Fmr Radio Station GM, Cromwell PD Dispatcher Seeks So. Fire Post
Retired Middletown radio broadcaster and Cromwell Police Dispatcher Ed Creem has announced his candidacy for a vacant seat on the South Fire District Board of Fire Commissioners. A special election...
View ArticleMiddletown Arrests: Feb. 22 to March 7
Middletown Police report the following incidents: March 7 OPERATION WHEN LICENSE IS SUSPENDED, INSURANCE COVERAGE FAILS MINIMUM, OPERATE UNREGISTERED VEHICLE —At 5:17 p.m., Alquan Lawrence, 35, of...
View ArticleConnecticut University Students Plan Rallies This Week
By Eileen McNamara Students at two of the schools in Connecticut's state university system, Central and Western Connecticut state universities, are planning rallies for Monday and Wednesday to...
View ArticleHitting Streets Against Zone Change, Residents Say 'No' to Wrecking Ball
Members of the Facebook group No Strip Mall/No Wrecking Ball met Sunday to create bold, colorful placards ahead of a flash mob-style rally Monday afternoon against a proposed zoning change on...
View ArticleMiddletown Arts Offers Affordable, Multifaceted Summer Fun
Middletown's Arts Office is busy planning for another summer of fun and learning at Macdonough School. The Macdonough School Summer Academic Enrichment Program and Middletown's KIDS ARTS 2013 program...
View ArticleReport: DCF Nurse at Middletown Hospital Invoked Sandy Hook Shooting in...
The Wallingford psychiatric nurse who police said made a comment to a relative about wanting to kill people at his Middletown workplace invoked the massacre of Sandy Hook in his remarks, according to...
View ArticleObituaries: Craig, Dralle, Graham, Higginbotham, Nelson, Stetson, Winne
Legacy.com reports the following deaths: Alice Mary (Sullivan) Craig Lucille Elizabeth (Pinunsky) Dralle Alan Graham Kristie D. Higginbotham Patricia (Patenaude) Nelson Margaret "Peggy" (Biddle)...
View ArticleYour Take: Have You Fully Recovered From Hurricane Sandy?
(Welcome to a new weekday feature at Patch called Your Take, in which we ask your opinion daily on a topic of interest. Have an idea for a Your Take? Email elissa@patch.com) Four-and-a-half months...
View Article'Centerplan, Find Other Land': Residents Rally in Neighborhood They Term...
Hosting signs saying, "hands off our neighborhood,""don't make a MXstake,""support Main Street not sprawl" and "mayor, you put your money on the wrong horse," about 75 people crisscrossed the...
View ArticleReport: Pedestrian Hit by Car on East Main
A pedestrian was struck by a car Monday evening on the 300 block of East Main Street, the Middletown Press is reporting noting that South Fire District and Middletown police officials confirmed they...
View ArticleThree Fun and Simple Arts and Crafts Projects
By Jayme Kunze Looking for some fun and easy arts and craft projects for the kids? Angela Antonelli of CreativeWorks for Children in Avon walks us through three simple craft ideas. Photos of the...
View ArticleAsk a Trooper: Will Open Booze Bottles in the Car Trunk Get You a Spot in the...
Reader Question: What is the law regarding an open liquor container in the vehicle? Is it OK if it is locked in the trunk? Response from Lt. J. Paul Vance: The operator of a motor vehicle can not...
View ArticleMiddletown Arrests: March 8-10
Middletown Police report the following incidents: March 10 DISORDERLY CONDUCT, THIRD-DEGREE ASSAULT — On 8:19 p.m., Mathew Warzecha, 45, of Woodbury Circle was at the scene of a domestic assault and...
View ArticleCity Elementary Gets 275 Books From Reading is Fundamental
Reading Is Fundamental and First Book, two of the nation’s leading children’s literacy nonprofits have united to distribute 1 million new, high-quality children’s books to RIF programs nationwide...
View ArticleQuinnipiac Poll: Connecticut Likes Malloy, But Many Don’t Want Him Back
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s popularity is on the upswing, with 48 percent of voters saying they approve of the job the governor’s doing and 39 percent saying they disapprove, according to a new...
View ArticleYour Take: Can The Government Make Us Thinner?
Beginning Tuesday in New York City, patrons of restaurants, mobile food carts, delis and concessions at movie theaters, stadiums and arenas would not have been able to buy a sugary drink in a cup...
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