Waterbury News

Sharon Mansfield of Literacy Volunteers of Greater Waterbury, left, talks with Kirk Morrison and Jocelyn Miller of the Howard Whittemore Memorial Library in Naugatuck Wednesday night during the Naugatuck Savings Bank Foundation's Community Awards Program grants reception.

A proposal to create a nursery for infants of women inmates at York Correctional Institution has gotten cautious endorsement from two legislative committees, but lawmakers want to know why the price tag is as much as $14 million over two years.

A male passenger was killed and four others injured in a head-on collision on Highland Avenue Saturday, police said.

Rev. Michael Casey of Prospect gives a mass at St. MaryA s Hospital in Waterbury Monday.

Naugatuck resident Chester Cornacchia addresses the Naugatuck Zoning Commission during a hearing at Town Hall Wednesday night on a proposed zone change.

Charlotte Butler sits at her computer where she's been taking online courses at Post University.

Tonight some of you say you would like a bike share program in your town. And many of you have a lot to say about a proposal that would change the blood alcohol content limit.

In U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton 's courtroom, it's been said that he can get things done in Hartford and he's also someone who, after talking to, you want to take a shower.

Mildred Jane Krukowski, 60, of Woodbury, died Thursday, May 9 at her home. She was the wife of Michael A. Krukowski.

May 13, 2013 - As Connecticut enters wedding season, many stops along the Connecticut Art Trail have a busy few months ahead.

Chris Donovan , the former Speaker of the House, has repeatedly denied knowing members of his campaign were accepting donations in exchange for promises to stifle legislation that would've taxed roll-your-own tobacco stores in the state.

A parolee from Waterbury has been charged with risk of injury to a minor, unlawful restraint and breach of peace after police say he grabbed a 3-year-old boy who was walking with the boy's mother.

C hristopher Buckley , the Forbes editor, journalist and author whose books tackle political and cultural sacred cows with a satirical twist, will give a free talk Wednesday, May 22, at 7 p.m. at The Hotchkiss School, 11 Interlaken Road., Lakeville.

Just pick the golfers you think will finish 1st through 10th for each of the tournaments.

A small meteorite was discovered Wednesday after hitting a house in Waterbury -- and from the looks of it, the Gods in charge of hurling rocks at Earth are aiming for Connecticut towns that begin with "W." Oddly, all but one of the reported meteorite strikes in Connecticut over the centuries have occurred in towns beginning with the letter "W": ... (more)

Just pick the golfers you think will finish 1st through 10th for each of the tournaments.

Connecticut Landmarks' Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden http://www.ctlandmarks.org/index.php?page=bellamy-ferriday-house-garden will host the fourth annual Caroline's Enchanted Garden: Fairy & Wizard Festival, on Saturday, May 11, from 1p.m. - 4 p.m., sponsored in part by the Soroptimists of Greater Waterbury.

A rock that crashed through the gutter of a house recently has been confirmed as a meteorite by the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History.

Two Waterbury residents have been arrested in connection with an alleged marijuana growing operation in a vacant house in Wolcott, police said.

Here's your chance to have Clinton Kelly of TLC's 'What Not to Wear' pick you for a few personal tips.