01/13/10 For more than a century, Sherlock Holmes has been portrayed by numerous actors. The record-holder would be William Gillette, an American actor and playwright, who impersonated the master detective on stage for 30 years - and his farewell tour began in Springfield.
 01/06/10 The Patriot-News U.S. Senator Arlen Specter, D-PA, speaks to staff and students at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Sen. PAUL CHAPLIN, The Patriot-News The campaign manager for U.S. Sen.
12/31/09 A Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. A legendary summer stock producer. A leading South African actor. Variety's most famous reporter. One of the most powerful agents of all time. The original Mitch in A Streetcar Named Desire.
12/23/09 The UAB Blazers shrugged off a furious rally, picked up another double-digit win over a ranked team and remained awfully hard to beat at Bartow Arena.
11/28/09 1926 Ethel Barrymore stars in W. Somerset Maugham's The Constant Wife , which stays for 295 constant performances at Maxine Elliott's Theatre.
11/28/09 Melissa Lechlitner scored 15 points to lead four Notre Dame players in double figures, and the No. 5 Irish defeated South Carolina 78-55 in the Paradise Jam on Friday. Ashley Barlow scored 14 points for Notre Dame (5-0). Skylar Diggins added 12 points and Becca Bruszewski had 11.
 11/24/09 ComingSoon.net's The Weekend Warrior offers a preview of the new releases opening over Thanksgiving weekend, specifically on Wednesday, November 25, which include the Robin Williams and John Travolta comedy Old Dogs (Disney) and the violent action-thriller Ninja Assassin (Warner Bros.), plus Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox (Fox Searchlight) opens nationwide. This week's "The Chosen One" is John ...
 11/03/09 New faces will take the helm of local government in three rural northeastern Connecticut towns. Republicans Allen E. Platt in Eastford and William H. Rose IV in Chaplin emerged victorious over their Democratic opponents to win the first selectman seat, while Democrat Kate Donnelly won a three-way race in Scotland for the top post there.
11/02/09 Upstart Plainfield will make its first appearance in the Eastern Connecticut Conference volleyball semifinals this afternoon, but the other three teams are pretty familiar with this level of play. The four teams all posted quarterfinal victories on Monday.
 11/01/09 George Clooney has his work cut out for him. Not only is he busy promoting three upcoming movies but he's also helping pal Matt Damon reclaim the title of People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive.
11/01/09 Using a local legend and a tagline from a movie about it, Norwich Free Academy students were busy cultivating dreams last week.
 10/27/09 The police blotter contains public information obtained from the Lee County Sheriff's Office and the Lee County Jail booking log. Arrests made are suspicions of crime(s) committed. All persons are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
10/02/09 Two would-be bank robbers fled empty-handed in a station wagon Friday morning after tellers at the Eastford branch of the New Alliance Bank were unable to open the bank safe.
09/27/09 Zlotnicks Convenience Center started offering biodiesel fuel beginning with the Sept. 26-27 grand opening of its newly renovated plaza at 187 Willimantic Road, Chaplin.
09/25/09 Advanced Placement programs and students enrolling in these classes at Parish Hill High School will receive an extra infusion of resources and incentives over the next five years.
09/15/09 Twenty-three Eastern Connecticut towns received federal stimulus funds for energy efficiency projects, Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced Tuesday.
 09/15/09 Voters will be heading to the polls in 29 Connecticut towns, as Waterbury Mayor Michael Jarjura and other local officials are on the ballot in primary elections. READ MORE >>
 09/15/09 HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Voters will be heading to the polls in 29 Connecticut towns, as Waterbury Mayor Michael Jarjura and other local officials are on the ballot in primary elections.
 09/15/09 HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Voters will be heading to the polls in 29 Connecticut towns, as Waterbury Mayor Michael Jarjura and other local officials are on the ballot in primary elections. The polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. today. Jarjura and Waterbury Board of Aldermen President J. Paul Vance Jr. are facing off in a Democratic primary. Vance had to petition his way onto the ballot, after ...
 09/15/09 Voters head to the polls in 29 Connecticut towns, as Waterbury Mayor Michael Jarjura and other local officials are on the ballot in primary elections. | 
