Not only were there six new flu-related deaths in the state for the week ending Jan. 11, but the number of people in Connecticut testing positive for the flu roughly doubled.

Last year, scientists sampled 40 forested places in Connecticut to calculate which landscapes attract ticks.

LITCHFIELD — The Morgan-Weir American Legion Post #27 offers a unique breakfast/brunch on the second Sunday of each month. The fundraiser features chefs Scott and Mary Wickland creating dinner plate-sized blueberry pancakes, all the way up to a full meal of eggs, pancakes with bacon/sausage,…

Coyote sightings are on the rise in Branford, so animal shelter officials are urging residents to be alert.

The new chief state’s attorney will serve the remainder of the five-year term of Kevin T. Kane, who has retired.

The importance of bees is more apparent than ever, raising them is getting more difficult, so state beekeepers are training new generations of beekeepers to help the insects thrive.

The Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness (CCEH) is asking individuals across the state to volunteer for the upcoming annual counts of individuals experiencing homelessness in Connecticut, set for Jan. 21-28. Visit www.cceh.org to sign-up to volunteer.

WOODBURY — Maple sugaring time, a New England tradition, begins soon. Each year, Flanders taps and collects sap from dozens of trees both at their nature center and around Woodbury and invite anyone with an interest in maple sugaring with them this year to attend a volunteer information meet…

FALLS VILLAGE — The David M. Hunt Library in Falls Village will host a book talk with author Adelia Moore. whose recently published book, “Being the Grownup,” offers help and guidance in bringing up children in today’s world. Moore will present her talk on Jan. 25 at 1 p.m.

NORFOLK — Roger Johnson and his wife were hiking near Haystack Mountain State Park when they came upon a young beaver caught in a steel trap near a small pond and instinctively went to investigate.

The professor created Healthy PlanEat “to help re-energize the connection between people and local farms, and to help people achieve a healthy and environmentally sustainable diet.”

TORRINGTON — Images of kangaroos, koalas and other marsupials are all over the pages of Facebook these days — heart-rending scenes of creatures suffering as wildfires burn in Australia.

This year’s camp runs from June 28-July 24, and precedes the weekend of the Litchfield Jazz Festival on July 26-28, also in Washington.

Across the nation, 567,715 people experienced homelessness on a single night in January 2019, the report says. That’s an increase of 14,885 people from 2018.

TORRINGTON — The Nutmeg Ballet has just kicked off its year-long 50th anniversary celebration with a highly successful, seven-performance run of its annual “Nutcracker” production — a spectacular event made possible in part by generous donors like Torrington Downtown Partners, headed by Stev…

LITCHFIELD — Proving that anything can sell with the right auctioneers, former Litchfield Superior Court judges Anne Dranginis and Charles Gill lightheartedly spoke about the provenance of a vintage witness stand and the veracity of those who sat in it during trials, which was up for auction…

Fotis Dulos, Michelle Troconis and Kent Mawhinney appeared Wednesday in state Superior Court in Stamford.

In the past decade, the number of territories in Connecticut has more than tripled, and nesting bald eagles are widespread across the state.

Anthony Gay lost one son and regretted not spending more time with him. Now he leads the Department of Children and Families’ fatherhood engagement.

WOODBURY — Flanders Nature Center is holding a photography contest from Jan. 15-Feb. 28, with prizes awarded for the best submissions based on composition, image quality, originality and the story the image tells.

Fotis Dulos will be held on $6 million bond until he’s arraigned Wednesday in Stamford.

An anti-war protest at the intersection of Church and Chapel streets in New Haven drew roughly 100 people Sunday afternoon.

Leaders of the General Assembly’s insurance committee are taking special aim at insulin prices, which can costs upwards of $1,000 a month.

A businessman and veteran, Ryan Meehan, 37, filed paperwork to make his candidacy official on Monday.

TORRINGTON — The city’s first baby of 2020 wasn’t born until Jan. 2 and according to his mother, arrived with little drama or pain.

At the age of 12, Cynthia Copeland was growing up in Litchfield with her parents and two brothers, attending what then was Litchfield Junior High School, and spending time with her first boyfriend.

Murphy and Blumenthal discussed the recently-approved $90 million allocation for the federal Nonprofit Security Grant Program, which is available for synagogues, mosques, churches and schools.

If a patient is near death, the Yale New Haven Hospital will transplant hearts that are less than ideal in order to save a life.

Now it’s time for the fundraising to begin in earnest, so the agencies can help more kids in the fall and winter of 2020.

LITCHFIELD — In New England, buildings are meant to last, even if that involves reimagining them for a new purpose or two. One of the earliest schools in greater Litchfield was noted in a news clipping from December 27, 1774: “Titus Turner was appointed School Committee man for South East Fa…

In Normandy for the 75th anniversary of D-Day, Jalowiec donned an authentic WWII uniform and gear for a parachute drop with his team.

The fiscal health of schools is becoming an issue that parents of students looking to attend college are taking a greater interest in.

“If you know any type of interventional procedure in medicine, having the ability to visualize three dimensionally is a fundamental change on ... the way you approach a problem,” Pearlstone said.

Is Santa leaving a drone under your tree? If so, great! Is he also leaving a list of the FAA regulations you’ll have to follow?

Tesla, and other car manufacturers, have long been prevented from selling directly to consumers. Now the company has said it will start leasing out of its Milford location.

The drug, dubbed a “smart bomb” by its principal investigator, combines an antibody with chemotherapy and showed success in treating bladder and urothelial cancers.

DiBlasi estimates he has close to 1,000 customers, including theaters, local churches, schools and private owners. The reason he’s so busy? He’s a rare commodity.

WINSTED — The American Museum of Tort Law wants you.