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Fred Speno was appointed as the chief of the Hebron Volunteer Fire Department at the Jan. 21 meeting of the board of selectmen. His appointment lasts until Sept. 30, 2012.
Speno succeeds Paul Burton, who stepped down from the post Nov. 30. Speno had been serving as interim chief, appointed by the board of selectmen after [...]
The Eastern Square Dance will take place at 8 p.m. at Yeomans Hall, Columbia. Cost is $5, children under 12 free. Call (860) 228-3004 for more information.
A state police detective for the Eastern District Major Crime Squad testified Wednesday the defendant implicated in the death of an infant in foster care disagreed with state medical examiner findings.
Det. David Lamoureux said 43-year-old Suzanne Listro thought autopsy results — which ruled the death of 7-month-old Michael Brown Jr. a homicide — were wrong.
Wednesday [...]
Most people would view an award from their college recognizing their community service as validation for their work.
But for Jordan Lorrius, a student at Eastern Connecticut, receiving the school’s Dr. Martin Luther King Distinguished Service Award just increases his expectations for himself.
Lorrius, a senior at ECSU, is one of three recipients for this year’s award, [...]
Boy Scout Troop 65 will host its seventh annual roast beef dinner from 4:30 to 6:45 p.m., at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 138 Snake Hill Road (3/10 mile off Route 31 south), Coventry. Tickets are $9 adult, $8 senior, $5 child 6-12. Takeout is available. Contact 742-9975 for reservations.
Two heavy-duty tow trucks lift an oil truck carrying about 1,500 gallons of oil after it overturned on Flanders Road in Coventry on Thursday morning.
A portion of Flanders Road was closed for hours Thursday after an oil truck rolled over in the middle of the road.
Coventry Volunteer Fire Association Chief Joe Carilli said numerous departments, [...]
Five area fire departments responded with either equipment or manpower to battle a blaze that totally destroyed the upper floor of an Ashford Lake garage Wednesday afternoon.
Firefighters from Ashford, Mansfield, Tolland, Willington and Eastford responded to the two-alarm fire, said Ashford Fire Marshal Richard Whitehouse this morning.
The fire occurred at approximately 11:30 a.m. at 40 [...]
Johanna Rivera, who is currently working on her doctorate at the University of Connecticut, participates in a tree-planting campaign in the Gaza Strip during a recent trip with the International Coalition to End the Illegal Siege of Gaza. A law there states farmers lose their land if they do not have any plantings for three [...]
The Windham Region Chamber of Commerce will be hosting Business Expo, 2010 in Mansfield’s East Brook Mall between the hours of 10 a.m to 6 p.m. Saturday, and noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday.
Students will have to pay more to attend the University of Con-necticut next year after trustees Thursday voted in favor of increasing tuition, room and board fees at the state’s flagship university.
Overall, the cost to attend and live at UConn increases by 5.96 percent for in-state students and 5.77 percent for out-of-state students.
With approved increases, [...]
