Sophie Sonnenfeld

1 week ago | wtnh.com | Mike Cerulli |Sophie Sonnenfeld

ENFIELD, Conn. (WTNH) — The state’s bond commission Friday morning approved $680 million in long-term borrowing, ultimately funding a range of construction and renovation projects across the state. One of these projects includes $10 million to demolish and redevelop the Enfield Square Mall. Last year, developers from a Nebraska-based real estate company had first floated plans at a town council meeting to turn the old mall into an apartment complex with restaurants and shops. Gov.

1 month ago | wtnh.com | Mike Cerulli |Sophie Sonnenfeld

NEWINGTON, Conn. (WTNH) — One state legislator this session is looking to put out-of-state breeders in the legal doghouse, proposing a bill that would ban the sale of these pets. State Rep. Gary Turco (D) met with animal welfare advocates and the owners of Hound & Home, a pet store in Newington, on Friday as part of an effort to fetch support for the legislation. With the bill, he is urging people on the market for a pet to either rescue or buy from Connecticut breeders.

1 month ago | wtnh.com | Mike Cerulli |Sophie Sonnenfeld

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH)– Shortly after 5 p.m. on Tuesday, the Connecticut State Senate passed the second of two wide-ranging bills on an emergency basis. The single biggest item included in the two bills, which also passed in the state House late Monday night, is $40 million in immediate assistance to local school districts to cover costs associate with special education. Gov.

2 months ago | wtnh.com | Mike Cerulli |Sophie Sonnenfeld

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — This Valentine’s Day, advocates in Hartford brought awareness to teen dating violence. At a press conference Friday morning, leaders of Interval House, a nonprofit that runs a safe house and provides services for victims of domestic violence, highlighted the prevention work they have been engaged in across the state. They also raised concerns about the impacts they may face from a potential loss of federal funding.

2 months ago | wtnh.com | Ann Nyberg |Sophie Sonnenfeld

CONNECTICUT (WTNH) — Twenty years after Abby Boretto lost her father, her family received a package in the mail with his Annapolis class ring. Her father, Lt. Henry Pilger, was one of five U.S. Marines who died in a helicopter crash in 1971 while on a joint NATO mission above the Arctic Circle. Two decades later, while on a hunting trip in the area, a Norwegian doctor found Pilger and his class ring among the wreckage. The man made it his life’s mission to return the ring to Pilger’s family.