The new year is starting with new bundles of joy for some Connecticut moms and dads.

Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital welcomed their first baby of the new year at midnight and 58 seconds to Harrison and Amelia Levy of Branford. 

Their daughter, Layla Rose, is the family’s first child. Mother and baby are doing well and sent their wishes to all for a healthy and happy 2018. 

Amari Lee Rosado was the first baby born at the Hospital of Central Connecticut in 2018.

Amari Lee, of New Britain, was born at 12:04 a.m. to mom, Lahquitta Weaver, and dad, Mike Rosado. 

“Your first breath took ours away,” her parents said.

Her siblings are 10-year-old Michael Rosado, 8-year-old Maleiah Rosado and 2-year-old Sanai Rosado.

Nico Anthony Mastronardi, of Shelton, was the first baby born in 2018 at Bridgeport Hospital.

He was born at 8:30 a.m. to mom and dad, Lisa and Michael Mastronardi.

Nico has a 2-year-old big brother, Luca.

The first baby born at Saint Francis Hospital in 2018 arrived at 6:25 a.m. No additional information was released.

Norwich police have found they therapy dog that was reported missing.

Police reached out to the public for help after Mookie, the therapy dog for a girl who has autism, disappeared around 3 a.m. on North Street.

Police said he was located and thanked the public for the help in finding him.

Retail sales of marijuana for recreational use are now a go in California, thanks to a new law that took effect first thing Monday.

It is one of a host of new laws across the country, governing everything from pot sales to child leave to the use of cell phones while driving.

In California, adults 21 and older can buy marijuana in cities that agree to make it available, among them Los Angeles, San Francisco, Berkeley and San Jose.

Elsewhere Oregon is banning the sale of cigarettes to anyone younger than 21, New York begins enforcing comprehensive family leave and Tennessee forbids the use of cellphones while driving through a school zone. 

A water main broke in sub-freezing temperatures in West Hartford Monday morning. 

An 8-inch main installed in 1965 broke in the 300 block of Westmont Street and water was shut down around 10 a.m. 

Around 12 homes on Westmont Street, from 285 to 303 Westmont Street and on Peaslee Hill, from Westmont Street to the dead end, are affected by the shutdown. 

Because of ice and the location of the break, MDC expected repairs to take a couple of hours and expect it to be fixed by around 3:30 p.m.

A water main on Garfield Road in Rocky Hill broke early Monday morning and water was shut down to 17 homes.  

A water main on Tunxis Road in West Hartford broke just after 8 p.m. Sunday and water was restored around 3 a.m. Monday.

The new year is starting with new bundles of joy for some Connecticut moms and dads.

It was an extremely cold start to 2018 for the people in a car that went into the water along Saybrook Road in Essex Monday.

Police said there were minor injuries in the two-car crash and everyone was able to get out of the car and the frigid water.

Police are investigating a fatal crash in Hartford after a man crashed into a pillar at the entrance of Trinity College early Monday morning.

The 22-year-old man who was driving is dead after a crash at New Britain Avenue and Summit Street, near Trinity College, around 3 a.m. Monday, according to police.

Police said there are cameras in the area and they have video of the crash.

A woman and a 12-year-old boy were also in the car and suffered minor injuries. No information is available about the relationship between the three people in the car.

Police said speed was a factor. Alcohol might have been as well and a toxicology report is pending.

“Preliminary investigation – you know, obviously, given the hour and the day, that it was related to a New Year’s celebration and that’s something that we’ll be looking at obviously with the toxicology following the (Office of the Chief Medical Examiner),” Deputy Police Chief Brian Foley said.

The 36-year-old man who was shot at a restaurant near Buckland Hills in Manchester Saturday has died and police are searching for a man and a woman who they said should be considered armed and dangerous.

The victim, 36-year-old Norris Jackson, of Hartford, was shot at Bonchon Restaurant on Pleasant Valley Road and was transported to Hartford Hospital in critical condition. He died Sunday night, according to Manchester Police.

His mother, Barbara Turner, said she has donated her son's organs. He was the father of four sons and three daughters and he was like a stepfather to his girlfriend's three sons. she said. 

Officers are searching for 28-year-old James Goolsby and 23-year-old Leanne Robitaille, both of Manchester, in connection with the shooting and said both should be considered armed and dangerous.

Jackson, Goolsby and Robitaille all worked together, according to police. 

Anyone with information on their whereabouts should call Manchester police at 860-645-5561 and anyone who spots the suspects should contact local law enforcement immediately.

Police continue to investigate what led up to the shooting.

The restaurant franchise released the following statement after the shooting.

"We at Bonchon Franchise are deeply saddened by the tragic shooting in Manchester, CT today, and are deeply concerned about the family and friends who are suffering. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victim and their family as we also respect their privacy during this ordeal."

People have been evacuated from a movie theater in Plainville after a pipe burst and it’s the second time in three days.

Fire officials said a pipe burst at AMC movie theater in Plainville on Monday afternoon, New Year’s Day, and it will have to shut down.

The same thing happened Saturday afternoon.

NBC Connecticut reached out to the theater, but they had no comment.  

