Sam Ash To Close All Locations, Including New Haven Store, After 100 Years In Business Sam Ash To Close All Locations, Including New Haven Store, After 100 Years In Business
Sam Ash To Close All Locations, Including New Haven Store, After 100 Years In Business The largest family-owned chain of musical instrument stores in the nation has announced it will be closing all its locations. Sam Ash Music was founded in 1924, has locations in more than a dozen states, and is headquartered on Long Island, in Hicksville. It currently has 27 stores, including five in New York (White Plains, Carle Place, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Forest Hills), two in New Jersey (in Springfield and Cherry Hill), two in Pennsylvania (in Philadelphia and King of Prussia), one in Connecticut (in New Haven), and one in Virginia (in Richmond). The Ash family made the announcemen…
Fatal CT Crash: 23-Year-Old ID'd As Victim Fatal CT Crash: 23-Year-Old ID'd As Victim
Fatal CT Crash: 23-Year-Old ID'd As Victim A 23-year-old was killed in an overnight crash in Connecticut. It happened in Hartford County just before 11 p.m. Saturday, May 4, in Windsor. Connecticut State Police said a 2024 Kawasaki was traveling northbound on I-91 south of Exit 36 when, for an unknown reason, it veered to the left and struck a median concrete barrier. The driver, Zachary Michael Nason, of Southington, was thrown from the vehicle and located on southbound I-91, where he was pronounced dead, according to police. Anyone with information on the crash is asked to call Trooper Jason Trombly at 860-534-1000 or at jason.t…
Convicted New Haven Felon Found With Fentanyl, Cocaine, Weapons, More: Police Convicted New Haven Felon Found With Fentanyl, Cocaine, Weapons, More: Police
Convicted New Haven Felon Found With Fentanyl, Cocaine, Weapons, More: Police A Connecticut man and convicted felon was arrested on additional drug charges after police allegedly found him with a stash of drugs and weapons. The New Haven County arrest was made on Thursday, May 2 in the city of New Haven. At approximately 11 a.m. that day, Connecticut State Police, the Statewide Narcotics Task Force, and multiple other agencies executed a search on Quezon A. Jones, age 26. During the search, authorities seized the following: A Glock 9mm handgun with altered serial numbers and altered to have a converted trigger switch, allowing it to fire in full auto; An exten…
Double-Fatal Shooting: Teens ID'd As Victims In Hartford Double-Fatal Shooting: Teens ID'd As Victims In Hartford
Double-Fatal Shooting: Teens ID'd As Victims In Hartford Two teenagers were killed in an overnight shooting in Connecticut. Click here for a new, updated story - New Details Emerge After 2 Teens Shot, Killed At CT Apartment Complex It happened around 10:30 p.m. Saturday, May 4, at an apartment complex in Hartford. The two victims in the incident at 94 Hendricxsen Ave. were found in a stairwell and later pronounced dead at Hartford Hospital.  They were identified as Lavante Brown, age 19, of Hartford, and Aydin Davis, age 16, of Bloomfield, according to NBC Connecticut. The incident is under investigation, and police have not yet re…
New Update: I-95 Stretch Fully Reopens After Fiery Crash In Norwalk Causes Days-Long Closure New Update: I-95 Stretch Fully Reopens After Fiery Crash In Norwalk Causes Days-Long Closure
New Update: I-95 Stretch Fully Reopens After Fiery Crash In Norwalk Causes Days-Long Closure This story has been updated. A stretch of I-95 in Connecticut has now fully reopened three days after a fire involving a tanker with 8,500 gallons of gas days earlier. Northbound lanes on the stretch in Norwalk reopened Saturday evening, May 4. Lanes opened on the southbound side reopened late Sunday morning, May 5, earlier than had been expected. The first image above was taken around 11 a.m. Sunday. The blaze broke out after a crash on Thursday, May 2 near exits 14 and 15 between the truck and a passenger vehicle at around 6 a.m.  The tanker fire was raging for…
DUI Arrest: CT Man Swerves In Road, Pops Tire, Police Say DUI Arrest: CT Man Swerves In Road, Pops Tire, Police Say
DUI Arrest: CT Man Swerves In Road, Pops Tire, Police Say Police have arrested a Connecticut man for driving drunk after he was reportedly seen swerving on the roadway. The Fairfield County incident occurred in the town of Wilton on Friday, April 26. Just before 10:50 p.m., 72-year-old Ilia Demiraj was driving a gray Nissan Altima in the area of Ridgefield and Millstone Roads. Witnesses reported to police that Demiraj was swerving in and out of the roadway and had possibly struck a rock on the side of the road. When police arrived, they found Demiraj, who is from Stratford, in a driveway off Ridgefield Road with a flat tire on the front passen…
