Girls soccer: Pomperaug, Nonnewaug advance
Hailey Marquis and Becca Foster scored two goals each to lead No. 11 Pomperaug to a 4-1 win over Bristol Eastern on Friday in Class L first-round action in Southbury. Stephanie Alvey made five saves...
View ArticleFarrell provides strength for Seymour spikers
Cindy Farrell's volleyball career at Seymour High School came about in a rather serendipitous fashion. Head coach Cathy Federowicz, who certainly knows a great athlete when she sees one, asked Farrell...
View ArticleHigh school scoreboard for Nov. 9
FOOTBALL Naugatuck Valley League Ansonia 44, Wilby 12 Others Southington 13, Manchester 12 BOYS SOCCER CIAC TOURNAMENTS Class LL First round Bristol Central 2, Pomperaug 1 (2OT) Fairfield Prep 1,...
View ArticleBranco's goal propels Naugatuck to 2nd round
Class LL Naugatuck 1, Manchester 0: Adam Branco found the back of the net for Naugatuck as it eliminated Manchester from Class LL play at Farmington Sports Arena. Fez Pereria had 12 stops for the...
View ArticleWilson: Watertown girls moving on in Class L
The Watertown girls looked young and played old Friday afternoon. Translation: There were some hiccups and more than a few knee-knocking moments in the final 10 minutes of the Indians' Class L...
View ArticleNewsome powers Ansonia; Southington rallies
WATERBURY — Arkeel Newsome rushed for 150 yards on 15 carries and scored twice to lead the undefeated Ansonia High football team to a 44-12 win over Wilby on Friday night at Municipal Stadium. Senior...
View ArticleField hockey: Chiefs win opener
Nonnewaug 5, Mercy 0: Jackie Borges tallied a pair of goals as the No. 2 Chiefs blanked No. 15 Mercy in the opening round of the Class M tournament in Woodbury. Mackenzie LoPresti and Shannara Bauer...
View ArticleHuskies' Hartley to miss Sunday's opener with ankle injury|All-America guard...
STORRS – The UConn women’s basketball team will definitely start the season without its lone All-American on Sunday, as the Huskies’ medical staff discovered that Bria Hartley’s ankle injury is more...
View ArticleMurray moves into semifinals in ATP
LONDON (AP) -- Needing only one set to join Novak Djokovic in the semis at the ATP finals, Andy Murray delighted the adoring home crowd by winning two. The U.S. Open and Olympic champion beat...
View ArticleCL&P gets higher marks|Litchfield Hills group cites effort, sees room to...
GOSHEN — Better, but still not good enough. That was how the Litchfield Hills Council of Elected Officials on Friday described the effort to restore power following Hurricane Sandy last week. Leaders...
View ArticlePet crusader tells his side|He says he fights 'cruelty of euthanasia;'...
BETHLEHEM — Frederick Acker wants his dogs back. "What happened is completely outrageous," Acker said of a police raid that removed 65 dogs from a rented shelter at Sugar Mountain Farm on Watertown...
View ArticleSt. Peter's stings Rutgers; games on ships canceled
PISCATAWAY, N.J. --- Desi Washington scored 18 and Yvon Raymond hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:09 remaining as Saint Peter's stunned Rutgers, 56-52, on Friday night. Saint Peter's ended a 5-26...
View ArticleToday in History, Nov. 10
Today is Saturday, Nov. 10, the 315th day of 2012. There are 51 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 10, 1972, three armed men hijacked Southern Airways Flight 49, a DC-9 with...
View ArticleWriter unfairlycharacterized Gov.Malloy's efforts
For weeks now, Republican-American readers have endured negative editorials concerning Democratic candidates, from President Obama to Sen.-elect Christopher Murphy to Rep.-elect Elizabeth Esty of the...
View ArticleThe mail got through
DENVER — The U.S. Postal Service is defending a mail carrier who walked past a Denver man who collapsed and died near his front door. Dale Porch was dropped off at home last week after working the...
View ArticleNext-generation Bush files to seek office
AUSTIN, Texas — George P. Bush, the grandson of one president and nephew of another, has taken the first step toward seeking elected office in Texas. But it's unclear what his next step will be. The...
View ArticleGOP groups taking stock after $380 million loss
WASHINGTON — Republican-leaning independent groups were supposed to be a key to victory for Mitt Romney. They spent $380 million on ads to oust President Barack Obama, but Obama won won re-election....
View ArticleThe grounds for hatred
Why, people and pundits are asking, is the country so bitterly divided in politics these days? First, maybe, it's that times are so hard and living standards have been declining for years now. This is...
View ArticleFeds drop abuse case against Syracuse former assistant
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Federal authorities have dropped their investigation into one of the sexual abuse claims that cost a Syracuse University assistant basketball coach his job, threw a top-ranked team...
View ArticleDark fiscal days ahead
We've long argued that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's decision to implement a tax-and-spend budget, and then assume it would be sustained by a recovering overall economy, epitomizes incompetence. With this in...
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