Traffic was tied up for hours after a two-vehicle crash on northbound I-95 between exits 17 and 18 in Westport, Conn., at about noon Saturday, according to the Westport Fire Department.The accident involved a pickup truck and a heavy-duty bucket truck towing a woodchipper, Westport Assistant Fire Chief Kenneth Lombardi said. The bucket truck rolled onto its side in the accident, ...

NEWTOWN, Conn. -- After nearly four years away, the students at Sandy Hook Elementary School are finally back where they belong — in Newtown. With its multi-colored glass panels, colorful sunshades and open courtyards, the new Sandy Hook School on Dickinson Drive in Newtown is now complete and ready to welcome students on Aug. 29, their first day of a new year of school.On Friday ...

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y.. -- The saga of four area families are featured in "Since: The Bombing of Pan Am Flight 103." The 84-minute documentary, directed by Phil Furey, will close the Greenwich International Film Festival when it premieres Sunday, June 12.The movie tells the story of some of the 270 victims, their families and survivors of New York-bound Pan Am Flight 103 ...

PELHAM, N.Y. -- Pelham Memorial High School Science Research student Megan Ploch will compete at the International Sustainable World (Energy, Engineering & Environment) Project Olympiad (I-SWEEEP) with her Environmental Studies project "Solar Powered UV - c Treatment for Fecal Coliform and Enteroccocus Bacteria in Stormwater Overflow." 

BRONXVILLE, N.Y. -- Eleven children -- from Bronxville, Mount Vernon, Eastchester, Tuckahoe, Pelham and Scarsdale -- received their First Holy Communion at the Village of Lutheran Church in Bronxville, at a service on Sunday, March 13.The students received communion after attending, with a parent or guardian, three classes presented by Senior Pastor Robert Hartwell, and a celebratory ...

PELHAM, N.Y. -- The following Pelham students were American Mathematics Competition winners:The AMC 12 winner is Larkin Wisdom, and Katherine Riedel and Albert Thomas both earned team member honors. The AMC 10 winner is William Shelton, and Benjamin Hofflich and Patrick Shiels earned team member honors. 

PELHAM, N.Y. -- Justin Johnson, a student in the Pelham school district, received two medals at the New York State Indoor Track meet.

PELHAM, N.Y. -- Pelham Memorial High School seniors perform in the "Olympics."This event is an annual tradition for the students.

PELHAM, N.Y. -- Pelham Middle School eighth-grader Matyas Spunberg is the National Geographic Society Semifinalist. He will represent Pelham at the 2016 New York State National Geographic State Bee in April. The National Geographic Society has invited up to 100 of the top-scoring students in each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Department of Defense Dependents Schools ...

PELHAM, N.Y. -- Chinese students from Liaoning Province Shiyan High School visited Pelham Memorial High School.Over breakfast, students in Yutong. He's Mandarin I class interviewed the Chinese visitors in Mandarin about their school life and hobbies. The Chinese students also shadowed the students during classes.