Two men from Westbrook were arrested Tuesday night in connection with the stabbing deaths of four alpacas at Applesauce Acres farm in Essex last December, according to the Middletown Press. 21-year-old Kyle Rossetti and 23-year-old Shawn Malcarne fac... »
Most of the military action in Connecticut against the British during the War of 1812 occurred in and around Long Island Sound. In fact, it was an American attempt to blow up a British ship anchored in New London Harbor that precipitated the British ... »
Young people from across Middlesex County are expected to brave January’s cold and sleep outdoors tonight, as part of a program to educate people about the existence and conditions of homelessness in the community. The third annual Homelessness Aware... »
Evelyn Z. Mondani, 80, a 60-year resident of Deep River and the beloved wife of the late Paul F. Mondani, passed away on the evening of Monday, Jan. 23 at the Aaron Manor Healthcare Center in Chester. She was born in Middletown on August 13, 1931, th... »
Shoveling last weekend's white stuff may have been a chore, but, along with skiers and snowboarders, plants and animals benefit from snow cover in the dead of winter. For about a month after the shortest day of the year, the earth continues to lose h... »
Middlesex United Way on Tuesday honored three local volunteers with the United Way’s highest awards - the Community Leadership, Tocqueville Society Philanthropy and the Community Service awards - during the group’s annual meeting in Haddam. Willard M... »
Take a drive down Route 154 in Haddam and you’ll see a 15-foot high photo of a hand in the classic “stop” pose. "I will be a parent, not a bartender" reads the message inked onto the palm of the hand. Three similar billboards will go up in Essex, Deep ... »
The Middlesex United Way is behind in charitable donations more than halfway through its 2011 campaign, according to Jill Davoll, director of communications. The City of Middletown’s internal goal, which includes the Russell Library, set in September, ... »
The Middlesex United Way Board of Directors has approved $24,950 to six programs working in the areas of school readiness or affordable housing. United Way volunteers and staff seek to support programs focusing on prevention. In United Way’s focus area... »
Tomcod are back. Not that this miniature look-alike of the much larger codfish ever left Long Island Sound but they seem available in fishable numbers for the first time since the 1970s or early 1980s. I am old enough to remember catching buckets of ... »
Two Meriden residents, a former Berlin patrolman and a Rocky Hill man were among 10 veterans statewide who were inducted into the Connecticut Veterans Hall of Fame, Class of 2011, on Friday. The ceremony took place at 5 p.m. in the Atrium of the Legi... »
Those outdoorsy types are nearly impossible to shop for. You can’t really wrap a kayak, after all, can you? But have no fear, because the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has a gift for even the most Jeremiah-Johnson-type on y... »
Middletown’s four state House districts would be consolidated into two districts under a new reapportionment plan unanimously approved Wednesday by the General Assembly’s Reapportionment Commission. The plan approved by the commission late in the after... »
Born Nov. 19, 1831 — 180 years ago this week — in the Western Reserve section of Ohio known as "New Connecticut," James A. Garfield was more than 6 feet tall and weighed about 210 pounds. He was a large, athletic man, especially for his times. Garfield... »
