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Sam Ash To Close All Locations, Including White Plains Store, After 100 Years In Business
The largest family-owned chain of musical instrument stores in the nation has announced it will be closing all its locations.
Sam Ash Music was founded in 1924, has locations in more than a dozen states, and is headquartered on Long Island, in Hicksville.
It currently has 27 stores, including five in New York (White Plains, Carle Place, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Forest Hills), two in New Jersey (in Springfield and Cherry Hill), two in Pennsylvania (in Philadelphia and King of Prussia), one in Connecticut (in New Haven), and one in Virginia (in Richmond).
The Ash family made the announcemen…
Convicted New Haven Felon Found With Fentanyl, Cocaine, Weapons, More: Police
A Connecticut man and convicted felon was arrested on additional drug charges after police allegedly found him with a stash of drugs and weapons.
The New Haven County arrest was made on Thursday, May 2 in the city of New Haven.
At approximately 11 a.m. that day, Connecticut State Police, the Statewide Narcotics Task Force, and multiple other agencies executed a search on Quezon A. Jones, age 26.
During the search, authorities seized the following:
A Glock 9mm handgun with altered serial numbers and altered to have a converted trigger switch, allowing it to fire in full auto;
An exten…
Pilot Killed After Plane Headed To New Haven Crashes
A small-engine plane that crashed, killing the pilot, was headed for Connecticut.
The plane crashed around 7:10 a.m., Thursday, May 2, near Daniel Village, Georgia, and was headed for New Haven, the Richmond County Sheriff's Office in Augusta, Georgia.
The Federal Aviation Authority said the Beechcraft 36 crashed in a residential neighborhood. Only the pilot was on board. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will investigate, the FAA said.
Augusta University and Augusta Baptist Church confirmed the pilot was Jason McKenzie, associate director of philanthropy at …
17-Year-Old Girl Dead, Boy Seriously Injured In Rollover New Haven Crash
A teen girl is dead, and a teen boy was seriously injured in a rollover crash on a busy Connecticut highway.
The crash occurred in New Haven on I-91 southbound around 10 p.m., Wednesday, April 10.
According to the Connecticut State Police, Isabela Jane Osler, age 17, of Branford in New Haven County, was killed after she was ejected from a 1993 Jeep Cherokee she was riding in during the crash with a truck and flatbed trailer.
The driver, a New Haven County 17-year-old boy from Hamden, was seriously injured and transported to Yale New Haven Hospital in New Haven, state police said.
Accordin…
New Haven Man Charged In Deadly Hit-Run Crash
Almost a year after a hit-and-run driver killed a Connecticut motorist, the man allegedly responsible for the crime has been charged.
Dajon Marques Morris, age 20, of New Haven, was arrested on Tuesday, April 2, for the Wednesday, June 7, 2023, crime that killed a 42-year-old New Haven man.
On the day of the crash, Officer Christian Bruckhartd of the New Haven Police said officers responded to the intersection of Haven Street and Clay Street on the report of a car striking a motorcycle.
The car involved in the crash was described as a green-colored Honda Accord that fled the scene im…
25-Year-Old Hamden Man Dies Following New Haven Shooting
A 25-year-old Connecticut man died from a gunshot wound following a fight.
New Haven County resident Deshawn Maysonet, of Hamden, died on Saturday, March 16 in New Haven.
According to Officer Christian Bruckhart of the New Haven Police, officers responded to the area of Fairmont Avenue, between East Ferry Street and Lancraft Street, on the report of a person shot.
When they arrived, officers found a crime scene, but no victim. They then received word that the person injured, Maysonet, had been driven to the Yale New Haven Hospital hospital, arriving at the same time as the vehicle ca…
New Haven Man, 34, Killed In Rollover Crash In Meriden
A Connecticut man was killed in a single-vehicle rollover crash on Interstate 91.
The incident took place in New Haven County around 11:30 p.m. Sunday, March 3 in Meriden.
According to Connecticut State Police, the man, identified as Charles Davenport, age 31, of New Haven, was driving a 2023 Kia Niro southbound when he veered onto the left shoulder, plowed into the grassy median, and rolled over before hitting a tree stump.
Davenport was pronounced dead at the scene, state police said.
An investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information or a dashboard camera is asked to contact T…
New Haven Woman Accused Of Robbing Pair Of Waterbury Banks 2 Days In A Row
A Connecticut woman has been charged with allegedly robbing two banks, two days in a row.
Heather Brown, age 48, of New Haven, was arrested on Monday, Feb. 12 for the two robberies that occurred on Tuesday, Feb. 6, and Wednesday, Feb. 7 in New Haven County in Waterbury.
According to Lt. Nadine Amatruda of the Waterbury Police, around 9:55 a.m., Feb. 6, a woman walked into the Wells Fargo. Bank on Wolcott Street and asked a teller for deposit slips. She then a note to the teller to hand over all of the cash. She left the bank with the money.
The next day, a woman, matching the description o…
