Prospect News

Students and nursing experts were shocked Monday to learn that Gov. M. Jodi Rell has decided to suspend the state's adult education program for licensed practical nurses to help address the state's budget deficit.

Old Man Winter is a-knockin', and municipalities squeezed tight during dire economic times will be hard-put to clean up his mess this year.

Best Traditional Exterior Finalist Our house is a 1940s Dutch Colonial that was built by the previous owners and his brothers.

LEWISBORO - A Connecticut woman who caught a trooper's attention as she drove on Interstate 684 Sunday by flicking a lit cigarette out of her window was charged with drunken driving, police said.

State police made two drunken driving arrests early this morning. Police pulled over Kyra L. Zambiella, 25, on Interestate 684 in the Town of Lewisboro for throwing a lit cigarette out the driver's window, police said.

If you are a shopper, you know the drill: Turkey today, shopping tomorrow. In the retail world, the day after Thanksgiving is referred to as Black Friday , not because of long lines and crowded stores but because it's the day stores hope to take ledgers out of the red and into the black.

LOCATION: Webster Bank drive-up ATM located at 45 Waterbury Road in the Town of Prospect, Connecticut SUSPECT: Unknown White male, thin build, approximately 18-21 years of age, last seen wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans, sneakers and a red bandana that covered the lower portion of his face.

From left, Jenna Linn of Monroe, Betty Ann Pjura and her sister Kim DiCicco, both of Shelton, ride the trails behind Pee Wee Horse Farm in Easton.

Connecticut state police say three people from Waterbury were killed when their car slammed into a tree on Route 69 near the Prospect line.

P eople frequently ask me to recommend horse barns that offer trail rides. You'd think in a state as horse-centric as Connecticut, there'd be lots of such places.

There's no need to double check your calendars, it is still October, even with the snow on the ground.

Mayor Bob Chatfield, the state's longest-tenured chief executive, hopes voters will think of an old catchphrase when they cast their ballots Nov.

In the next few weeks, Cheshire Probate Judge Raymond Voelker should find out if he still has a job.

Share + Aug 31, 2009 7:03 pm US/Eastern Reporting Tony Aiello PROSPECT, Conn. 1 of 1 This is what remains of Betty Brown's car after it was struck by a falling tree on August 30, 2009.

An 85-year-old woman was fatally injured and an 89-year-old woman sustained minor injuries after a large tree fell on top of their car while they were driving along Route 68 in Prospect Sunday.

Prospect, in New Haven County, was incorporated May 1827. Taken from Cheshire and Waterbury.

High turnover of personnel is a problem not restricted to Southbury's police department, but to independent police forces as well the state of Connecticut.

A Connecticut partnership has bought six nursing homes in the state that have been operating in receivership because of Marathon Healthcare's bankruptcy filing.

Members of Board of Education are talking about adding two Muslim holidays to the school calendar.

A Connecticut school district representing Prospect and Beacon Falls won't adopt a proposal to close schools on two Muslim holidays.