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St. Mary parish forges ahead after fire

Four days after a fire ripped through a portion of St. Mary Catholic Church in Willimantic, Jeffrey Ellis was answering the phone at the church’s main number. Ellis is a member of the St...

Youthtopia returns to Jewett City's Veterans' Park

Idyllic weather greeted the return of Jewett City’s Youthtopia festival to Veterans’ Memorial Park on May 18...

Lyman students learn about genocide from Rwandan 'Power of One' Paul Rusesabagina

In 1994, Paul Rusesabagina was working as the manager of the Hôtel des Diplomates in Rwanda’s capital city of Kigali.  On March 31, 1994, Rusesabagina returned to Rwanda from a tri...

Erin Palonen's 'Top Teacher' citation on Kelly and Michael show has unexpected result

It wasn’t till all the dust had settled and the results were in that Griswold Middle School special education teacher Erin Palonen discovered the real reason she’d been named a finalist...

‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ puts new spin on familiar plot

Summer Children's Theater Workshop is like summer camp set to music

It’s not easy finding just the right production for a cast of 100, but that’s part of the challenge of Colchester Community Theatre’s summer workshop for children - the goal of wh...

Plainfield, Killingly results from ECC track and field championships

The Plainfield girls’ track and field squad claimed an overall third-place conference title at the Eastern Connecticut Conference outdoor track and field championships in Montville on May 18...

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Jazz bands recognized at Jazz Festival...

Mock crash shows horrors of drinking and driving

With prom season upon us, every parent is aware of the real danger of a driver who has been drinking...

Annual ‘Fun Fest’ is a weekend of activities at St. Joseph’s Church

St. Joseph’s Church in North Grosvenordale held its annual Fun Fest last weekend, from May 17 to 19...

Alyssa Brehler clinches two ECC track and field distance championships

Griswold distance running standout Alyssa Brehler edged out her two conference arch-rivals to snag a pair of Eastern Connecticut Conference titles at the ECC outdoor track and field championships M...

Griswold girls' lacrosse team marks milestone at first-ever home game

Griswold High School’s fledgling girls’ lacrosse team marked the end of its second season with a historic milestone: the first-ever high school lacrosse game played on Wolverine turf...

Bacon Academy junior prom held at Water's Edge, Westbrook

Bacon Academy held its junior prom Friday, May 17, at Water's Edge Resort and Spa, in Westbrook. About 250 students and guests attended the event...

TEEG and DCU help families with free credit analysis

The Thompson Ecumenical Empowerment Group (TEEG) and the Digital Federal Credit Union (DCU) are offering assistance to those who would like to improve their credit and manage their budgets...

New Shad Derby Queen: WHS senior Sydney Over is crowned

On Saturday, May 4, Windsor’s newest Shad Derby Queen was crowned.  Sydney Over, a senior at Windsor High School, has been given the honor of representing Windsor for the next year...

Mock crash staged for high school students

With lights flashing and sirens blaring, police, ambulances and fire trucks all rushed into the parking lot of Windsor High School on Friday, June 10, but there was no emergency.  The emergenc...

Sheila Schmidt Fishing Derby held

It was the perfect night for a family to spend time fishing around a local pond, and several hundred people took advantage of it on Friday, May 10 by attending the 32nd annual Sheila Schmidt Fishin...

Genealogy 101 gives tips and resources

One of Enfield Public Library’s hottest Techno Topics was on the calendar Monday, May 13, as Reference Librarian Katie Werth presented a refresher of Genealogy 101, for which the library offe...

Civil War re-enacted at Historical Society Museum

One hundred and fifty years ago our country was embroiled in a brutal war between the states that nearly tore the nation apart...

Annual May Market at Phelps-Hatheway always satisfies

Questionably gray skies did not keep away the many dedicated people who come out to the May Market annually just prior to Mother’s Day.  The market, run by the Suffield Garden Club for t...