Urban Archeologist: Music Box Full of Surprises
As long as there are basements to explore and attics to pick through I suppose I will continue to do this. Maybe you are reading this and wondering “Why?” I may be able to answer that in a single...
View ArticleMiddletown Arrests: Feb. 16-28
Middletown Police report the following incidents: Feb. 28 INSURANCE COVERAGE FAILS MINIMUM, OPERATION MOTOR VEHICLE WHEN REGISTRATION SUSPENDED — At 8:48 a.m., Francine A. Damico, 51, of...
View ArticleFlorida: Sinkhole Swallows Man Asleep In Bed [VIDEO]
By Linda Chion Kenney Video: Deputy Douglas Duvall Recounts Seffner Sinkhole Heroics The only thing Deputy Douglas Duvall knew when he arrived at 240 Faithway Drive in Seffner on Feb. 28 is what he...
View ArticleCheddar & Green Chilies Biscuits
If you have ever read any of author Joanne Fluke's books featuring her sleuth heroine Hannah Swensen, you're familiar with the fact that recipes are included in all of the books. Hannah, besides...
View ArticleTop 10 Household Cleaning Tips
Shower door soap scum, greasy dirt on lamps and kitchen cabinets…some things around the house just don't come clean. We talked to professional house cleaners and got them to spill their best-kept...
View ArticleUPDATED: Republican Leader Calls For Hewett's Resignation
By Dirk Langeveld Update, 11:58 a.m. NEW LONDON, CT -- The chairman of the state's Republican Party has called for State Rep. Ernest Hewett of New London to step down following a remark he made to a...
View ArticlePratt & Whitney Transforms Middletown Assembly Area for New Engines
Pratt & Whitney completed the first phase of an assembly-floor transformation project at its Middletown, Conn., facility that prepares the Engine Center to produce its portion of PurePower®...
View ArticleOMG PD: Feb. 23 - March 1
The Case: Ricky Lyons, 40, of 12 Flatbush Ave., Hartford was charged with possession of heroin, possession of heroin with the intent to sell, marijuana possession and tampering with evidence,...
View ArticleWarming Center Moves to First United Church
The city’s warming center has moved from South Congregational Church to the First United Methodist Church, 24 Old Church Street. The warming center will be open to the public seven days a week from...
View ArticleWhere Do You Celebrate St. Patrick's Day?
St. Patrick's Day is just around the corner, and Irish and non-Irish alike will be celebrating the holiday in and around Middletown! Do you have a favorite pub that you frequent on March 17 every year?...
View ArticleUrban Archeologist: The Meaning of a Life
Someone once suggested to me that I really should call this “Urban Anthropology” simply for the reason that I spend as much time studying people as I do the things they (we) collect. A sale in...
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