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The annual Greek Festival sponsored by Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Waterbury starts Thursday and runs through this Mother’s Day weekend. People will get a chance to feast on savory Gr...

https://www.rep-am.com/localnews/2024/05/08/try-this-great-greek-dish-tonight-and-find-more-delicious-recipes/

HARTFORD – State legislators voted Tuesday to add up to $400 million in expiring federal COVID-19 funds to the previously approved $26 billion spending plan for the upcoming budget year. Slight...

https://www.rep-am.com/local/capitol-report/2024/05/08/legislature-agrees-to-add-unspent-covid-money-to-state-spending-plan/

Litchfield Jazz Camp has a few places still open for vocalists at its 28th session, at The Frederick Gunn School in Washington, Conn. Vocal study and performance will be available for just one we...

https://www.rep-am.com/life-arts/music/2024/05/08/zuraitis-returns-to-jazz-camp/

When the band Ultraviolet takes the stage at Watertown’s Jameson Pub tonight, May 9, they will be demonstrating the wisdom of the adage, you’ve got to shoot your shot. The four-member band fr...

https://www.rep-am.com/life-arts/music/2024/05/08/ultraviolet-has-a-plush-gig-at-watertowns-jameson-may-9/

Grab the sticky geckos, break out the duck cakes, and alert the grannies. It’s time to meet the much-loved Heeler family, who will be coming to The Bushnell on Oct. 18 – 20 with the Bluey liv...

https://www.rep-am.com/life-arts/family/2024/05/08/bluey-coming-to-hartford-tickets-on-sale-friday-2/

Newly published author of “Santa’s Spies Are Fireflies,” Carolyn Laurentus will be signing her book at the Naugatuck Spring Festival Friday, from 5 to 9 p.m. Illustrator Nancy Haack, will a...

https://www.rep-am.com/life-arts/family/2024/05/08/laurentus-to-sign-her-book-at-spring-fest/

The annual Greek Festival sponsored by Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Waterbury starts Thursday and runs through this Mother’s Day weekend. People will get a chance to feast on savory Gr...

https://www.rep-am.com/life-arts/food/2024/05/08/greek-recipes-in-honor-of-annual-greek-festival/

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CONNECTICUT CONFECTIONS Sweets are on the menu at the Fairfield University Art Museum, with a new exhibit the opens with a lecture. “Connecticut Confections: The Sweet and Savory History of Our...

https://www.rep-am.com/featured/2024/05/07/loca-vore-the-history-of-food-the-history-of-vegan-a-mystery-over-dinner/

WOODBURY/BETHLEHEM – Region 14 school district residents Tuesday voted 719-617 to reject a proposed $41.6 million budget for 2024-25. Superintendent Brian Murphy said the district will now go b...

https://www.rep-am.com/localnews/2024/05/07/region-14-voters-reject-school-budget-proposal/

LITCHFIELD – A quirk in the schedule thanks to early season postponements, put the Litchfield girls tennis team in a very challenging situation. When the Cowgirls returned from spring break, th...

https://www.rep-am.com/sports/local_sports/2024/05/07/resilient-litchfield-on-cusp-of-bl-title/

Today in History: May 8, South Africa adopts constitution guaranteeing equal rights By The Associated Press undefined Today in History Today is Wednesday, May 8, the 129th day of 2024. There are ...

https://www.rep-am.com/today_in_history/2024/05/07/today-in-history-may-8-2/

What kind of day will tomorrow be? To find out what the stars say, read the forecast given for your birth sign. For Wednesday, May 8, 2024 Picking up from yesterday’s favorable new moon, the po...

https://www.rep-am.com/horoscope/2024/05/07/horoscope-for-wednesday-may-8-2024/

TORRINGTON — A former Southington man is wanted in connection with two robberies in Torrington over the past three days, police said. A white man robbed the TD Bank branch in Torrington Commons...

https://www.rep-am.com/localnews/2024/05/07/man-wanted-for-two-torrington-heists/

HARTFORD – State legislators were voting Tuesday on appropriating up to $400 million in expiring federal COVID-19 funds to supplement $26 billion in previously approved state spending. The Hous...

https://www.rep-am.com/local/capitol-report/2024/05/07/house-oks-shifting-covid-funds/

