Sasco Beach in Fairfield was closed for awhile on Tuesday for a police investigation and it has reopened.

Police said there was no threat to the public, but the beach was temporarily closed and they asked people to avoid the area.

Police Activity at Sasco Beach: We’re investigating an incident at Sasco Beach. There’s no threat to the public, but the beach is temporarily closed. Please avoid the area. Updates will follow as more info becomes available. Thank you for your cooperation. pic.twitter.com/4dlbLareyy

— Fairfield Police, CT (@FPDCT) December 31, 2024

Police later said a man died by what appeared to be suicide.

SUICIDE PREVENTION HELP: Here is information on suicide prevention from the National Institute of Mental Health. If you are in crisis, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255 or reach out to the Crisis Text Line by texting ‘Home’ to 741741. 

A man has died after hitting a sign and multiple trees on Route 20 in Windsor on New Year’s Eve.

State police said 60-year-old James Engle, of Ellington, was on the Route 20 East connector to Interstate 91 North around 12:30 a.m. when he crossed the right shoulder, hit a sign and then two trees next to the road.

After the collision, investigators said Engle had serious, life-threatening injuries.

He was transported to Hartford Hospital and later died.

The crash remains under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact Trooper DeMaio #346 at Troop H at (860) 534-1098 or by email at kaitlyn.demaio@ct.gov.

As we prepare to ring in a new year, the state is getting ready to roll out more than a dozen new laws starting Jan. 1.

The minimum wage is set to increase from $15.69/hour to $16.35/hour as part of a 2019 law signed by Gov. Ned Lamont requiring it to be adjusted annually based on the health of the economy.

“You work a full day,” Lamont says. “You deserve a fair wage.”

Also set to change is the amount of paid sick time some workers get.

Nearly all private sector employers with at least 25 employees must guarantee workers at least 40 hours of paid sick time each year.

It’s phase one of a three-step plan aiming to get nearly all private employees paid sick days by 2027.

Absentee ballot security will also be tightened. Municipalities are required to video record drop boxes during elections and release those recordings to the public. Town clerks must also track how they receive absentee ballots and report that data to the Secretary of State.

Home health workers will receive more protection starting in the new year, and Connecticut’s cannabis industry will see new regulations as well.

Starting Jan. 1, only licensed cannabis dispensaries registered with the Department of Consumer Protection will be able to sell products with 0.5 milligram to 5 milligrams of THC.