 06/20/10 SKOWHEGAN -- The Maine Appalachian Trail Club celebrated its 75th anniversary Saturday with the singing of a lease for a base camp off Malbons Mills Road, near U.S. Route 2, in Skowhegan.
 06/20/10 With solemn prayers and blessings, Metropolitan Archbishop Basil M. Schott was laid to rest Friday afternoon at Mount St. Macrina Cemetery in Uniontown. Schott, 70, who was the spiritual leader of the Byzantine-Ruthenian Church in America, died June 10 in UPMC-Passavant hospital in Pittsburgh of cancer. He was the highest-ranking Catholic prelate in the United States and the archbishop of ...
 06/19/10 Scene ... Renowned record producer and chief executive of BMG Label Group , Clive Davis , a Pound Ridge, N.Y., resident, was seen recently having dinner at Siena Ristorante in Stamford.
 06/19/10 Darien vs. Stratford at Bunnell HS (2), 11 a.m. O'Brien Lawn Care vs. New Canaan at Meade Field (2), 11 a.m.
 06/08/10 Groton native and Fitch graduate Jesse Hahn was drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays with the 16th pick in the sixth round (191st overall) in the Major League Baseball Draft on Tuesday.
 06/08/10 Photo courtesy of Allen ISD - Kevin Ruder, left, and Angel Garces, right. The Curtis Middle School eighth-graders' project, 'Lucent Lightning,' won second place at the Dallas Regional Science and Engineering Fair.
 05/11/10 Southington and Simsbury, the top two teams in The Courant area ratings, played each other Monday. No. 7 Glastonbury gets a rematch Friday with No. 6 Windsor, which beat the Tomahawks 4-0 on April 26. Windsor was beaten last week for only the second time this season, losing to No. 5 Berlin, 1-0.
 05/11/10 TRINITY CATHOLIC 13, NEW CANAAN 5: Mike Scaturchio (2-0) recorded the win for Trinity Catholic (8-4, 6-4) and helped his cause with three hits. Jayme Antonetti and Ryan Walsh also had three hits apiece for the Crusaders.
 05/11/10 Beval Saddlery is proud to announce a new partnership with the highly acclaimed Simpson Show Jumping Team. Both distinguished equestrians in their own right, Nicki Shahinian-Simpson and Will Simpson have already earned their mark in the history books of International Show Jumping.
 05/11/10 Girls from 10 towns will grace the fields at Pettibone School off Pickett District Road for New Milford Youth Lacrosse's annual girls' lacrosse jamboree.
 04/29/10 A legacy has been made. Terry Hanratty, who quarterbacked at the University of Notre Dame in the '60s (including winning a national title in 1966) and later went on to play with the Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers, saw his son, Conor, make his decision over the weekend: he, too, will play collegiate football with the Irish.
 04/16/10 By all indications, everything is a go for the American Canadian Tour to open the local racing season with the running of the annual New Hampshire Governor's Cup 150 for Late Models at Lee USA Speedway on Sunday.
 04/16/10 Bobby Santos III was nothing short of impressive in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour (WMT) Icebreaker 150 at Thompson (Conn.) Speedway last weekend, winning the pole and leading the most laps on his way to victory lane.
 04/16/10 Renaissance woman Maya Angelou is known as a poet, author, educator, filmmaker and activist, but her passions don't stop there. Hear her speak Sunday in Louisville.
 04/16/10 Callaway Golf said Thursday that its first quarter sales hit $303 million, up 11 percent from the same quarter last year. The Carlsbad golf equipment maker gave a preliminary look at its first quarter numbers. It will officially release results April 29.
 04/16/10 The Salisbury University softball team defeated Hood 8-1 in the second round of the Capital Athletic Conference tournament on Thursday.
 04/16/10 ABEL TENDEKAYI Muzorewa, retired Methodist Bishop walked away from history 32 years ago when he signed the Salisbury Accord. This ill-advised step consigned him to the dustbin of history. So when he passed away last Thursday, April 8, at 85, not a few might have asked, Muze who?
 04/09/10 Last February, off-duty New Canaan Firefighter Michael Sasser and his father, Duffy Sasser, were driving on the Merritt Parkway in Fairfield when they spotted an SUV on its roof, with gas leaking and flames and sparks threatening to engulf the vehicle at any moment.
 04/09/10 Born in New York City on Sept. 19, 1918, daughter of William M . and Octavia North of Morristown, N.J., she had been a resident of Redding for the past nine years. Prior to moving to Redding, Dunne had resided in New Canaan from 1962 to 1972 and then in Oronoque Village, Stratford.
 04/09/10 FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, April 8. THREE more YMCA records fell during the second night of action at the YMCA Short Course Nationals held in Florida. Overall, six marks have fallen during the first two days. |