Connecticut
TikToker Nara Smith, model Lucky Blue Smith buy $1.4M home in Ridgefield, Connecticut

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Nara Smith, a TikToker known for popularizing “trad wife” content, and her husband, model Lucky Blue Smith, are officially Connecticut residents.
Last week, she shared a post announcing her family’s move from Texas to Connecticut.
According to property records, Nara Smith and Lucky Blue Smith purchased a home in Ridgefield earlier this month for more than $1.4 million. Per the property listing, it has five bedrooms, five bathrooms and sits on eight acres of land.
“I‘m a Connecticut girly now,” she wrote on TikTok, where she has more than 11 million followers.
Why did Nara and Lucky Blue Smith move to Connecticut?
In September, Smith said on TikTok that she, her husband and three kids would be relocating to the East Coast to be closer to a big city and Europe, where Nara Smith’s parents live.
“We want a slower life, being in a more quiet area, having more space, being able to get some chickens and start gardening,” she said.
Who are Nara and Lucky Blue Smith?
Nara Smith is a 23-year-old model and influencer known for sharing cooking and lifestyle videos on her TikTok, where she has more than 11 million followers.
Smith often shares videos of herself making meals from scratch. Some say her content perpetuates the “trad wife” lifestyle, which consists of old-fashioned “traditional wife” aesthetics.
Her husband, 26-year-old Lucky Blue Smith, is a model known for advertising campaigns with Tom Ford, Calvin Klein and more. He has also walked the runway for brands like Fendi and Chanel.
Nara and Lucky Smith have three children: Rumble Honey, Slim Easy and Whimsy Lou.

Connecticut
Human remains found at construction site in Greenwich

Police are investigating after finding human remains at a construction site in Greenwich last week.
The police department said that during a normal workday at a construction site in northern Greenwich, workers found what appeared to be human remains after soil was disturbed by an excavator.
The remains were carefully collected from the scene, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner took custody of the bones, police said.
Investigators said the remains appear to be of a considerable age.
Connecticut State Police is also assisting with the investigation.
Connecticut
A motorcyclist in Hebron is dead following crash

A motorcyclist in Hebron has died after a crash along Burnt Hill Road and Cone Road, state police said.
The Connecticut State Police responded to the accident at approximately 5:25 p.m. after a dirt bike struck a rocky embankment.
According to authorities, the operator of the motorcycle failed to negotiate an “S” shaped curves in the roadway before loosing control.
The victim was originally transported via LifeStar to the hospital with reported serious injuries, authorities said.
The driver was then later pronounced dead at Marlborough Middlesex Clinic, state police said.
Anyone who may have witnessed this accident, or who may have information is asked to contact the Connecticut State Police.
Connecticut
Driver rescued from crash in Wolcott, serious injuries reported

A driver was rescued from a crash in Wolcott early Saturday morning and serious injuries have been reported.
Officers received a report of an accident on Beach Road around 3 a.m. Once there, police said they found a vehicle had hit a tree.
An occupant of the home where the vehicle crashed pulled the driver out of the car before the car caught on fire, according to police.
The driver was transported to the hospital to be treated for very serious injuries.
No other occupants were in the vehicle at the time of the crash.
The crash remains under investigation by the Naugatuck Valley Regional Collision Reconstruction Team.
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