Update: US Army Sergeant Nabbed In Connection To CT Murder-For-Hire Plot, Police Say Update: US Army Sergeant Nabbed In Connection To CT Murder-For-Hire Plot, Police Say
Update: US Army Sergeant Nabbed In Connection To CT Murder-For-Hire Plot, Police Say A US military officer has been criminally charged in connection with his brother's alleged plot to have four victims killed in Connecticut, including two young children, police announced. Army Sergeant Jeremiah Peikert of Azle, Texas, age 30, was arrested on charges connected to his brother's alleged scheme to have four people killed and extradited to Connecticut on Wednesday, May 1, Connecticut State Police announced on Friday, May 3.  According to state police, Peikert's brother, 31-year-old Joshua Peikert, had plotted to have the four victims killed while serving a sentence at …
New Britain Woman Runs Over Kitten On Purpose in Southington, Police Say New Britain Woman Runs Over Kitten On Purpose in Southington, Police Say
New Britain Woman Runs Over Kitten On Purpose in Southington, Police Say A Connecticut woman is accused of allegedly running over a kitten on purpose after she dumped a cat and the kitten in a busy shopping center parking lot, police say. Hartford County resident Ana Rodriguez, age 65, of New Britain, turned herself in to Southington Police on Friday, May 3, for the Monday, April 15 incident. According to Lt. Keith Egan of the Southington Police, officers responded to the Walmart parking lot that had dropped off a cat and a kitten in the parking lot and then ran over the kitten. Animal Control officers located the cats in the parking lot and discovered a d…
Popular Apple Juice Brand Recalled Due To High Arsenic Levels Popular Apple Juice Brand Recalled Due To High Arsenic Levels
Popular Apple Juice Brand Recalled Due To High Arsenic Levels A recall has been issued for a popular brand of apple juice due to high levels of arsenic. S. Martinelli & Co. said the recall is for a single lot of Martinelli’s Apple Juice, one-liter (33.8-ounce) bottles.  The recalled product has a “Best By” date of “09MAR2026” or “10MAR2026” on the front of the bottle above the label.  The product was shipped between March 13, 2023, and September 27, 2023, with the majority of the product shipped before July 28, 2023. This recall results from a sampling by the State of Maryland that found samples from one produc…
Major Mall-Based Chain To Close 543 Stores After Filing For Bankruptcy Major Mall-Based Chain To Close 543 Stores After Filing For Bankruptcy
Major Mall-Based Chain To Close 543 Stores After Filing For Bankruptcy A retailer primarily located in malls is set to close all 543 of its stores following its third Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. Closures for all rue21 locations are expected to be completed within the next two months with going-out-of-business sales coming soon. Founded in 1970, rue21 specializes in women's & men's casual apparel and accessories. In its filing on Thursday, May 2, the company said, "It became clear that offers to buy the debtors' assets at their current worth could not exceed the expected profits from selling off the closing stores and assets.  "As a result, the deb…
CT Man ID'd After Shot Dead By Police At PA Nursing Home: DA CT Man ID'd After Shot Dead By Police At PA Nursing Home: DA
CT Man ID'd After Shot Dead By Police At PA Nursing Home: DA A man who was shot dead by a police officer inside a Central Pennsylvania nursing home has been identified and details leading up to his death have been released by the York County Coroner's and District Attorney Dave Sunday's offices on Friday afternoon. Zachariah Alexander White, 32 from out of the state but temporarily residing in York, was shot dead at Rest Haven Nursing Home at 1050 South George Street in Spring Garden Township at 12:48 p.m. on May 2, according to the York County Department of Emergency Services, PSP, the coroner, and the DA.  At a press conference, District Attor…
Seen Her? Milford Girl, 16, Missing For More Than Day Seen Her? Milford Girl, 16, Missing For More Than Day
Seen Her? Milford Girl, 16, Missing For More Than Day Police in Connecticut are asking the public for help locating a missing 16-year-old girl who hasn't been seen in a day. New Haven County resident Elizabeth Jacques of Milford was last seen around 8 a.m., Thursday, May 2, in the area of Gulf Street and New Haven Avenue.  Jacques is 5 feet, 140 pounds, with long brown hair, brown eyes, and light brown skin. She was last seen wearing a white hoodie, gray leggings and white shoes. Anyone with information regarding Jacques's whereabouts is asked to contact the Milford Police Department at 203-878-6551. To share, click on t…