Norwich News

Justin Benware, 34, of 15 Thames Terrace was charged Tuesday with second-degree breach of peace and third-degree criminal mischief.

A local attorney who has represented numerous developers on projects throughout the region criticized portions of the draft Norwich Plan of Conservation and Development during Tuesday's public hearing on the plan.

Police have brought charges against the man who they say nearly ran over his mother and an officer in the parking lot of The William W. Backus Hospital in 2012 before being shot by police.

Seven students graduated from Palmer Academy, Montville's alternative high school, on Friday night.

Norwich The city sold five properties taken for back taxes at auction Friday, each sold for the minimum $5,000 bid price.

The Commission on the City Plan will hold a public hearing on the draft new Plan of Conservation and Development tonight at 7 in Council Chambers at City Hall.

The family of 52-year-old Michael Dugas, who was fatally shot by police after calling them to a neighborhood park on Feb. 24, has notified the city they intend to bring a wrongful death lawsuit against the city and the seven police officers involved in the shooting.

During a raid today at an unidentified hotel, Norwich police said they seized an ounce of raw heroin, a car, $1,600 cash and arrested a 37-year-old man on drug charges.

State Police have found a missing child alert for a 15-month-old Norwich boy who was last seen with his grandmother on Saturday.

When Mother told me an Indian princess was at my parents' gas station, I was sure she was joking.

Arianna Pedraza, 5, of Uncasville laughs and covers her head with her lap record book Saturday as she completes her fifth lap at Fontaine Field in Norwich during a suicide prevention awareness walk and event hosted by the Norwich Prevention Council.

The Norwich Heritage Walk connects the city's waterfront to the stunning overlook at Uncas Leap, but you wouldn't know it at certain points on the trail.

Norwich A suicide prevention awareness event featuring service providers, local vendors, a fundraiser walk, raffles and a memorial wall will be held Saturday at Fontaine Field track on Mahan Drive across from Kelly Middle School.

Police arrested a Norwich man who they say fired a gun Tuesday afternoon in the area of 424 Williams St. Jamel J. McIntosh, 36, was charged with criminal attempt to commit first-degree assault, criminal possession of a firearm, altering a serial number on a firearm, first-degree reckless endangerment, unlawful discharge of a firearm, use of a ... (more)

Southeastern Connecticut is bracing for a day of heavy rain expected to pound the region from Thursday afternoon through Friday morning, bringing an estimated 3 to 5 inches of rain in total including stretches when 1 to 2 inches of rain per hour could fall, according to a weather briefing provided this afternoon by the National Weather Service.

Norwich A former police officer was arrested Wednesday for the second time this month after police said he exposed himself to three young women.

Police arrested a Norwich man who they say fired a gun in broad daylight Tuesday in the area of 424 Williams St. Jamel J. McIntosh, 36, of 84 Sandy Lane, was charged with criminal attempt to commit first-degree assault, criminal possession of a firearm, altering a serial number on a firearm, first-degree reckless endangerment, unlawful discharge of ... (more)

Company spokeswoman Toni Fink said the Norwich store will be the company's 13th in Connecticut and the first one in southeastern Connecticut.

The Board of Education put off making budget cuts to absorb a $1.35 million cut to the public school portion of the budget for three weeks to await decisions by the City Council on a plan to bond some capital expenses and remove them from the annual budget.

A happy homecoming Tuesday for more than 100 Connecticut-based soldiers just back from serving our nation in Bahrain.