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Local firefighters had to respond to their second call within 24 hours Wednesday after a resident’s vehicle caught fire and then ignited a garage.
The North Coventry Fire Department received a call received a call at about 3 p.m. about a fire at 700 Grant Hill Road.
NCFD Chief Scott Morris said the fire started in a [...]
The Colectivo Mestizal, the nonprofit organization sponsoring the toy giveaway at the annual Three Kings Day celebration, is in dire need of donations for the children.
Mary DeMarco, Windham’s human services director, said organizers have gotten a few last-minute donations, but they are still only about two-thirds of the way toward meeting their goal.
The organization hopes [...]
Residents soon will have a place to bring old computers and other “e-waste” free of charge thanks to efforts from a new company handling the town’s trash removal.
First Selectman Robert Burbank said a new company has offered the town a 40-foot trailer at the transfer station to handle so-called “e-waste.”
He said e-waste includes computers, monitors, [...]
Amid windy conditions that quickly turned a house fire into a raging inferno Tuesday, firefighters from several area departments arrived to find a log cabin already engulfed in flames.
Coventry Volunteer Fire Association Chief Joe Carilli said crews were at 366 Nathan Hale Road, the site of the fire, within five minutes of the call, but [...]
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Gov. M. Jodi Rell and Democrats clashed Monday over her veto of a deficit-cutting package the legislature passed a week earlier.
The Republican governor blasted the Democratic plan as feeble and called the Democrats irresponsible for not doing more to close the state’s budget gap.
“It is simply unacceptable for the majority party in the [...]
The Interdistrict Magnet School Building Committee in charge of the $40 million, environmental-theme magnet school has selected a construction manager for the school.
Skanska USA Builders Inc. was selected by the building committee, after the committee received 14 responses from building firms. Skanska’s bid was slightly more than $1.9 million.
Susan Collins, magnet school building committee co-chairman, [...]
Many of the long-term issues facing the town in recent years came to an end during 2009.
But the town will likely have to handle other issues in 2010 - including a blight ordinance - that arose during the past year.
One issue that repeatedly received attention during various discussions was the town’s fire services, as officials [...]
The calendar doesn’t lie.
Oh sure, players, coaches and fans alike can talk all they want and use catch phrases like ‘don’t worry … it’s early’, but when it comes to the world of Big East Conference men’s hoop, talk is cheaper than the newsprint on this page when it comes right down to a discussion [...]
While some spent the weekend at holiday parties and opening gifts, state police had an active holiday weekend while officials locally reported quieter activity.
According to a state police news release, state police responded to a total of 281 accidents from 12:01 a.m. Thursday through Sunday.
With the 281 accidents, 35 were accidents with injuries, while two [...]
Alth
ough he is the faculty adviser for one of the newest Active Minds chapters in the country, Barry Schreier and his core group of 20 students have made waves in Washington, D.C.
The group was formed nearly one year ago by Schreier and an undergraduate student working together.
Schreier, the University of Con-necticut’s director of counseling and [...]
