The West Hartford Republican slate of candidates includes Mary Fay, Alberto Cortes, Mark Zydanowicz and Gayle Harris.

West Hartford’s mayor is running for reelection alongside a slate of five other town council candidates.

The revived A Connecticut Party is looking to bring new voices to West Hartford’s town council and board of education.

Central Connecticut State University history professor Matthew Warshauer has been affixing political Halloween decorations outside his North Main Street home since 2003.

A house fire sent one West Hartford resident to the hospital on Wednesday morning.

Mayor Shari Cantor announced Tuesday that the town will terminate the local declaration of emergency and remove its mask mandate effective Oct. 22.

WeHa Brewing and Roasting has opened at 141 Shield St. in West Hartford, offering both coffee and beer.

The Noah Webster House and West Hartford Historical Society will again bring its theatrical take on historical hauntings to Old North Cemetery.

Hall High School’s class of 1960 has established a fund through the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving that will award grants to student groups each year.

The coalition, which the department said is meant to assess the substance use and mental health needs of the community, will have its first meeting on Oct. 21.

Three men have been arrested in connection with a robbery of Coastal Tool last week, police said.

The West Hartford Republican party chairman said he’s enthused about his party’s response to the upcoming election.

A Connecticut Party is a revival of the independent party created by former Gov. Lowell Weicker in 1990.

West Hartford has proposed a spending plan for some of the $37 million it will receive through the American Rescue Plan Act.

A used bookstore that will be staffed entirely by students of West Hartford’s post-secondary program opened on Monday.

Landon Heilbrunn, a six-year-old boy with epilepsy, is raising money for the Epilepsy Foundation by participating in the purple pumpkin project.

CCSU professor Matthew Warshauer is leading a collaborative project about West Hartford’s Old North Cemetery that includes the conservation and preservation of it.

The West Hartford town council voted on Tuesday to expand the usage of restaurant drive-thru facilities, specifically into more vehicle-heavy areas like Bishops Corner.

Ashley Sodipo, a Glastonbury resident, will open the Pink Flamingo Party Co. in West Hartford in October, an extension of her online party supply business.

A West Hartford woman who survived breast cancer but struggles with lymphedema turned her battle with the condition into a business.

West Hartford is exploring three possible changes to its decades-long overnight parking ban, including possibly adding permits.

West Hartford school officials recently outlined their plans on how they will spend nearly $15 million in federal relief grants.

The Foundation for West Hartford Public Schools, and the teachers who receive grants from them, have been getting creative during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The bear that was spotted in a West Hartford tree last week came down on its own without any issues.

West Hartford Town Council passed a resolution urging the Connecticut General Assembly to adopt the Transportation and Climate Initiative.

West Hartford Police Department said it’s starting to work with other departments to crack down on ATV joyrides in the region.

A bear has been in a tree for days on North Quaker Lane in the latest of a growing trend of sightings in West Hartford, officials said.

Hartford HealthCare is targeting a February opening date for its new medical center in West Hartford, located at the corner of South Main Street and Park Road.

The West Hartford Art League is hosting a fine arts festival later this month, to help artists showcase and sell their works.

West Hartford photographer Ginny Kemp started documenting local frontline workers last fall. Now, their photos and stories will be part of a new exhibit.

The University of Hartford has opened a new 60,000-square-foot academic building on campus that supports the fields of aerospace, nursing, robotics and physical therapy.

Joseph Lenihan, a West Hartford native and a Cos Cob resident who died in the World Trade Center attack, will be remembered at a special dinner.

West Hartford police are investigating reports of shots fired on Hillcrest Avenue Monday night.

West Hartford Community Theater is staging a night of one-act plays, which were originally planned for April 2020 before COVID-19 delayed them.

West Hartford students returned to school Wednesday. The district is fully in person this year, with no remote option available.

The West Hartford Dog Park Coalition, which hosted its annual fundraiser Monday, is still seeking a location for its dog park

20/20 Media is hosting a public art fundraiser to benefit local nonprofits.

PeoplesBank, not to be confused with People’s United Bank, is looking to welcome the West Hartford community into its first central Connecticut location.

West Hartford home care nurse Stephanie Fradette was named BrightStar Care's Northeast Nurse of the Year. Fradette has been a nurse for 11 years.

Susan Schoenberger’s book, “The Liability of Love,” is set in Hartford in the 1980s, yet brings in elements of today’s MeToo movement.

Marissa P. Gillett, head of Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, said her family lost power for about nine hours on Sunday.

Staff are looking at adding new positions in a phased-in approach spread out over a number of years, possibly beginning next budget.

Officials said there have been stolen motor vehicles, youth crime, a spike in catalytic converter thefts and more complaints about ATVs in town.

Additional crews were brought in to help address the aftermath of Thursday’s storm, which officials said brought four to five inches of rain per hour.

Police said the incident happened at the Malibu Sports Bar and Lounge early Friday morning.

The storm is expected to pass through the tri-state region as soon as Saturday night or Sunday morning, bringing wind, rain and storm surges, the National Weather Service said.

Officials said a homeowner threw unknown chemicals into the back of a garbage truck which caused a reaction, creating a cloud of white smoke.

The town’s population grew by 1.3 percent from nearly 63,300 people in 2010 to nearly 64,100 in 2020, according to the new U.S. Census numbers.