No additional information was immediately available.

The year 2018 begins with more than one show in the sky: two Supermoons, a Blue Moon, a lunar eclipse and a meteor shower all in one month.

The ball drops and the Supermoon rises. Those in our area saw the first Supermoon of 2018 early Monday morning then again Monday night into Tuesday morning. This moon is also called the Wolf Moon. 

A Supermoon occurs when the full moon coincides with the moon's closest approach to the Earth.

January 1 through the 10th, skywatchers can catch the Quadrantids meteor shower, with peak times the early morning hours of January 2nd and 3rd. 

The lunar show is just beginning. On January 31, a Blue Moon will rise in the sky. A Blue Moon occurs when there are two full moons in one month. But, this Blue Moon, which is also a Supermoon, will bring another treat. 

The real star of the show, according to Space.com, is the lunar eclipse on January 31. The East Coast will catch a glimpse of the beginning of the eclipse, as the moon starts to pass through the Earth's shadow. The eclipse will start at 5:51 a.m. and will not be a full eclipse when the moon sets just after 7 a.m.

The January eclipse is the only lunar eclipse that will be seen in the U.S. in 2018, don't miss it!

Right out of the gate, 2018 is offering a celestial show that includes an eclipse, a meteor shower and two supermoons — the latter a super blue blood moon.

On Monday night, the Full Wolf Moon, another name for the first full moon in January, will be on the shorter side of it's elliptical orbit (the perigee) -- meaning it will be a supermoon about 30,000 miles closer to earth. The supermoon will appear about 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter than when it's farther away (the apogee).

The change in the moon may not appear as dramatic when it's high in the sky, but if you catch it closer to the horizon it will appear much larger.

If you miss Monday's supermoon, you'll have another opportunity to see a supermoon Jan. 31 when we welcome the first of two blue moons expected in 2018 — the second will arrive on March 31.

Despite the Jan. 31 supermoon being a blue moon, it is also a blood moon and will arrive with a reddish hue.

Blue moon is the name given to the second full moon that occurs within a calendar month and has nothing to do with the moon's actual appearance.  A blood moon, however, appears reddish due to filtered sunlight from an eclipse.

"The moon will lose its brightness and take on an eerie, fainter-than-normal glow from the scant sunlight that makes its way through Earth’s atmosphere. Often cast in a reddish hue because of the way the atmosphere bends the light, totally eclipsed moons are sometimes called ‘blood moons,'" NASA said.

Totality from the eclipse will be visible from eastern Asia to the western United States, but will be only partially visible over the rest of the country.

If that weren't enough, the Quadrantids meteor shower is visible from Jan. 1-10. With the supermoon on Jan. 1, light pollution may be a concern when the Quadrantids peak Jan. 3. The American Meteor Society said the Quadrantids usually lack long tails but can produce bright fireballs -- hopefully those will be bright enough to shine through the bright moonlight.

There will be a second drawing for the New Year’s Day Super Draw because of a human error, according to the Connecticut Lottery web site.

A message posted on the CT Lottery website says there was an “error in the range of tickets.”

“Due to an error in the range of tickets eligible for the Super Draw drawing, a second drawing will take place shortly,” the message states.

Anyone who bought a ticket is urged to hold onto all tickets because all tickets sold are eligible to win. The tickets cost $10.

Tickets went on sale Sunday, Oct. 15 and were sold until they ran out or until 2 a.m. on Monday, whenever came first.

The CT Lotto said they are hoping to hold a second drawing as soon as possible.

It is not clear where the money for the second winner will come from.

The message on the lottery website says “winning tickets from both drawings will be honored.”

"Our Gaming Division will be reviewing the policies and procedures put in place for this drawing, and will place heightened scrutiny on procedures for future drawings in order to ensure they are conducted appropriately. We encourage consumers to hold on to tickets they purchased for today's drawing as winning numbers from two drawings will be honored by the Connecticut Lottery," the state's Department of Consumer Protection said in a statement.

The battle over a luxury apartment complex in Hamden is officially over.

The project would have brought nearly three hundred luxury apartment units to an 18-acre site off Rocky Top Road, adjacent to the Quinnipiac University York Hill campus. The new developments are a victory for nearby residents who have opposed the project from for nearly a year.

"It's just a big sigh of relief," resident Tim Mack said

Mack moved to his Hamden neighborhood years ago because of the serenity of his backyard, which is adjacent to an to the wooded ridge area just off the narrow Rocky Top Road.

"It's just a beautiful retreat to go into these woods and walk around," Mack said.

The future of that retreat was put in jeopardy nearly a year ago when a developer announced plans to construct 288 luxury apartments in the hilly terrain between Sherman Avenue and Shepard Avenue.

Residents immediately began showing their opposition, attending town hall meetings with signs and a message that Rocky Top ridge was no place for such a large-scale development.

Then, in the last hours of 2017, there was a major move by the developer Gary Richetelli of Mountain View Estates, who decided to pull the plug on the project and instead donate all the land to the Hamden Land Conservation Trust.

"They saw a need to protect this property so we are honored to be able to – and proud to - protect it," Jim Sirch, president of the Hamden Land Conservation Trust, said.

