New Milford Spectrum

3 days ago | ctinsider.com | Michael Walsh

WEST HARTFORD - The town is updating its Vision Zero road safety action plan - designed to eliminate fatal and serious car crashes - by adding a quick-build guide, which should bring safety enhancement to some town roads soon. Quick-build projects - road enhancements that are cheaper and faster to install than more comprehensive projects - have been mentioned as a possible fix to the town's more dangerous roadways going back to 2023 at the Vision Zero task force's second meeting.

3 days ago | ctinsider.com | Ciara Hooks

BERLIN- A new food truck in Berlin has joined the state's Latin and Caribbean cuisine landscapre, offering catering services for small events and private parties with hopes of expansion. Aroma Latin Cuisine Food Truck owned and operated by New Britain resident Elizabeth P. Espinoza Carbajal, offers mainly Dominican and Puerto Rican dishes, such as pollo guisado - chicken stew - and papa rellena, a stuffed potato ball with ground beef filling.

4 days ago | ctinsider.com | Eric Bedner

VERNON - Voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a roughly $107 million budget that includes a 2.85% tax increase, representing only the second tax increase in town in the past seven years. A small number of residents gathered for the annual town meeting at Rockville High School, voting 48-4 to pass the budget with two members of the public not voting. The increase brings the tax rate for personal property and real estate to 36.09 mills, an increase of one mill from last year.

4 days ago | ctinsider.com | Michael Walsh

WEST HARTFORD - Some adjustments were made to West Hartford's town budget, lessening the overall tax increase to 5.74%. Town Manager Rick Ledwith laid out the changes to the budget, which totals $367 million - an increase of around $20 million over last year's budget - at Tuesday night's Town Council meeting. The budget was approved with all six Democrats voting for it and all three Republicans voting against it. The tax rate was set at 44.78 mills.

4 days ago | ctinsider.com | Hana Ikramuddin

NAUGATUCK - A Naugatuck man was arrested after he took photos of a 14-year-old girl at a Dunkin' Donuts Saturday, police said. George Batza, 66, was charged with second-degree breach of peace and risk of injury to a minor, Naugatuck police said in a news release Wednesday.