Ashford News

May 19A Anthony Conkling, 29, of 32 Western Sands Park in Wallingford was charged withA reckless driving greater than 85 mph and operating under the influence of drugs/alcohol, according to police.

The town of Fairfield Department of Human Services is assisting families with applications for an affordable sleep-away camp run by the Salvation Army on a lake in the eastern Connecticut town of Ashford.

An inmate at the Chautauqua County Jail was arrested Thursday afternoon and charged with assaulting another inmate as both were attending a 1 p.m. Spanish church service in the jail.

In front of a crowd of approximately 50 Republicans, Tolland resident Christine Vincent announced her candidacy for the state 53rd District seat in the House of Representatives.

A judge has ordered a mental health evaluation for a 57-year-old Ashford man charged with trying to abduct a woman at the University of Connecticut.

University of Connecticut police said they took a suspect into custody in Ashford in what they're describing as an attempted abduction.