The Berlin Police Department has made an arrest in connection with a strong arm robbery that occurred outside the TD Bank branch at 1127 Farmington Ave in Berlin on Aug.  27, 2011.

Students at Griswold Elementary School are launching their own newspaper. The special afterschool program is funded by a Choice grant from the state’s education department.

Dr. Mel Goldstein, Connecticut meterologist, died today at age 66. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman today released the following statement on his passing.  “Dr. Mel was more than a meteorologist – with his charming character, warm smile and friendly personality, he became an icon in Connecticut and was loved by many.

Despite ongoing news of turmoil and belt-tightening in the United States Postal Service, Berlin’s three facilities appear, at this time, to be weathering the storm

Berlin schools will delay opening for two hours today due to a few inches of wet snow that fell overnigth. There will be no a.m. kindergarten.

The Berlin Police Department will conduct a DUI checkpoint on the Berlin Turnpike on the evening of Friday, Jan. 20.