Preston Stober

2 days ago | wtnh.com | Preston Stober

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — A new step in transit-oriented development is coming to New Haven. The parking lot just down from Union Station will soon look very different after a $316 million housing and commercial development project. Gov. Ned Lamont (D-CT) and city leaders took to Union Station on Wednesday to announce the progress being made. “In five years, you’re going to see what is now parking spots and vacant space, become neighborhoods,” said New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker.

3 days ago | wtnh.com | Preston Stober

WETHERSFIELD, Conn. (WTNH) — A pair of Central Connecticut servicemen who died in the line of duty, Robert Sharkevich and Bobby Garten, were honored on a mural in Wethersfield on Tuesday. The two men were honored at the 9/11 Memorial Sports and Community Center in town.  After the public unveiling Tuesday of the mural, the men are forever remembered as hometown heroes. “Wow, it just really looks alive,” Robert Sharkevich’s sister Karen Letizio said. Hartford policeman Bobby Garten died in 2023.

4 days ago | wtnh.com | Preston Stober

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — In Monday’s heat, many of us opted to stay indoors or at least out of the sun. But, for some New Haveners, going to work meant braving the conditions. This includes roofers, even closer to the sun than us here on the ground. “Safety is very important,” Noel Bermudez of Brown Roofing said. “I mean, you can lose a life on the roof, it’s very high up.”Bermudez was keeping close eyes on his crew. “Just making sure they’re looking stable, not weak,” Bermudez said.

1 week ago | wtnh.com | Preston Stober

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — It is an honor 100 years in the making as a century ago, the now-famous Frank Pepe’s Pizzeria opened their doors on Wooster Street in New Haven. Now their name will forever be a part of that very road in the pizza capitol of the U.S.As of Friday, Frank Pepe’s Pizzeria officially sits on Wooster Street at the Frank and Filomena Pepe Corner. “If this city is the nation’s pizza capitol, in many ways, this is it’s capitol building,” U.S. Rep Rosa DeLauro (D, CT-3rd) said.

1 month ago | kesq.com | Preston Stober

By Preston StoberClick here for updates on this story MANITOWOC, Wisconsin ( WGBA) - May is recognized as Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to reflect on the importance of mental well-being and to explore various avenues for support. In Manitowoc County, a unique and innovative therapy program involving horses is helping children find hope and healing.