The Connecticut State Library website said patients of the now defunct hospital, which originally was called the Norwich State Hospital for the Insane, were removed in 1996 and transferred to Middletown's Connecticut Valley Hospital.

A fire at 101 Boswell Ave. in Norwich on Oct. 15 ended with nobody injured, but up to 8 people displaced, according to Norwich Fire Department Battalion Chief Patrick Curtin.

According to the Norwich Fire Department, crews responded to a report of a possible electrical fire at a two-family dwelling on the 100 block of Boswell Avenue at around 1:20 p.m. on Wednesday.

Amid what they called “authoritarian power grabs,” and “attacks on us, our rights and our freedoms,” organizers of Connecticut’s ‘No More Kings’ rallies on Saturday are planning a celebration. Fifty rallies organized by groups across the state are planned for Saturday,

To cast an early vote, Norwich residents will go to the Norwich City Hall between Oct. 20 and Nov. 2. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., except Oct. 28 and Oct 30 will be 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Oct. 9—NORWICH — A "makeshift altar" of candles and incense that a Norwich mother left burning inside her apartment likely caused a fire in April that killed the mother, Carmen Vizcaino, and her 8-year-old daughter, Skylynn Owens, the investigation into the fire determined.

NORWICH, CT (WFSB) - A building on the property of the old Norwich State Hospital property burned on Tuesday morning. Norwich firefighters said they responded to the building on Laurel Hill Road around 5:45 a.m. They arrived to find fire shooting through the roof of a two-story vacant building on the site.

Portnoy went to Jack's Brick Oven Pizzeria, located at 493 W Main St. in Norwich, Connecticut, and was given a warm welcome by the owner, Jack Djonbali, thanking the pizza reviewer for helping out small businesses.

Two people suffering from gunshot wounds were taken to the hospital late Saturday night in one Connecticut incident and three were hospitalized in a separate shooting incident that same night in

NORWICH, CT (WFSB) – A 17-year-old male was killed and another teen was wounded in an incident that involved both a shooting and a crash in Norwich. Just before 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Norwich police said they responded to a disturbance on Cedar Street.