The Milford Mirror

01/23/2025

Rackson Restaurants became a part of the Dave's Hot Chicken franchisee and brought the first location to Connecticut.

Dave's Hot Chicken tenders, sliders, sides, shakes and more are now available at Milford Square.

01/23/2025

Athletic, one of the leading brewers of non-alcoholic beer, is donating money to relief efforts for wildfires ravaging southern California.

01/23/2025

The bill would require the president to publish a written explanation of the reasons for granting each executive clemency, and victims to be notified.

The U.S. senator from Connecticut said presidents' "pardon and clemency power has operated in the shadows," and the time for reform had come.

01/23/2025

Connecticut is grappling with another deadly year on the roads. Lowering the BAC threshold could be an answer.

As CT grapples with another deadly year on the roads — at least 329 deaths in traffic crashes in 2024 — the General Assembly may bring BAC down to .05.

01/23/2025

Metro Star Co. LLC is working with Bridgeport Flyer Diner owner Dennis Kokenos, who has said he wants to retire soon.

A Milford property that has been home to the Bridgeport Flyer Diner for roughly five decades will become a housing development.

01/22/2025

The trafficking occurred for about two and a half weeks before the victim was able to call for help, according to police.

Milford police charged Ronald Boykin, of Bridgeport, after they say he kept a woman in a motel room and forced her to sell s*x for money.

01/22/2025

One of the unclaimed top prizes will expire in early February and others will expire during summer 2025.

The Connecticut Lottery tracks unclaimed top prize tickets, and players have 180 days to claim winnings. Here's the current unclaimed prizes of $10,000 and over

01/22/2025

Adrian Peeler, 48, was not scheduled to be released from McDowell Correctional Institute in West Virginia, where he was serving time for drug charges, until 2033.

Adrian Peeler, whose drug sentence was commuted by President Biden before he left office, killed a Bridgeport woman and her 8-year-old son in 1999.

01/22/2025

Jackson Doyle and his twin sister Faith are the captains of the boys and girls basketball teams at Foran.

Jackson Doyle and his twin sister Faith are the captains of the boys and girls basketball teams at Foran High School.

01/22/2025

To afford buying a home in Connecticut, this is how much homeowners need to make.

A new study conducted by real estate website Realtor.com shows how much money homeowners need to make to afford buying a home in each U.S. state.

01/22/2025

Trump did not address energy and climate issues in 2017, a key difference this time.

Hearst Newspapers conducted an AI-driven analysis to compare Donald Trump's 2025 speech to the one he delivered in 2017, and to Obama's and Biden's.

01/21/2025

The player had a one-in-a-million chance of winning, and there are a handful of unclaimed Connecticut Lottery tickets worth over $11 million.

A Milford resident claimed a $500,000 prize from a winning $4,000,000 Fortune scratch game ticket

01/21/2025

A Ridgefield man was driving back from an Ohio prison on Tuesday after he was among about a dozen Connecticut residents who received a pardon for the Jan. 6 riot.

Patrick McCaughey, of Ridgefield, was released from prison after he was among the Connecticut residents to receive a Trump pardon for Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

01/21/2025

"My life has been built in the United States, " said Angelica Idrovo, who came to the U.S. in 2008 from Ecuador.

Trump's promise to deport undocumented immigrants has rattled many in cities from Danbury to Bridgeport to New Haven

01/21/2025

Connecticut had 329 traffic fatalities last year and 14 people have died on state roads in early January.

With 329 deaths on Connecticut roads in 2024, state officials and the General Assembly are developing strategies to enhance penalties and reduce fatalities.

01/21/2025

Trump II promises major changes to the status quo.

Trump pardons Jan. 6 defendants and vows border crackdown, TikTok deal, tariffs and 'drill, baby, drill,' in addition to Mars mission. A.G. Tong says he'll sue.

01/21/2025

Hueffman posted rules for the Oct. 26 takeover on her Instagram account on Oct. 25, police say.

Kimberly Hueffman, 47, was arrested in connection with a street takeover on Oct. 26 in New Haven's Newhallville neighborhood that drew about 100 people.

01/20/2025

As Trump dangles pardons for Jan. 6 rioters, President Biden on Monday pardoned members of committee that investigated the breach.

Biden issued pre-emptive pardons for members of Jan. 6 committee, as Trump as signaled he would pardon some of the rioters involved in the capitol breach.