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Today in History: April 29, Joan of Arc leads French in battle at Orleans By The Associated Press undefined Today in History Today is Monday, April 29, the 120th day of 2023. There are 246 days l...

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TORRINGTON A new sports bar is moving into the downtown space that, until earlier this year, housed Toho Lounge. @Bodytype, PEOPLE:Partners Bill Kennedy, Ryan Turner, Mikaila Evilia and Michelle ...

https://www.rep-am.com/localnews/2024/04/28/meet-at-the-crossroads/

What kind of day will tomorrow be? To find out what the stars say, read the forecast given for your birth sign. For Monday, April 29, 2024 We might be feeling a bit groggy today, as the snoozy vi...

https://www.rep-am.com/horoscope/2024/04/28/horoscope-for-monday-april-29-2024/

Lewis Mills senior Lillian Martineau was ready for a change. Last season, Martineau was one of the only girls in Connecticut who played high school baseball. She had played baseball all of her li...

https://www.rep-am.com/sports/local_sports/2024/04/28/college-prep-work-mills-softball-star-martineau-getting-ready-for-georgia-tech/

PROSPECT – The town is applying for a grant to get a sidewalk installed on the eastern side of Route 69 from Prospect Elementary School to the center of town by Canfield Park. The Town Council ...

https://www.rep-am.com/localnews/2024/04/28/prospect-pursues-grant-for-route-69-sidewalk-linking-school-and-town-center/

Friendly Hands Food Bank of Torrington and state Rep. Michelle L. Cook, D-Torrington, hosted the second annual Food Insecurity Awareness Day at the state Capitol last Thursday. Thomas said the ev...

https://www.rep-am.com/localnews/2024/04/28/brass-tacks-food-bank-rep-cook-host-food-insecurity-awareness-day/

KENT — Newly named Resident State Trooper Vicki Donohoe’s love for the town is apparent. She talks enthusiastically about its charm, its offerings, but most of all about keeping its people sa...

https://www.rep-am.com/localnews/2024/04/28/new-resident-state-trooper-vicki-donohoe-champions-community-engagement-safety-in-kent/

WATERBURY – Mayor Paul K. Pernerewski Jr. said in a Board of Education meeting Thursday that Superintendent Verna Ruffin violated state Freedom of Information laws by sending emails to the enti...

https://www.rep-am.com/localnews/2024/04/28/waterbury-mayor-accuses-superintendent-school-board-of-freedom-of-information-violations/

TORRINGTON – Inspired by the loss of beloved pets, two city residents are creating a Rainbow Bridge Memorial at John Toro Sports Complex. Karen Rakyta Bozak said her dog, Lily, a 12-year old bo...

https://www.rep-am.com/localnews/2024/04/28/torrington-residents-launch-rainbow-bridge-memorial-to-honor-beloved-pets/

CORNWALL/KENT/CANAAN – The beauty of the Northwest Corner has been enhanced with the addition of several new trees. Arbor Day celebrations were held in several schools Friday, serving not only ...

https://www.rep-am.com/localnews/2024/04/28/northwest-corner-schools-celebrate-arbor-day-with-new-tree-plantings-teaching-environmental-stewardship/

NAUGATUCK – Griffin Hospital School of Allied Health Careers has begun its teach-out program for some former Stone Academy students, but the school is still looking to reach out to the remainin...

https://www.rep-am.com/localnews/2024/04/28/griffin-hospital-extends-lifeline-to-displaced-stone-academy-students-with-teach-out-program-in-naugatuck/

Only four years after COVID-19 spread throughout the world, killing millions and prompting disastrous economic shutdowns, world leaders are conspicuously incurious about the virus’ origin. Inst...

https://www.rep-am.com/opinion/editorials/2024/04/28/a-sad-epilogue/

Today in History: April 28, Muhammad Ali stripped of heavyweight title By The Associated Press undefined Today in History Today is Sunday, April 28, the 119th day of 2024. There are 247 days left...

