Statewide, Vernon
By Steve Smith - Staff Writer
Posted on Fri., May. 18, 2012
Dozens of local business owners attended the Small Business Forum at Vernon Town Hall that outlined the new programs available through the state Department of Economic and Community Development.
Windsor
By Colin Rajala - Staff Writer
Posted on Fri., May. 18, 2012
On May 12, Windsor wives, mothers and grandmothers of military service members who were away for this Mothers Day came together to share pictures and memories of their loved ones during such an emo...
Windsor
By Colin Rajala - Staff Writer
Posted on Thu., May. 17, 2012
A Sage Park Middle School student was awarded the first-place prize in the "Letters About Literature" writing competition for the state of Connecticut Level 2 students (grades seven and e...
Windsor
By Colin Rajala - Staff Writer
Posted on Thu., May. 17, 2012
More than 200 eighth-grade students filed into the Sage Park Middle School auditorium to hear the emotional and thought-provoking story of Holocaust survivor and author Marion Blumenthal Lazan...
Windsor
By Kathryn Elliott - ReminderNews
Posted on Wed., May. 16, 2012
High spirits, strong sticks and a wealth of experience defines the 2012 Windsor High School girls’ lacrosse team...
Statewide, Tolland, Vernon
By Steve Smith - Staff Writer
Posted on Wed., May. 16, 2012
The women of the Hartford Area Roller Derby (HARD) invite you to leave your pre-conceived notions of what roller derby is at the door, and simply watch and be entertained...
Windsor
By Colin Rajala - Staff Writer
Posted on Fri., May. 11, 2012
While most fifth-grade students' concerns are what television show they are going to watch tonight or what video game is coming out next, two John F...
Windsor
By Colin Rajala - Staff Writer
Posted on Fri., May. 11, 2012
People walking around graveyards looking at monuments and headstones is not reserved just for horror and history movies...
Windsor
By Colin Rajala - Staff Writer
Posted on Fri., May. 11, 2012
Windsor’s “Camp Tree House” is a summer day camp currently accepting registrations of children in grades one through six for a minimum of a two-week camp session on a first-come,...
Statewide
By Press Release
Posted on Thu., May. 10, 2012
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey "Presents Dragons" is a once-in-a-millennium event that honors The Year of the Dragon...
Windsor
By Kathryn Elliott - ReminderNews
Posted on Thu., May. 10, 2012
The 2012 Windsor High School boys’ track and field team has some big running shoes to fill...
Statewide
By ReminderNews
Posted on Mon., May. 7, 2012
The American Society of Home Inspectors offers the following checklist to help homeowners figure out the areas to target for spring repairs:...
Statewide
By ReminderNews
Posted on Mon., May. 7, 2012
There are often surprises when spring and early summer coax daffodils, lilac and azalea bushes out of hibernation...
Statewide
By Andrew J. Concatelli - ReminderNews Assistant Editor
Posted on Mon., May. 7, 2012
It’s always fun to involve the kids in a small gardening project...
Statewide
By ReminderNews
Posted on Mon., May. 7, 2012
The subject of gardening has provided fodder for a number of witticisms with which you may be familiar...like the following:...
Statewide
By ReminderNews
Posted on Mon., May. 7, 2012
Prune back your rose bushes after the first bloom. You can either dead-head the spent blooms or do a major cutting back to keep them tame and under control...
Statewide
By ReminderNews
Posted on Mon., May. 7, 2012
Some of the toughest spills to get off upholstered furniture, especially if it is light colored, include juice, wine and tomato sauce. This is one way to attach these stubborn stains:...
Statewide
By ReminderNews
Posted on Mon., May. 7, 2012
For most of us, the home we live in is a continual work in progress. As soon as we get settled into it, we find things we want to change, or fix or maybe add onto it...
Statewide
By Tom Phelan - ReminderNews
Posted on Mon., May. 7, 2012
Thinking back over the long list of topics that have appeared in these pages over the last several years, one theme seems to bind many of them together...
Statewide
By Dawn Pettinelli - UConn Home & Garden Education Center
Posted on Mon., May. 7, 2012
Few gardening endeavors are as satisfying as raising one’s own vegetables...