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Bear home entries reached 67 cases in 2022 with dozens more attempted entries reported. Two people were also attacked by black bears last year in Morris and Torrington.

The 10-year-old boy was hospitalized; officials say his injuries don’t appear to be life-threatening.

Torrington Public Schools is the first public school district in the state to require middle school students to lock away their phones during class. But parents and students are pushing back against the measure. Administrators and educators hope that restricting phone use will improve students’ academics and mental health.

Middle schoolers in Torrington are required to keep their cellphones locked away during the school day as of April 25. School officials say the effort is part of a greater plan to help students recover academically and socially from remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. But high schoolers and parents oppose the measure, saying cellphone access is important in emergency situations.

The towns of Kent and New Milford celebrated a newly revived piece of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø history this past Saturday. Eighty years ago, a key figure in prison reform, Florence Chandler Maybrick, died in the village of Gaylordsville.