Archive for January, 2010
by: submitted press release
January 31, 2010

‘Strega Nona’ will perform at 1 and 3 p.m. at the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts, 2132 Hillside Road, on the University of Connecticut campus in Storrs. Tickets for adults are $13; children $11. Call the box office, Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at (860) 486-4226 or log on to www.jorgensen.uconn.edu.
by: submitted press release
January 30, 2010

Members of the state Department of Environmental Protection’s Connecticut Aquatic Resources Education (CARE) program will conduct a “Family Ice Fishing Derby” at Patriot’s Park on Coventry Lake from 8 to 11 a.m. Event is free. The derby will allow fishermen to get practical hands-on experience. Certified CARE instructors will be on hand to give instruction [...]
by: David Hinchey | Staff Writer
January 29, 2010

Windham’s planning and zoning commission got its first look at Windham Community Memorial Hospital’s plans for a medical office building on Thursday night.
The town’s planning and zoning commission got its first look at a proposed Windham Community Memorial Hospital medical office building Thursday night.
Architects presenting the plan told the commission that if the necessary approvals [...]
by: David Hinchey | Staff Writer
January 28, 2010

Amid sweeping changes, the Windham Area Arts Collaborative Inc. appears to be facing an uncertain future with the group’s location even up for debate.
E-mails have circulated around the art community over whether the collaborative would continue to operate at the 866 Main St. location.
Collaborative members, along with members of the board of directors, have been [...]
by: David Hinchey | Staff Writer
January 28, 2010

Margaret Christopher and Holly Church had hoped they would be on their way to bettering themselves by enrolling in an 18-month licensed practical nurse program at Windham Technical High School.
Church, from Lebanon, was working a full-time job with salary and benefits but gave all that up and accepted a per diem job to pay the [...]
by: David Hinchey | Staff Writer
January 27, 2010

Ethel Pocius of Willimantic holds a photo of her daughter, Jeanne Pocius, who was in Haiti when the earthquake struck on Jan. 12. Photo by Roxanne Pandolfi.
For nine long days and even longer nights, Ethel Pocius waited for a call from her daughter Jeanne Pocius, who was staying in Haiti at the time of the [...]
by: Mike Savino | Staff Writer
January 27, 2010

After getting a first look at a proposed revision for the plan of conservation and development Monday, the handful of residents who addressed the planning and zoning commission were mostly supportive of the document.
The PZC hosted a public hearing, which was continued to Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. in the annex behind town hall, to [...]
by: HTNP.Com Staff
January 26, 2010

In spite of stormy weather, hopeful applicants drove out to Yeoman’s Hall in Columbia and Connecticut Works in Willimantic to test for census jobs Monday morning.
“I’m very pleased with the turnout,” said Rick Hossack, a recruiting assistant with the U.S. Census Bureau who lives in Mansfield.
According to Hossack, 3 million people will be hired by [...]
by: Mike Savino | Staff Writer
January 26, 2010

Increased activity continued for police late last week, but this time the calls were not as routine as other incidents - one involving a gas station ruckus, the other a car plowing into a home.
Coventry police said they received a call at approximately 9 p.m. Saturday from two residents after another Coventry resident reportedly crashed [...]
by: Caitlin M. Dineen | Staff Writer
January 26, 2010

Students escaped injury Sunday night after they were evacuated from Towers Residence Halls after a fire was reported in a dormitory building.
The fire began at approximately 8:30 p.m. in the Trumbull portion of the building, said University of Connecticut Police Maj. Ronald Blicher.
Towers Residence Halls is comprised of 16 separate multi-unit buildings in one large [...]