Joe Bageant (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
A couple of weeks ago I spent a few days of hard traveling back and forth across Connecticut's Second Congressional District. The Second District is not the Connecticut where Paul Newman lives and Katherine Hepburn is buried. The one with the marvelously tasteful old homes set against magnificent Yankee New England seascapes. It's the one where -- although quite pretty in its own right,...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
PROVIDENCE, R.I., May 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Students spellbound by the game of SCRABBLE(R) competed in the 2008 National School SCRABBLE Championship held this weekend in Providence at th...
American Congress for Truth (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
By Jerry Gordon Today's Waterbury, Connecticut Republican American has a follow up to a story we posted on back in March about the squalid conditions of housing and related resettlement services for 64 Burmese Keren Christian refugees. Our State Department had contracted services from with a volunteer agency (VOLAG)-the International Institute of Connecticut (IIC) an [...]
YubaNet.com (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
... eligible for national Wild and Scenic status, is the largest unfragmented forest region in coastal Connecticut, and its scenic beauty, historic character, and abundant fisheries serve as a tremendous source of pride for the residents of the local communities. The Eightmile will become the second river in Connecticut protected by the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, the Farmington River...
NewsObserver.com - Local & State (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
... said the couple listed Estero, Fla., as their home address but were flying to their home in Connecticut when the crash occurred Thursday afternoon.Sobel and his wife were flying home to South Windsor, Conn., said South Windsor Mayor Matthew Streeter, who knew them for 20 years. The couple also lived in Florida for several months a year, Streeter said."They were well-known in the community,"...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
(EMAILWIRE.COM, May 10, 2008 ) DANBURY, Conn. -- FuelCell Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq:FCEL), a leading manufacturer of high efficiency ultra-clean power plants using renewable and a variety of other fuels for commercial, industrial and utility customers, today announced the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) has approved their financial commitment letters for 7.2 megawatts (MW)...
VirtueOnline (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
CONNECTICUT: Groton Priest Suspended State Diocese Sues Dissident Cleric For Refusing To Hand Over Church Property By ELIZABETH HAMILTON Courant Staff Writer http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-episcopal0510.artmay10 ,0,1053445.story May 10, 2008 If the members of Bishop Seabury Church in Groton were holding out hope that the Episcopal Diocese would deal more gently with them than it did...
Brad Pitt Celebrity News (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Hollywood returns to Griffin HospitalConnecticut Post, CT - 1 hour agoIn addition to Reeves and Ryder, the movie stars Julianne Moore and Alan Arkin, is produced by Brad Pitt and directed by Connecticut resident Rebecca Miller …
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday
Folk singer and social activist Pete Seeger returned to Connecticut to be honored by his alma mater.
My Left Nutmeg - Front Page (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
(Cross-posted at Daily Kos .) Yesterday afternoon, in accepting his nomination for a potential 12th term representing the Fourth Congressional District of Connecticut, Chris Shays sounded a favorite attack theme of his against the Democratic party: Shays had harsher words for Democrats. Liberal activists, he said are even more divisive. "Though Democrats speak urgently of the challenges we...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday
Republicans have nominated candidates in three congressional districts that in recent years have been fiercely contested by the GOP and the Democratic Party.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Mayor Curt Zimbelman has set up a task force to look into a shortage of child care in the city -- an issue state lawmakers might take a broader look at next year.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
When Larry Thomas couldn't get a bank loan for his struggling construction business, he turned to Yale University students less than half his age.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Every Sunday at three churches across the city, Pentecostal services strike a familiar chord - dancing worshippers, joyous gospel music and fervent prayer.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Did you know that the first-ever telephone exchange in the world was in New Haven, or that the birthplace of Walter Camp, father of American football, was in the Chapel Street house that now is occupied by an AIDS patient advocacy group?
