Connecticut
Ninth annual Apizza Feast brings crowds to downtown New Haven
It was a busy night in New Haven Friday as the city hosted not only the annual Grand Prix bike race, but also a big gathering of local pizza joints.
The cheese is oozing and the crust coming out with its signature char. New Haven apizza at its finest, delighting visitors.
“It’s New Haven. Of course it’s good,” Pete DeSimone, of Milford, said.
It’s all part of the ninth annual Apizza Feast on College Street, a festival of 21 different pizza places across the city, state and even New York and Chicago.
It’s being held in conjunction with the annual Grand Prix. Bicyclists zipped by downtown New Haven.
For some, the main attraction is a warm slice of apizza.
“It’s awesome because they’re all good in their own way and everybody loves it,” Maureen Hinman, of Wallingford, said.
Among those doing it their own way is Longobardi’s Wood Fired Apizza.
“It’s not just about my pizza, but everybody’s pizza. Like I said, I got a lot of good friends here,” Matt Longobardi, owner of Longobardi’s Wood Fired Apizza, said.
Organizers say the Apizza Feast has grown from seeing about 4,000 visitors to now pushing 20,000 visitors over nine years. They say it showcases the pinnacle of pizza prestige.
“When you have all these pizza places, we are the pizza capitol of America right here, and we got the best pizza in the world,” Colin Caplan, who heads Taste of New Haven, said.
Many visitors would agree.
“New Haven, Connecticut. What more can you ask?” Hinman said.
Organizers of the Apizza Feast say they plan on coming back next year with hopefully even more pizza places taking part.
Naugatuck Police say one person has been arrested after a multi-car accident on Route 63 Saturday afternoon.
According to police, they responded to the area of Route 63 and Cherry Street around 1 p.m. for reports of a collision with injuries.
They say a 30-year-old man from Waterbury was arrested and charged with operating under the influence of drugs/alcohol, operating under the influence with a child passenger, illegal possession of prescription drugs, failure to keep narcotics in the original container, risk of injury to a child and distracted driving.
Police say he is being held on a $10,000 Surety Bond.
This is all the information at this time.
BURLINGTON, Conn. (WTNH) — A woman is dead after police said she was involved in a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer on Friday in Burlington.
According to Connecticut State Police, a Toyota RAV4 and Peterbuilt 386 tractor-trailer collided head-on on Route 4 near Punch Brook Road at around 4:49 p.m. on Friday.
The driver of the Toyota, identified as 64-year-old Mary Christine Ferland of Burlington, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the tractor-trailer was not injured, according to state police. No one else was in either vehicle at the time of the crash.
The crash is still under investigation by state police, anyone with information is asked to call Trooper Brew at 860-626-7900.
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