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WATERBURY – Joe Summa didn’t get cut from the Sacred Heart High boys basketball team just once, but actually twice. Did that discourage him or convince him to dabble in another sport? Not in ...

https://www.rep-am.com/sports/local_sports/2024/04/27/summa-to-share-sports-lessons-for-life-at-forum/

NEW YORK (AP) – Sonny Gray extended his terrific start with St. Louis, Paul Goldschmidt hit an early two-run double and the Cardinals beat the New York Mets, 7-4, on Saturday for their first th...

https://www.rep-am.com/sports/pro/2024/04/27/alonsos-200th-hr-not-enough-as-mets-fall/

FAIRFIELD – During arguably the most magical season in Fairfield University baseball history in 2021, when the Stags finished the regular season with a 35-1 record and their first national rank...

https://www.rep-am.com/sports/college/2024/04/27/hibbards-real-cool-story-from-walk-on-to-fairfields-team-leader/

Tracy Stolle wasn’t the type of athlete who needed any incentive, but the three-sport standout at Wamogo High got just that before her team played in Class S girls basketball championship game ...

https://www.rep-am.com/sports/local_sports/2024/04/27/not-forgotten-wamogo-star-stolle-entering-womens-hall-of-fame/

BOSTON (AP) – Ceddanne Rafaela homered and drove in seven runs, and Tyler O’Neill also went deep as the Boston Red Sox routed the Chicago Cubs, 17-0, on Saturday. The 23-year-old Rafaela was ...

https://www.rep-am.com/sports/pro/2024/04/27/rafaela-drives-in-7-runs-in-red-sox-win-over-cubs/

Susanne Gilliam, 67, was walking down her driveway to get the mail in January when she slipped and fell on a patch of black ice. Pain shot through her left knee and ankle. After summoning her hus...

https://www.rep-am.com/life-arts/2024/04/27/burden-of-getting-medical-care-can-exhaust-older-patients/

MILWAUKEE (AP) – Carlos Rodón pitched two-hit, one-run ball through six innings and the New York Yankees hit four home runs in a 15-3 rout of the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday night. Alex Verd...

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What kind of day will tomorrow be? To find out what the stars say, read the forecast given for your birth sign. For Sunday, April 28, 2024 We can expect a chilled-out, easy kind of Sunday. There�...

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LITCHFIELD – An effort is underway to build an aquatic center that would serve the new Region 20 school district and be available for community use. A group of residents from Litchfield, Warren...

https://www.rep-am.com/localnews/2024/04/27/group-looking-to-build-aquatic-center-for-region-20-school-district/

LITCHFIELD – Volunteers handy with tools or satisfied holding a rake in their hands converged on a home in Bantam on Saturday for an improvement project coordinated by Rebuilding Together Litch...

https://www.rep-am.com/localnews/2024/04/27/community-comes-together-for-home-improvement-projects-in-litchfield-county/

Owner Mike Stallings said EyeRecycle in Waterbury had to suspend bottle and can returns for three weeks because business jumped so fast after the state’s deposit fee doubled to 10 cents on Jan....

https://www.rep-am.com/localnews/2024/04/27/waterbury-redemption-center-overwhelmed-after-connecticut-doubles-bottle-deposit-fee-to-cents/

WATERBURY – While no direct motive has been released in the fatal shooting of a city man outside the downtown courthouse, two arrest warrants hint it may have been a murder-for-hire plot. Polic...

https://www.rep-am.com/localnews/2024/04/27/arrest-warrants-detail-how-suspects-were-apprehended-in-waterbury-courthouse-killing/

“It’s important that the towns not be able to keep these secrets. It’s important for people to be able to see what their government actors are up to.” – Attorney Joseph Sastre of Farmin...

https://www.rep-am.com/localnews/2024/04/27/after-prolonged-legal-battle-this-connecticut-town-finally-released-a-log-detailing-former-chiefs-alleged-misconduct/

What may prove to be Connecticut’s best journalism for many years was a 44-minute video documentary of sorts posted last week on YouTube by freelancer Andrew Callaghan and brought to the state�...

https://www.rep-am.com/opinion/editorials/2024/04/27/wild-kia-boyz-represent-connecticuts-grim-future/

A few weeks ago, I was in Naugatuck with Mayor Pete Hess to promote a new $5.7 million state grant to revitalize Rubber Avenue when someone asked me why the street is named Rubber Avenue. If you�...

https://www.rep-am.com/opinion/editorials/2024/04/27/connecticut-is-investing-in-the-valley/

THOMASTON – Companies statewide, including Reynolds Carbie Die here, are watching the fate of troubled Boeing. That’s because as of 2018, 175 Connecticut companies supplied the aircraft maker...

https://www.rep-am.com/localnews/2024/04/27/connecticut-companies-tied-to-boeings-fate-amid-aerospace-giants-turbulence/