No style points, but it’s a win

George Blaney walked into the interview area following Saturday night’s Big East Conference men’s basketball game between his University of Connecticut Huskies and visiting DePaul at Gampel Pavilion and presented a little nugget from his past.
“My father was a judge,” said Blaney, the associate head coach of the Huskies who was subbing for the sixth [...]

Volunteers pack hope and love in kits for Haiti

On a day of Super Bowl party gastrointestinal overindulgence, Holy Trinity Orthodox Church members helped others Sunday at their own “Super Bowl of Caring.”
Haiti was the main beneficiary of the church’s annual event on Super Bowl Sunday, when hygiene kits were created for those in need in the earthquake-devastated country.
“This is for those people who [...]

A benefit breakfast is slated from 8 to 11 a.m. at VFW Post 1724, Valley Street, Willimantic.

Steel Magnolias at WTG

The Windham Theatre Guild will perform “Steel Magnolias” at 8 p.m. at the Burton Leavitt Theatre, 779 Main St., Willimantic, Sunday, for a 2 p.m. matinee.  Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for students and seniors (60 plus), $10 for Eastern Connecticut State University, University of Connecticut and Quinebaug Valley Community College students and $8 [...]

UConn Greenhouse Tour

The University of Connecticut will host a greenhouse tour from 10 a.m. to noon. Visitors can tour UConn’s Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Greenhouses as part of the Museum of Natural History’s History of Health series.  The program fee is $20, $15 for museum members. Advance registration is required. This program is for adults and children [...]

Man injured in SUV-truck crash

A critically injured Willimantic man remains in the intensive care unit this morning after his vehicle crashed into a tractor-trailer unit on Route 6 Thursday.
According to state police from Troop K in Colchester, Gary Mish, 62, of 42 Oxbow Drive, was traveling eastbound on Route 6 when he suddenly crossed into the westbound lane of [...]