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Windsor Locks Main Street Project Gets $1.2M Boost
The long-delayed downtown project now has $6.5 million in funding and no longer includes a controversial roundabout.

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The long-delayed downtown project now has $6.5 million in funding and no longer includes a controversial roundabout.

Police said more than $1,100 worth of merchandise was involved in the Sept. 4 incident.
A crystallized bottle of nitric acid was found while employees cleaned a chemical storage area, fire officials said.
State police said the driver struck a motorcycle from behind before failing a field sobriety test.
State police said an East Windsor man struck the back of a motorcycle near Exit 36 late Saturday.
Hometown Arcade plans to bring classic games, pinball machines and modern consoles to Mountain Road.
The applicant is seeking approval for a 55-foot-tall building and the excavation or regrading of more than 14,000 cubic yards of material.
The projects would redevelop properties at Targeting Centre and Waterside Crossing.
The revised ordinance creates a “Do Not Knock” registry and allows fines of up to $250 for repeat violations.
The East Windsor development is separate from a 189-unit project approved nearby earlier this year.
The project is separate from a 189-unit development approved earlier this year along the same stretch of North Road.
He is not working at Somers High School while the district reviews videos of sermons he delivered before being hired.
The proposal would combine Thompsonville, North Thompsonville, Shaker Pines and Hazardville into one district.
The driver remained at the scene and is cooperating with police, authorities said.
The grants will support nonprofits working to improve access to health care, insurance and medical transportation.
The Little River Apartments plan calls for 150 units on Oxford Road, including 45 apartments designated as affordable.
Police said a 5-year-old boy was restrained in a way that blocked his airway and left him unable to breathe.
The winning scratch ticket was sold at a Mountain Road gas station.
The crash involved a school van carrying a 12-year-old and sent six people to area hospitals, according to reports.
Kevin Pell told a dispatcher the air conditioning was not on, but later told an officer he had left it running, according to the warrant.