Reform adds to salaries|Some school administrators could see big jump in...
WATERBURY — The city's two assistant school superintendent positions will be cut under a reform proposed by School Superintendent Kathleen Ouellette, but the two people holding those jobs will remain....
View ArticleBudget passes on second try|Residents approve $24.4M tab by 546-505 with low...
THOMASTON — It was close, but taxpayers approved Thomaston's $24.4 million budget in a squeaker of a second vote on Wednesday. Residents at referendum passed the budget by just 41 votes with a 546-505...
View ArticleFizzled Fourth will bring big bang next year
WATERBURY — The city won't shoot off its traditional Fourth of July fireworks display this year. Unlike other cancellations, however, Waterbury has to skip the Independence Day fireworks show because...
View ArticleAnother scorcher|More record-setting heat likely to grip state today
When the first day of summer settled in with a heat wave, ice cream tempted, and watermelon provided juicy relief. Air conditioners flew off store shelves, and graduation speeches grew noticeably...
View ArticleFalse hope in executive order
Presidential executive orders function as the bookends of public policy. On one end are ceremonial or even frivolous acts like sparing the life of the White House Thanksgiving turkey. On the other are...
View ArticleAssange holed up in Ecuador embassy
LONDON — Hunkered down in the Ecuadorean Embassy in a bid for political asylum, Julian Assange now faces arrest if he steps outside, Scotland Yard said Wednesday. By spending the night inside the...
View ArticleOlympians no more 'immortal' than we are
AP Sports Columnist COLOMBES, France (AP) — At what's left of the stadium where Harold Abrahams won his "Chariots of Fire" Olympic 100 meters, where Paavo Nurmi won the 1,500, caught his breath and...
View ArticleGun dealer for mass killers closes up shop
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An online weapons dealer who sold the handgun used in the Virginia Tech massacre and provided equipment in two other mass shootings has quietly closed up shop amid a flurry of...
View ArticleLeBron James, Heat on brink of NBA championship
MIAMI (AP) — LeBron James has never been here before. He's been in nearly every imaginable situation everything over his nine seasons marked by three MVP awards, three trips to the NBA Finals with two...
View ArticleMedical marijuana shops start stirring
HARTFORD — As the state prepares to work on how it will regulate medical marijuana transactions in Connecticut, a home-grown industry is already stirring. An Arizona businessman visited the state on...
View ArticleAudrey V. Reid|Married for 69 years
CHESHIRE — Audrey V. (Brown) Reid, 89, of Cheshire, Conn., died June 19, 2012, at Elim Park Baptist Home in Cheshire. She was the wife of Roy E.M. Reid. They had been married for 69 years. She was born...
View ArticleFla. police chief over Martin probe on the way out
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — The central Florida police chief who was strongly criticized for his agency's initial investigation of Trayvon Martin's slaying is in talks with Sanford city leaders about...
View ArticlePhillip H. Ainsworth Jr.|Enjoyed Special Olympics
GLASTONBURY — Mr. Phillip H. "Pete" Ainsworth Jr., age 72, of Glastonbury, formerly of Seymour, entered into eternal rest, on June 19, 2012, at Middlesex Hospital. He was born on May 24, 1940, in North...
View ArticleEgypt postpones declaring winner of election
CAIRO — Officials postponed declaring a winner in Egypt's disputed election on Wednesday, sending political tensions soaring as the country awaited its first new president in three decades. Adding to...
View ArticleAuriemma says lawsuit won't be Olympic distraction
CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — U.S. women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma said Wednesday the Olympic team should not be distracted by an employment discrimination lawsuit filed by a security official who...
View ArticleDaniel W. Hatfield Jr.|Devoted husband and father
SOUTHBURY — Mr. Daniel W. Hatfield Jr., 87, of Southbury, passed away peacefully Wednesday, June 20, 2012, at Saint Mary's Hospital. He was the beloved husband of Arlene (Grisgraber) Hatfield. Mr....
View ArticleFrancis J. Beland|Retired draftsman
BRISTOL — Francis "Fran" J. Beland, 78, of Bristol, beloved husband of Lucille (Caisse) Beland, died on Tuesday, June, 19, 2012, at his home surrounded by his loving family. Fran was born in Bristol on...
View ArticleOlympic boxing preview: Women boxers get long-awaited Olympic chance
The door to the last remaining boys club in the Summer Olympics finally opens in London. Three dozen women are about to punch it into smithereens. Women's boxing is an Olympic sport for the first time,...
View ArticleOlympics Cycling Preview: Road could steal drama in cycling at London Games
The track slate is considered the most glamorous part of cycling at the Olympics, and Sir Chris Hoy, Victoria Pendleton and the rest of the powerhouse British team are sure to draw plenty of attention...
View ArticleWoodbury Ballet puts heroic Zorro on stage
In past years, the dancers channeled the stories of characters from Don Quixote to Dracula. This year, in another original ballet dreamed up by Woodbury Ballet artistic director Randy Errica, close to...
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