speak Feb.

Shane Grant has two trees in his grove of sugar maples, or "sugar bush," but he has his eye on a magnificent sugar maple in the cemetery that boarders his downtown property.

For over a decade now, the New Britain to Hartford busway has been a source of controversy.

Brookfield municipal officials had a new Town Controller on Monday to replace departing Town Controller Jay Wahlberg.

Dylan David Hubina, 18, of 214 High St., Bristol, was arrested Feb. 3 on Farmington Avenue and charged with failure to carry registration or insurance identification, operating under the influence under 21, operating an unregistered motor vehicle and operating under the influence.