CANAAN – A shaggy terrier mix named Rippy was plucked from a ledge 30 feet down the side of the massive Mineral Technologies quarry on Lower Road at about 5 p.m. Tuesday and reunited with his r...

https://www.rep-am.com/localnews/2024/05/07/dog-rescued-from-canaan-quarry/

U.S Navy Machinist’s Mate Fireman Apprentice Raymond Hernandez, from Bridgeport, assigned to the engineering department’s repair division, staffs the rails of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrie...

https://www.rep-am.com/community/2024/05/07/machinist-raymond-hernandez-serving-aboard-george-washington/

The Pontelandolfo Club of Waterbury held its High Stakes Bocce Tournament on March 9-10. The two-person team event featured 42 teams from Canada, Florida, New York and Rhode Island. The event was...

https://www.rep-am.com/community/2024/05/07/high-stakes-bocce-tourney-held/

Northwestern Connecticut Community College in Winsted recently held a rededication ceremony to celebrate the new location of the Veterans Outreach and Support Initiative on campus. The Veterans O...

https://www.rep-am.com/community/2024/05/07/rededication-ceremony-celebrates-veterans-outreach/

Waterbury HEALTH recently participated in its first Day of Caring, a day of volunteering to help those in need. As part of this new initiative, they helped God Provides Ministries International a...

https://www.rep-am.com/community/2024/05/07/health-participates-in-day-of-caring/

The Oxford Historical Society’s recently held its Fiber Festival. About 300 people enjoyed spinning, weaving, goat-shearing, lace-making and crocheting demonstrations at the Twitchell-Rowland H...

https://www.rep-am.com/community/2024/05/07/fiber-festival-held-in-oxford/

Visiting professors from Italy Dr. Maria Melissari from Palmi, and Dr. Antonella Labate, an attorney from Reggio Calabria in their first visit to the U.S. were hosted by Vito Cavallo, owner of ...

https://www.rep-am.com/community/2024/05/07/professors-from-italy-honored/

HARTFORD – The full legislature has approved legislation to increase state regulation of pesticide and herbicide applications in railroad rights-of-way. The state Senate voted 36-0 Tuesday to g...

https://www.rep-am.com/local/capitol-report/2024/05/07/railroad-pesticide-bill-passes-house-senate/

w/flag TERRYVILLE – Algerd Thomas Ulinskas, 82, of Terryville; a Mass of Christian Burial will be Saturday, May 11, noon, at Immaculate Conception Church, 170 Main St., Terryville. A celebratio...

https://www.rep-am.com/obituaries/2024/05/07/algerd-t-ulinskas-3/

WOODBURY – A local man was arrested Monday in his hometown for allegedly assaulting a motorist with a crowbar after a car crash in San Diego last summer. Tyler Wilmot, 31, of 75 Main St. North,...

https://www.rep-am.com/localnews/2024/05/07/woodbury-man-arrested-for-california-assault/

LITCHFIELD – The Region 20 Board of Education made its long-awaited appointment of seven fall season coaches at the new Lakeview High School on Monday. As expected, longtime Litchfield High Sch...

https://www.rep-am.com/localnews/2024/05/07/litchfield-coaches-no-among-region-20-selections/

JERUSALEM (AP) — An announcement by Hamas late Monday that it had accepted a cease-fire proposal sent people in the streets of Rafah into temporary jubilation, as Palestinian evacuees in the ja...

https://www.rep-am.com/news/2024/05/07/scenes-from-israel-and-gaza-reflect-dashed-hopes-as-imminent-cease-fire-seems-unlikely/

IRVING, Texas (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America is changing its name for the first time in its 114-year history and will become Scouting America. It’s a significant shift as the organization e...

https://www.rep-am.com/news/2024/05/07/boy-scouts-of-america-changing-name-to-more-inclusive-scouting-america-after-years-of-woes/

Grocery delivery company Instacart is partnering with Uber Eats to offer a new perk to its customers: restaurant delivery. San Francisco-based Instacart said Tuesday that its U.S. shoppers will s...

https://www.rep-am.com/news/2024/05/07/instacart-partners-with-uber-eats-to-offer-restaurant-deliveries/