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Said DeKorte, “You see this in the news from California and stuff like that, not literally in your own backyard.” Meriden, Connecticut on October 25, 2004. Credit: Mark Mirko | Connecticut Public ...

Leon Marchand beat Duncan Scott to win the men's 200m individual medley at the short course World Cup event in Shanghai. France's Marchand claimed victory in the 100m in the same discipline on ...

MERIDEN, Conn. (WTNH) — A historic site in Meriden is preparing to become a mixed-use housing development. A groundbreaking Thursday celebrated the kickoff of the project to convert the Aeolian ...

Connecticut is in need of about 90,000 more affordable housing units, but one project in Meriden aims to put a dent in demand, while preserving history. Meriden’s old Aeolian Organ and Music Company ...

On Thursday, there was a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of a former piano factory in Meriden that is being turned into mixed-income housing. “We always look at this big building and we’re ...

MERIDEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Connecticut State Police had to box in an alleged intoxicated New Hampshire driver who crashed multiple times and repeatedly tried to speed off from police. Troopers ...

Six weeks have passed since Scott McTominay bid a permanent farewell to Manchester United, the club where he'd spent 22 of his almost 28 years on this planet. Despite scoring ten goals across all ...