Rejected pact sparks tiff
WOLCOTT — The mayor and superintendent of schools sparred over the repercussions of the Town Council rejecting a three-year contract for the administrators union at a Town Council meeting Tuesday. The...
View ArticleSouthbury hit by imaginary storm
SOUTHBURY — The shelter at Pomperaug High School collapsed. A section of Interstate 84 over Route 67 caved in. Southbury may be without food for two weeks. Don't worry, though: It's only a drill....
View ArticleTour organizers aim for $100,000
TORRINGTON — Organizers of the Tour of the Litchfield Hills hope there will be 1,200 bicyclists and walkers pedaling and walking their way through Litchfield County Sunday to benefit local cancer...
View ArticleHelp, funding asked for film on Nazi camp
The committee that is commemorating the 75th anniversary of Southbury's efforts to stop a Nazi faction from opening a training camp in town is raising money and recruiting volunteers to help. The...
View ArticleFundraiser Sunday for injured Marine
NAUGATUCK — As the sun rose March 29 over Helmand province in Afghanistan, U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Roger Rua experienced the rudest of awakenings. The 22-year-old borough native had been asleep in a...
View ArticleBorough teen stable after stabbing
NAUGATUCK — Police are investigating a Monday night stabbing that left a borough teen severely injured and lying in the roadway of Rubber Avenue near Church Street downtown. The 16-year-old boy had...
View ArticleSuspect freed for treatment|Cancer patient makes plea deal
LITCHFIELD — James Bonhotel, 33, of Salisbury was set free Tuesday to get potentially life-saving medical care while he awaits prosecution on drug charges. His 32-year-old brother Michael, of Canaan,...
View ArticleJuvenile status for teen unclear|Emancipation, change of law cloud procedures
LITCHFIELD — A 17-year-old Torrington youth accused of robbing a Cumberland Farms at gunpoint retained the benefits of a juvenile defendant Tuesday in Litchfield Superior Court even though he is...
View Article3 concerts set for Library Park this month
WATERBURY — Three free concerts will be coming to Waterbury's Library Park band shell this month, courtesy of the downtown revitalization group Main Street Waterbury. The summer concert series kicks...
View ArticleMachine used to burn metal may be source of fire
SOUTHINGTON — The Southington Fire Department is looking at a metal-burning machine as the possible cause for an early morning fire Tuesday at Rex Forge on Atwater Street. Fire officials are still...
View Article4 will be added to Waterbury Hall of Fame
WATERBURY — One is "America's Strongest Cop." Another is a beloved athletics coach whose name graces the basketball court at Wilby High School. One was a Broadway choreographer. Yet another invented a...
View Article2 police commissioners resign in Watertown
WATERTOWN — Two Police Commission members resigned Monday following a controversy over how the commission was being run. James K. Blais, the commission's chairman, submitted a resignation letter to...
View ArticleShooting suspect's bond set at $750,000|Shots fired at men outside apartment
LITCHFIELD — A shooter whose stray bullet flew past a small child July 21 in Torrington was ordered held on $750,000 bond Tuesday when he was arraigned in Bantam Superior Court before Judge Charles D....
View ArticleSuspect put back behind bars|Reported attack on woman brings higher bond
LITCHFIELD — A Winsted man who might have avoided prison if he had heeded a judge's order to behave while he awaited sentencing was instead ordered held on $300,000 bond Tuesday and now faces 10 years...
View ArticleNew school chief zeroes in on Region 12 issues|Enrollment in a decline
WASHINGTON, Conn. — New Region 12 Superintendent Pat Cosentino pledged to help solve the district's problems of rising costs, declining enrollment and inefficient facilities at a meeting of the...
View ArticleRain can't stop annual Salisbury clambake|In Your Corner
SALISBURY Saturday's downpour didn't dampen spirits or the fire for the seventh annual New England Clambake to raise money for the Jane Lloyd Fund. The fund was named for Lloyd, a Salisbury resident...
View ArticleMr. John F. Regan Jr.|Former Holy Cross teacher
WATERBURY — Mr. John F. "Jack" Regan Jr., 68, of Waterbury, passed away Saturday, July 28, 2012 at Waterbury Hospital. He was the husband of Joan (Rague) Regan. Jack was born on May 10, 1944 in...
View ArticleHenrietta V. Herkert|Loving mother and friend
LITCHFIELD — Henrietta Voorhees Herkert, formerly of Bedford, N.Y., died on July 26, 2012, surrounded by her family. Henrietta was born in New Brunswick, N.J. on March 26, 1924 to Adelaide Parker and...
View ArticleOdd, troubling hospital trend
The findings were troubling: Not only are increasing numbers of Greater Waterbury residents who require hospitalization not being treated in Waterbury or Saint Mary's hospitals, but this is a trend...
View ArticleDonovan is the only candidate with right mix of qualifications
Reading the direct mailers and watching the television ads for Demo- cratic candidates in the 5th Congressional District, one might have the impression any of the candidates have credentials to fill...
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