07/18/11 Joe Roden, center, and his son Matt, right, bag up corn for a customer at their Park Avenue farm stand.
07/13/11 Walid Shoebat had a blunt message for the roughly 300 South Dakota police officers and sheriff's deputies who gathered to hear him warn about the dangers of Islamic radicalism.
07/13/11 Walid Shoebat had a blunt message for the roughly 300 South Dakota police officers and sheriff's deputies who gathered to hear him warn about the dangers of Islamic radicalism.
07/03/11 The Boyertown Storm U/18 girls softball team captured the ASA of Pennsylvania Class A State Tournament championship in Newtown last weekend. The victory qualified the Storm for next month's ASA USA National Tournament in Normal, Ill.
06/30/11 The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM) is urging state legislators to reject the more than $54 million in municipal aid cuts proposed by Governor Malloy for the next two years. The CCM is further urging legislators to reject the proposed elimination of municipal aid exemption from existing or enhanced gubernatorial rescission authority.
06/29/11 The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM) is urging state legislators to reject the more than $54 million in municipal aid cuts proposed by Governor Malloy for the next two years. The CCM is further urging legislators to reject the proposed elimination of municipal aid exemption from existing or enhanced gubernatorial rescission authority.
06/29/11 The unemployment rate rose in 210 of the nation's 372 metro areas in May, the Labor Department said Wednesday. That's a sharp reversal from April, when unemployment rates dropped in 339 metro areas. Below are unemployment rates for cities in the Northeast: Metro Area Unemployment Rates, Northeast Unemployment rates by state and city Figures in percentages May 2011 April 2011 May 2010 Connecticut ...
06/27/11 NEW YORK (Reuters) - A tour bus driver was killed and dozens of passengers hospitalized on Monday when a bus traveling from Kentucky to New Jersey rear-ended a tractor trailer on the Pennsylvania Turnpike east of Pittsburgh.
06/27/11 Statistics usually tell just half of the story, but in the case of junior Jen Mineau of Schaghticoke (Hoosic Valley), the stats give you a good indication of just how well she pitched for the Fordham softball team this spring. Mineau fell short in her bid to earn a spot on the USA softball team, the tryouts ending last week. A track and field standout, Fitzgerald was a two-year captain and ...
06/24/11 STATE COLLEGE - Dianne Poindexter didn't hesitate to tell the federal government her relationship status when filling out her census form. Poindexter and the woman she has been with for 17 years each checked off "unmarried partner."
06/21/11 Explore four private gardens in Glastonbury, Hartford, Manchester and Wethersfield on Saturday, June 25 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. as part of the Garden Conservancy's Open Days Program. Held rain or shine, the tour highlights uncommon specimen trees, a dry stream bed, extensive planted urns and other containers, topiary spruces and yews, and a rose garden with more than 30 heirloom and modern ...
06/20/11 Maryland's new head football coach would like to see Penn State on a future Terps' schedule. "I think it would be good for the region and for both programs," Glen Rock native Randy Edsall said Monday during an appearance at the 23rd annual York County Special Olympics Celebrity Golf Tournament.
06/17/11 When Ryan Schumacher enrolled at McCallie as a freshman, part of his orientation was learning that he would not be allowed to compete in varsity athletics.
06/16/11 IF you are still bummed by the endless 2011 winter and sunless spring, here's a way to put your blues away: Get out into a public garden. They weathered many tough months too, but they've recovered, are full of color and ready to charm. In mid-May I toured Western Connecticut, visiting gardens of varying size, style and spirit. Here are five favorites.
06/12/11 Mrs. Buono was born Sept. 25, 1931, in Phillipsburg, N.J., daughter of the late John and Mildred (Masterson) Morris. She was a registered nurse at Easton Hospital in Pennsylvania for 18 years, retiring in 1993.
06/02/11 The Zombies, led by founding members Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone will release a new album, "Breathe Out, Breathe In," and will tour North America this fall.
05/25/11 Thomas Hartley will start his $90,000-a-year job June 15. The man who once helped run the Happiest Place on Earth will now try to solve Bethlehem's parking woes.
05/25/11 Tom Hartley, the municipal parking director from Middletown, Conn., will start in the $90,000 job on June 15.
05/24/11 In the past few weekends, students at Bucknell and Susquehanna have graduated. Gone are athletes we will remember for a long time like Darryl Shazier and G.W. Boon, or Kevin LeValley and Cosi Higham at Bucknell.
05/24/11 The Ardamore Chamber Opera presents Mozart's "Cosi Fan Tutte": March 5, 8 p.m. Jewish Community Center in Sherman, 9 Route 39 South. $12/member. $15/non-member. For more information and tickets, call (860) 355-8050. |