With the transfer of the deed, it became official and permanent, said Sirch.

"After careful thoughtful review and analysis of the Mountain View Estates project, I determined that it would not be an ideal development for the neighborhood and better served elsewhere at this juncture," Richetelli told NBC Connecticut. “This seemed like the best solution for the project, all factors considered including the neighbors and other parties as well, and in everyone's best interest," Sirch added.

More than one hundred days after Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, Connecticut's congressional delegation said not enough has been done to help with recovery and rebuilding.

Connecticut senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal will travel to the island on Tuesday.

"This Island remains in crisis," Blumenthal said.

Blumenthal and fellow Democrat Murphy will journey to still-recovering Puerto Rico for two days, with plans to meet with the island's governor and to tour medical facilities in an effort to shine a light on what Blumenthal calls an 'inadequate federal response' to an ongoing humanitarian crisis.

"My colleagues in Congress, on both sides of the aisle, can do better for our fellow Americans in Puerto Rico," Blumenthal said.

The senators’ trip will also include a stop at a Johnson & Johnson manufacturing facility in Puerto Rico. The travel is being paid for with 'official senate office funds', Blumenthal's office said.

Connecticut residents like Jhonathan Rivera, with deep ties to Puerto Rico, just wish that the help would get their sooner. Rivera's family is in Puerto Rico and his 97-year-old grandmother only recently had her electricity restored.

"I think a lot more could have been done. And there's still a lot more to be done," Rivera, who leads the group Puerto Ricans United, Inc., said.

"They need to put the politics aside and just worry about the people there," said Rivera about the Blumenthal and Murphy trip to Puerto Rico.

New Year's Day was also Inauguration Day in the city of New Haven.

Toni Harp was sworn in to serve her third term as the mayor of Elm City. The Democrat addressed a few hundred people at a ceremony at Hill Regional Career High School. In an address to the crowd, Harp said, despite the many obstacles the city and state face, she is eager to continue her public service.

"I'm grateful for the opportunity to continue serving as mayor of this great city," said Mayor Harp.

"I, likewise, am profoundly honored to do so among so many other motivated and dedicated public officials," she said.

Also sworn in on Monday were thirty members of New Haven’s Board of Alders. Ten of those Alders will be serving their first terms.

Two drivers were hospitalized with serious injuries after a crash in Groton on Monday. 

Police said two vehicles were involved in a crash on Gold Star Highway at the intersection of Flanders Road at 12:04 p.m.

Both drivers were transported to Lawerence + Memorial Hospital in New London for serious injuries. There were no other passengers in the cars.

The names of the drivers have not been released. 

Gold Star Highway was closed in both directions for a few hours. 

Anyone with information on the crash is asked to call the Groton Town Police Department at (860) 441-6712.

The water has been shut off following a water main break on Route 9 near the city line of Boston and Brookline Monday night.

The water main break was reported just before 8 p.m. near the Huntington Avenue- South Huntington Street intersection on Washington Street near the Brookline line. The break was directly in the middle of the outbound side, according to Boston police.

At around 10:30pm the water was shut off in the area. However, the roads in the area still remain closed. Public works crews will be in the area trying to clear the ice that formed following the break.

According to Brookline police, Boylston Street has been shut down and there is no access to Huntington Avenue in Boston. Drivers are being told to avoid the area.

Overnight lows below zero took their toll on at least one set of Connecticut businesses.

A set of storefronts at the Windsor Locks Commons all found their floors flooded around midday on New Year’s Day.

It all began when a fire sprinkler pipe froze and burst at the Kingdom Harvest Fellowship, the fire department said. 

"Literally we had water in here. It was like a lake," Pastor Alain Fournier told NBC Connecticut.

The water spread to a pair of neighboring businesses, including the Windsor Locks Diner and a convenience store.

All the businesses plan to reopen Tuesday, Jan. 2. The only hitch will be if the fire suppression system does not work.

The burst pipe forced the landlord for the property to call in a crew to repair the fire sprinkler system. The crew was there around 5 p.m. New Year’s Day, and Fournier said it seems to be back in working shape, for now. 

There are only a few places most of us want to be in these frigid temperatures: At home, inside, under a warm blanket, or better yet, in front of a roaring fireplace.

Other people, however, don’t let single digit temps and subzero wind chills get in the way of what they consider a good time.

NBC Connecticut met Daniel Eastwood and his father Ryan on the Wethersfield Cove. They were out ice fishing and caught three perch and a 30-inch northern pike.

The father and son team said to cope in the cold on a frozen body of water with no trees to block the wind, with wet bare hands, they have to make frequent stops in the tent they set up on the frozen water, known as a shanty.

"You need a tent and a heater inside the tent. You’ll be all set," Eastwood said.

Meanwhile, at Elizabeth Park in West Hartford, Christian Laggier was out getting some miles under his feet with barely any layers on at all.

Winter runners will say the secret is lots of layers.

"I’ve got the hat and I’ve got something to put around the ears, and this thing here I can pull up. So when I started, I was all bundled up and as I heat up, I take off layers," Laggier said.