Steven Goode
Hartford Courant
Windsor, CT, United States
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Hooker Brewing Co.’s latest expansion to feature beers, laughs and tunes in Coltsville
Hooker Brewing expands its footprint at the Coltsville complex to include a new comedy/music venue in the North Armory → Read More
Wethersfield police chief put on administrative leave amid investigation
WETHERSFIELD — Wethersfield Police Chief James Cetran has been placed on paid administrative leave. According to a source, Cetran was placed on leave at the end of November. A reason for the leave was not provided by the source but his job status was confirmed by Town Manager Gary Evans. Evans did not elaborate other than to say the chief had not been suspended, but placed on “paid… → Read More
For Access Health CT, reaching those who need health insurance more difficult, more important in time of COVID
Access Health CT, which provides health insurance to people who don't have it through an employer, has changed its methods of getting the word out to the urban minority community and people who have or are about to lose their jobs due to COVID-19 shutdowns → Read More
Connecticut has released new guidelines for state parks and beaches this summer
The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has issued guidelines for beach-goers, boaters and hikers in advance of an expected busy Memorial Day weekend. State parks that feature beaches along the shoreline will open Friday with capacity limitations and the following recommended social distancing guidelines: Visitors to shoreline parks must maintain 15-feet of space from other… → Read More
Hartford Police investigating homicide in South End
Hartford Police are investigating the city’s 9th homicide of the year. The shooting occurred overnight at 416 Franklin Ave., according to police. Police identified the victim as an adult male who was taken to Hartford Hospital. Wayland Street, was closed between Franklin and Wethersfield avenues for a time, police said. Steven Goode can be reached at sgoode@courant.com. → Read More
Connecticut nursing home operators worry about lack of critical supplies to deal with coronavirus outbreak
State officials are expected to seek the help of the federal government to cover potential shortages of vital equipment that would be needed if the coronavirus hit a nursing home — a daunting possibility with a virus that could carry an extremely high death rate for their patients. → Read More
Records: Victims in Bloomfield double homicide had carjacked the alleged shooter in 2008
The two men fatally shot outside a Bloomfield bar last month were well-known to the suspect: They’d stolen an Acura RL from him at gunpoint more than a decade ago. → Read More
Bloomfield school superintendent seeks nearly 10% budget increase
James Thompson seeks 9.78 percent increase in budget request → Read More
Bloomfield kennel owner charged with animal cruelty negotiates with town over custody of seized dogs
Town attorney and attorneys for Margaret Boisture discussing next steps for seized dogs → Read More
One dead in single car crash
Coventry police are investigating a one car crash that killed a person. Police said they responded at about 4 a.m. Saturday to Boston Turnpike in the area of Lathrop Drive on a report of a one car motor vehicle crash with an ejection. Once on the scene officers confirmed the crash and located a male victim on the side of the road suffering from serious injuries, police said. The victim, who was… → Read More
Dogs and beer coming together in Bloomfield as adoption center and brewery link up
Hooker Brewing Co. and Dog Star Rescue are joining forces to provide a common area for dog lovers and beer drinkers. → Read More
Bloomfield’s Blue Hills fire commission votes out chairwoman
Bloomfield’s Blue Hills Fire Commission Chairwoman Ariel Marzouca Jaunai was abruptly removed from her leadership post at Wednesday’s regular meeting. → Read More
Neighbors who witnessed sex in car led to former Hartford teacher’s arrest
Neighbors brought sexual activity between teacher and student to light → Read More
Police: Former Hartford high school teacher groomed teen student for sex
Details of arrest warrant for Pat Dodds, a former Hartford teacher accused of having sex with a student → Read More
With groom facing cancer diagnosis, Connecticut Children’s turned into wedding chapel for local couple
Jonathan Sales and Alyssa Griffin were supposed to have a big, expensive wedding in May, followed by a honeymoon cruise in August. But Sales' cancer diagnosis less than two weeks ago made them decide to change all that, and Connecticut Children’s, where he is staying and receiving chemotherapy treatment for B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, stepped in to help. → Read More
This Windsor author is giving mystery and crime novels a Hartford twist
Authors sometimes find their inspiration in strange places. In the case of Windsor resident Mark Dressler, it was his daughter’s back yard. “My daughter had a house in Tolland, set way back with a dirt road driveway on seven-acres of forested land,” said Dressler. “I’d stand on the deck and say, ‘There could be a dead body out there.' " Dressler took the inspiration of that imagined dead body… → Read More
Court records: East Windsor man stabbed 73-year-old father at least 70 times with screwdriver
An East Windsor man accused of murder stabbed his 73-year-old father at least 70 times with a screwdriver last month in the kitchen of his home, according to court documents released Monday. Gabriel Hesse, 40, was ordered held on $2 million bail during a brief court hearing Monday in Enfield Superior Court. Judge Stewart B. Rosen transferred Hesse’s case to Hartford Superior Court where Hesse is… → Read More
Young baker introducing Windsor customers to her Sweet Tooth
Nyeemah Hightower is following her dream of being a successful baker opening Sweet Tooth in Windsor → Read More
With hopes of unraveling a 75-year-old mystery, medical examiner’s bid to exhume two unidentified victims of the Hartford Circus Fire gets OK from judge
In an effort to unravel one of the enduring mysteries from the Hartford Circus Fire, a Superior Court judge has approved the medical examiner’s request to exhume the bodies of two unidentified female victims and conduct DNA testing to see if one of them may be a Vermont woman last seen struggling to get out of the burning tent 75 years ago. → Read More
Bloomfield’s two breweries are expanding to add food, a tap room and private event spaces
Soon the aroma of pizza and other pub grub will be joining the smell of hops and barley at Thomas Hooker Brewing Co. on Bloomfield’s Tobey Road. The brewery is currently applying the finishing touches to a full service, 850-square-foot kitchen that will feature 12-inch pies and other “light bites” currently available at its Hooker at Colt location in Hartford. The kitchen, which is replacing… → Read More