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Patch's Poll: Do You Still Have a Landline?
According to a one recent survey — the National Health Interview of January-June, 2012 — about 36 percent of American households have ditched the landline in favor of using only cell phones. In 2008,...
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Some Ground Rules for the Debate on Gun Regulation
I don't own guns and I don't mind if people do, within reason of course. And that’s the problem our society is struggling with right now — what is reasonable around gun regulation. Step...
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Middletown's Wilcox Apartments Sell for $5.1 Million
The Middletown Town Clerk reports the following property transfers: 97 MAPLE SHADE ROAD — Cheryl L. Turro to Rosemarie C. McCormack on Dec. 20 for $239,000. 208 NEJAKO DRIVE — Jophn R. DeSena and...
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Connecticut Conference of Municipalities to State: Don't Cut Aid to Towns
Any cuts in state aid to cities or towns will result in higher local property taxes, the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities is warning. CCM, the main lobbying group for towns and cities in...
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National Weather Service Warns About Black Ice
If you are out driving tonight and tomorrow morning, the National Weather Service says there is a potential for danger with the cold temperatures in Middlesex County. The NWS has issued a special...
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Just Say No to New Year's Resolutions
My New Year's resolutions list starts like this, “This year I will definitely fail at the following ...” So this year I did not make any resolutions. I figured, if I don’t make them, I can’t fail at...
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PD: Career Shoplifter Claimed he Left Store Wearing $100 Boots Just Looking...
A 48-year-old Middlefield man is facing a shoplifting charge after he walked out of a clothing store wearing $100 hiking boots, then told security that although he has a long arrest record, he was...
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Once-Endangered Autism Foundation Gets $10K Grant, Rent Easement
Things looked grim this fall for the grassroots nonprofit after-school program for autistic teens founded by Brenda Wilson in June 2009 after her grandson Ryan was diagnosed with the complex,...
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Superintendent: Moody Student Safety Never Compromised by Trespasser
The schools superintendent says students at one city elementary school were at no point at risk after a man entered the grounds and, referencing the Sandy Hook Elementary shootings, asked the...
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Apply Now for Recreational Trail Grants From DEEP
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is now accepting proposals for Connecticut’s National Recreational Trails Program Grants. Applications will be accepted through March...
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Middletown Arrests: Dec. 26 to Jan. 5
Middletown Police report the following incidents: Jan. 5 TWO COUNTS FIRST-DEGREE FAILURE TO APPEAR, FAILURE TO RESPOND — At 8:15 p.m., Darrell A. Bell, 27, of Pearl Street was found with three...
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Togetherness is Theme of Malloy's State of the State Speech
By Gary Jeanfavre Gov. Dannel P. Malloy didn't actually offer his take on the state of Connecticut in his "State of the State" address, but his impassioned delivery before the General Assembly today...
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Obituaries: Bongo, Horwitz and Otfinoski
Middletown: Elizabeth (Chappell) Bongo, 76, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012. Middletown: Theodore H. Horwitz, 71, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. Middletown: Carl Joseph Otfinoski, 79,...
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Patch's Poll: Have You Ever Tried Online Dating?
The time period between Christmas and Valentine's Day is the peak for online dating, perhaps as people hope to change their relationship status in a new year. According to digitallife.today.com,...
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Connecticut Native Instrumental in Passage of the 13th Amendment
Last week marked the 150th anniversary of the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation. As noted in last week's column, Lincoln issued the proclamation following the Union's costly victory at Antietam...
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Middletown Arrests: Dec. 26 to Jan. 7
Middletown Police report the following incidents: Jan. 7 FUGITIVE ARREST WITH WARRANT — At 11 a.m., police were called by the Branford Police assistant chief asking them to take Robert E. Irish, 56,...
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Art for Haiti Opening Lures Middletowners to Hartford's Artspace
The opening of the massive "Art for Haiti" exhibit drew a full house of art lovers to Hartford's grand Artspace Saturday night, with WESU-FM general manager Ben Michael spinning techno music, a...
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Middletown Reports Highest Rate of Flu Infection in Decade
The city of Middletown is experiencing the worse influenza season in the last 10 years, according to Dr. Joseph Havlicek, Middletown's director of health. It began five weeks earlier than usual. The...
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Middlesex Corporate Center Sells for $15.4 Million
The Middletown town clerk's office reports the following property transfers: 45 MEECH ROAD — Estate of Jacqueline A. Mahler ℅ John M. Andreini, esquire, executor, to April M. Houle on Dec. 28 for...
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3rd UPDATE: Parent's Dispute Over Pledge of Allegiance Prompts Police...
By Rick Nagel Geneva, ILL.— A parent disrupted a kindergarten class Wednesday at Mill Creek Elementary School and later released a statement saying he will "shed blood" if necessary in a protest of...
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