07/02/11 Regarding the Fourth of July holiday is this from the Virginia Gazette (circa 1777): "Thus may the 4th of July, that glorious and ever memorable day, be celebrated through America, by the sons of freedom, from age to age till time shall be no more.
06/27/11 Average retail gasoline prices in Connecticut have fallen 4.0 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.93 yesterday. This compares with the national average that has fallen 6.5 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.58, according to gasoline price website ConnecticutGasPrices.com . In Ridgefield, the lowest prices have finally dipped to below $4, with $3.99 spotted at Limestone Irving ...
06/27/11 Thomas McWalters of Hartford was the overall winner and New York's Brigitte Paulick was the female champion at the fourth annual Stamford KIC IT Triathlon on a glorious Sunday morning. The...
06/27/11 Dozens of scholarship awards were presented to New Milford High School seniors at a recent scholarship award ceremony at the school.
06/26/11 An Arbonne fundraiser planned by Terra Volpe for June 29 from 5 to 8 p.m. at Peacock Alley in the North Street Shopping Center, Danbury,will supplement the fundraising efforts Mary Teicholz, seen here, has undertaken to support the Connecticut Society for Leukemia and Lymphoma.
06/26/11 Meg Pengue (Fairfield Warde) of Hamilton was a first team LaxPower All-American selection and was also selected to the IWLCA All-American team for the second straight season.
06/26/11 Rachel Gioia lets her emotions go as she hugs New Milford HIgh School teacher Stephen Flanagan moments after receiving her diploma at the school's commencement exerices on the westside campus of Western Connecticut State Unviersity in Danbury.
06/20/11 Having become a one-party state, Connecticut could be glad of the political incorrectness of Danbury state Sen. Michael A. McLachlan, who, while a member of the usually pointless Republican minority in the General Assembly, the other day managed to drive a few people at the state Capitol crazy.
06/20/11 The severe storms that ripped through the region this month included a tornado that touched down in Brookfield and New Milford before skipping over to Woodbury.
06/20/11 UConn coach Paul Pasqualoni is going through the "Car Wash" at ESPN today, where he is making appearances on several shows across all platforms. He also found the time to stop and chat for a bit on ESPN.com. A majority of the questions centered around the offense. Here is a little of what Pasqualoni had to say. David Soucey in Waterbury: Coach you were a teacher of mine back at Southern ...
06/20/11 The severe storms that ripped through the area this month included a tornado that touched down in Brookfield and New Milford before skipping to Woodbury.
06/20/11 The severe storms that ripped through the Greater New Milford area and neighboring towns this month included a tornado that touched down in Brookfield and New Milford before skipping over to Woodbury.
06/20/11 DANBURY -- Mayor Mark Boughton issued a tall order to Henry Abbott Technical High School 's graduating class, which held its commencement ceremony Monday at Ives Concert Park.
06/20/11 DANBURY -- A city landmark met its end Monday as construction crews began demolishing the Marcus Dairy Bar on Sugar Hollow Road. For more than 60 years the dairy bar served traditional American fare, not to mention ice cream sundaes and milk shakes to area residents.
06/20/11 An early benefit of an effort to secure wholesale fuel tax revenue, often diverted for other state government needs, is a bond proposal to provide $5 million in design funds for transformation of the Merritt 7 railroad station in Norwalk into a bigger commuting hub, State Sen.
06/14/11 Chris Pacheco of Danbury, supervisor of the Mom & Pop drop-off area at the Winters Bros. Waste Systems of Connecticut recycling facility, organizes computer parts and other electronic equipment into different boxes. Photo taken Thursday, June 9, 2011.
06/14/11 For about 20 years in Connecticut, the state of recycling stayed the same. Since the state mandated recycling in 1991, the Land of Steady Habits steadily pulled about 20 to 25 percent of items out of the waste stream for reuse.
06/14/11 Briana Waters, the San Francisco violin teacher who was facing retrial for her role in the 2001 arson at the University of Washington's Center for Urban Horticulture, pleaded guilty Tuesday to several charges related to the attack.
06/14/11 Get Business Mobile Text Alerts : Text BIZ To 37798 Borders Group Inc. said Tuesday it will close the Waldenbooks store it operates in the Westfield-Trumbull Shopping Mall as part of its bankruptcy reorganization. A date for the store's closing has not yet been set, said Mary Davis, a spokeswoman for the Ann Arbor, Mich.-based bookseller.
06/14/11 NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'A' rating to the approximately $46.4 million State of Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority revenue bonds (Western Connecticut Health Network Issue), series M. In addition, Fitch has assigned an 'A' rating to the following Western Connecticut Health Network (WCHN) outstanding debt: -- Approximately $40.7 million State of ... | 
