Ashford News

Five people were taken to hospitals after the driver of an SUV failed to stop at a stop sign, got hit by a minivan, then crashed over a guardrail and went airborne before landing on its right side, according to a report by state police.

"Now I need my purse and my little white gloves," said the former stewardess for Eastern Airlines.

But something was missing. Her father, Brett, a member of the Guard's 118th medical battalion deployed in Iraq, wasn't part of the family portrait.

Horizon Wings is on a quest to save Connecticut's environment, one raptor at a time.

Ashleigh Kay of Ashford is a graduate of the Hartford Art School at the University of Hartford , with a bachelor's degree in fine arts in painting.

CHRISTOPHERA Bizilj, age 8, shoots himself at a gun show. His family blames the teen for giving him the Uzi READY for an only in America story? Well, ok, not only in America.

The family of the late Christopher Bazilj, who died while attending a shooting exposition in Westfield, has filed a multi-million dollar suit in federal court.

The family of an 8-year-old boy who fatally shot himself at a gun show in western Massachusetts say the Uzi submachine gun jammed twice before he lost control of the weapon and fired into his head.The family of Christopher Bizilj of Ashford, Conn., says in a civil lawsuit filed Friday that a 15-year-old instructor who cleared the gun and handed it ...

Trial for former Pelham Police Chief Edward B. Fleury and three other defendants charged in connection with the death of Christopher K. Bizilj, 8, at a gun show in Westfield a year ago is delayed.

Tinkerville Brook plunges by a huge man made damn and bridge abutment that once helped to power area mills.

Clubs & Organizations Submitted by Dana Rogers on 2009-10-27.   Girl Scout cookie fans no longer have to wait until the new year to get their favorite cookie! Girl Scouts of Connecticut will be selling cookies at a variety of locations from Nov.

Biz Buzz Submitted by Susannah Hogendorn on 2009-10-16.   The United Way Community Campaign is under way, with a goal of raising $25.5 million for health and human services programs that serve the people of central and northeastern Connecticut.

Marisa McBride has joined the New Canaan YMCA in the newly created position of special needs coordinator.

Ashford Open Mic Nights Parks & Recreation Submitted by John Boiano on 2009-10-14.   The Ashford Park & Recreation Department will host Open Mic Nights at Ashford Library's Knowlton Hall, 25 Pompey Hollow Road , in Ashford, from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Fridays: Oct.

The Connecticut Restaurant Association is sponsoring Connecticut Restaurant Week beginning Sunday through Oct.

Looking for a new place to eat on one of those leaf-peeping rides? A place to cozy up by the fire as cooler weather arrives? A chance for one last al fresco dining experience on the occasional warm day? Head out to Washington 's White Horse Country Pub , the newest endeavor of well-known contractor/developer John Harris.

Regional Submitted by Larry Perosino on 2009-09-28.   State Representative Bryan Hurlburt, who represents Ashford, Tolland and Willington in the Connecticut General Assembly, announced that funding for two local projects have been approved by the state Bond Commission.

Before the age of instant messaging and social networks, teenagers had a relatively tough time keeping parents blind to party plans, delinquent friends and other secrets.

ASHFORD, Conn. - Police have charged a Norwich woman who works at a table games dealer at the Mohegan Sun casino with cheating, larceny and conspiracy for what they're calling a cheating scam.

'There's something here for everyone,' said Woodstock Fair General Manager Don Farias Saturday, but little did he know there would even be a Miracle.