East Windsor

A father was arrested after leaving his one-year-old son in the car leading to the child’s death on Saturday. At approximately 2:24 p.m., the East Windsor Police Department received a call for an unresponsive one-year-old child at Rockville Road. The father stated that he left his son alone in the vehicle, and when he returned the child was blue...

A horse was euthanized after it got trapped in the mud for hours in East Windsor, officials said. Multiple first responders were called to Scantic Road just before 12:30 p.m. on the report of a large animal rescue. When East Windsor fire and police responders got to the scene, they found an officer and the town’s animal control officer...

An investigation is underway after a puppy wrapped in a garbage bag was found abandoned in a dumpster in East Windsor. Police said the puppy is approximately 13 weeks old and has been lovingly nicknamed Oscar by the department. The puppy was transported to an emergency veterinary hospital. According to police, Oscar suffered significant injuries and will require eye surgery…

Police responded to a crash involving a passenger vehicle and a motorcycle in East Windsor on Monday. It happened just before 11:15 a.m. in the area of 200 South Main Street, according to police. The motorcycle rider sustained serious injuries and was flown by LifeStar helicopter to Hartford Hospital. A regional traffic and crash reconstruction unit is investigating the accident….

About a third of the state’s solar energy is collected in East Windsor, and another facility could be coming.

About a third of the state’s solar energy is collected in East Windsor, and another facility could be coming. Neighbors have been airing their concerns about more solar in town. Gov. Ned Lamont toured a facility on East Road with lawmakers and people who live in the neighborhood across the street to hear some of those concerns on Tuesday....

The Town of East Windsor has been pushing back on the 150-acre expansion for months.

A proposal to expand the 485-acre Gravel Pit Solar in East Windsor is moving forward as of Thursday. The Connecticut Siting Council approved the plan in a unanimous 6-0 vote. The Town of East Windsor has been pushing back on the 150-acre expansion for months. “I am irate about this, and I know I’m not alone,” First Selectman Jason...

The developers of a solar farm in East Windsor are looking to expand, and they could be one step closer to doing so.

The developers of a solar farm in East Windsor are looking to expand, and they could be one step closer to doing so. But neighbors there have been against the expansion from the start. About a quarter of the state’s solar is in East Windsor. The Connecticut Siting Council, the agency that decides the locations of power facilities, indicated...

East Windsor police said a person is dead after they were trapped under a car carrier on Tuesday night. According to police, the car carrier fell onto a worker at Kement & Son Construction on North Road. The victim, identified as 69-year-old William Hastings, of East Windsor, was pronounced dead at the scene. Police said it appears Hastings was doing…

First it was the snow. Now it’s the bitter cold. It means our cars are taking a beating. We spoke with Don Walker, a mechanic who has been working on cars for more than 40 years. For the past two decades and counting, he’s been the owner of Don’s Auto Care in East Windsor. Walker said he most often...

There are some things you can do to make sure your car is running well in freezing temperatures.

A search for a missing person led to the closure of Scantic River State Park in East Windsor on Tuesday. EnCon police responded to the park to assist East Windsor police, according to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP). The vehicle of the missing man was located burned on Melrose Road just outside of the park, according to…

Multiple roads in East Windsor were closed for several hours as crews fought an early morning barn fire. According to the Broad Brook Fire Department, a large barn fire broke out a 365 North Road around 1:30 Friday morning. Mutual aid from multiple towns are assisting at the scene. The fire department had route 140 shut down between Harrington Rd…

Almost Famous Brewing Company in East Granby announced that they’re closing their doors in the next few months. The brewery posted on Facebook saying their last day of operation will be Dec. 28. “We want to thank each one of you for making our journey exciting and rewarding,” they said on social media. They said they’ll continue as normal...

The driver of a box truck was rushed to the hospital Saturday after a collision In East Windsor. Police say it happened in the area of North Road during the early evening hours. The 16-year-old driver of the box truck had to be extricated from the vehicle and subsequently flown to Hartford Hospital by LifeStar. Police do not believe the…

A motorcyclist has serious injuries after a crash in East Windsor on Wednesday night. The police department said it happened on Winkler Road, and the road is shut down between Newberry and Wells roads. A LifeStar helicopter was called in to take the motorcyclist to the hospital, police said. It’s unknown how long the road will remain closed. The...

A man has died after being ejected from his vehicle during a crash in East Windsor early Sunday morning. An officer on patrol came upon a man in the road on Rye Street around 12:30 a.m. Police said the man, later identified as 27-year-old Jared Charette, had multiple injuries and was unconscious. The officer began administering CPR while waiting for…

The search continues for an East Windsor man who has been missing since March and is thought to be in the Connecticut River. Daniel Callahan, 26, left his brother’s home in Chicopee, Massachusetts the evening of March 9, according to his family, and took a wrong turn. “[He] didn’t know the area very well. His phone was dead, he...