Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012: The way you react could change this year, as surprises become commonplace. What is a given is that you can expect the unexpected. To some people, this could be...
View ArticleSlow-roasting helps unleash the essence of cherry tomatoes
Plump fist-size tomatoes may be the stars of BLTs and Caprese salads, sauces and soups. But their wee cousins can be a cook's best friend as well. Whether they're Sun Golds or Tumbling Toms or...
View ArticleJournal Register Company files for Chapter 11|Parent company of New Haven,...
NEW YORK — Digital First Media, which operates MediaNews Group, Journal Register Company and Digital First Ventures, today announced that Journal Register Company filed voluntary petitions for Chapter...
View ArticleFormer Torrington man sentenced to 15 years on child porn charge
TORRINGTON -- A federal judge sentenced a 41-year-old former Torrington man to 188 months in prison on Wednesday after he pleaded guilty in May to a child pornography charge. The penalties for Thomas...
View ArticleHuskies look ahead to Week 2
The UConn football team steps up in claass in a hurry for a game Saturday against N.C. State.
View ArticleFormer F&S boss sentenced for fraud
A federal judge sentenced the former president of F&S Oil Co. to a split sentence for bank fraud. Christopher T. Carr, 57, of Westport, will serve nine months behind bars, followed by nine months...
View ArticleUConn hoop schedule, with finite finish, released for 'lost season'|BY ED...
The schedule for the UConn men's basketball team's impending "lost season" was released Wednesday. It was not met with celebration. For the first time, the schedule has a finite end date thanks to the...
View ArticleAlleged tuition payment ruled violation for Naugatuck football|Read...
NAUGATUCK — Former Naugatuck High School football coach Rob Plasky and Franklin Johnson Jr., president of the football booster club, committed a recruiting violation when they gave the mother of two...
View ArticleReceiving duo brings hope to UConn passing attack
STORRS — For years, the complaints have centered on the UConn quarterbacks. They were never good enough to satisfy. Running concurrent to those complaints were the laments about the Huskies not having...
View ArticleNVL Brass Division team-by-team preview
Ansonia 2011 record: 14-0, Class M state champion, NVL champion, Brass Division champion Head coach: Tom Brockett (seventh season, 71-7) Assistant coaches: Bob Lisi, defensive coordinator; Butch...
View ArticleNVL Copper Division team-by-team preview
Holy Cross 2011 record: 12-2 overall, 9-1 NVL Copper Division champions, Class S state champions. Head coach: Mike Giampetruzzi (4th season, 27-8). Assistant coaches: Matt Smolley, offensive...
View ArticleCowboys romp past Giants, 24-17, to open season
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys waited all year for another shot at the New York Giants. When they got it in the 2012 season opener, they were ready. So were the replacement officials,...
View ArticleNine-month sentence for F&S fraud|Former president implicated others
HARTFORD — Christopher T. Carr spread the blame around Wednesday for a $3.7 million bank fraud that he committed as president of F&S Oil Co. Carr and his attorneys argued for leniency during his...
View ArticleWoman's fall investigated|Family says circumstances are suspicious
TORRINGTON — Police are investigating what happened to a woman critically injured after what her boyfriend said was a fall down the stairs in a Litchfield Street home. Family members alerted police...
View ArticleHospital deal still has chance|Texas company still working for merger
WATERBURY — The merger of Waterbury's two hospitals might not be dead after all. The CEO of the company trying to form a joint venture with the hospitals said Wednesday he still believes the partners...
View ArticleState agency explains objections to hospital
WATERBURY — A plan to build a separate facility offering reproductive services as part of a new hospital in the city fails to serve "those who need it most" and would not be financially sustainable,...
View ArticleMerger timeline
A timeline of significant events surrounding the proposed merger of Saint Mary's and Waterbury hospitals and their joint venture with LHP Hospital Group of Plano, Texas: March 22, 2011: Saint Mary's...
View ArticleFire empties former Colt Building in Winsted|Main Street closed; but minor...
WINSTED -- Residents in the recently renovated and reopened apartments at 412 Main St., the former Colt building, were evacuated shortly before 10:30 p.m. Wednesday when a fire alarm went off. A fire...
View ArticleYankees beat Rays, move back into 1st
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- New York went ahead with help from a key Tampa Bay error, Russell Martin homered and had three RBIs, and the Yankees regained sole possession of first-place in the AL East...
View ArticleHarwinton's family ties|School boasts teaching staff of mother-daughters
HARWINTON — Classes at Harwinton Consolidated School had ended routinely at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday with the pupils boarding buses for home. Seated in a classroom a few minutes later, new second-grade...
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