Bethlehem News

HARTFORD, Conn. - A Hartford city council member says the city should be more aggressive in collecting unpaid real estate taxes, car taxes and other debts.

It's safe to say that Hartford Mayor Eddie A. Perez is not a big fan of the state's freedom of information law.

For three years after college graduation, Daniel Seddiqui struggled to land a job.

An apparent murder-suicide late Sunday has claimed the lives of a Vernon couple and orphaned their two daughters, ages 9 and 15.

Three cheers for President Obama's speech at Cairo University on June 4. In acknowledging the legitimate grievances of the Palestinian people, he returned the conversation where it belongs: to ownership of the land.

In 58 Harrison Lane Newport filmmaker Sprague Theobald explores the successes of The Woodhall School in Bethlehem, Conn., in turning boys with learning and social difficulties into confident young men.

On the mound and with the bat, Steve Howard was too much for Hall- West Hartford on Tuesday.

The Connecticut Sun announced Monday that former UConn star Ketia Swanier and Ashley Hayes have been waived.

Reporting from Washington - The Obama administration waded into a nearly decadelong debate over roadless areas in national forests Thursday, announcing what amounts to a timeout from most new logging and development in pristine areas across the West.

If your mom enjoys plants, botanical art and day trips, you may want to celebrate Mother's Day early with a visit to the annual plant sale and exhibition opening at Connecticut Landmarks' Bellamy-Ferriday House Garden, 9 Main St.

I found myself agreeing just a little bit with Justice Clarence Thomas when I read in the NYT that he spoke to a group of high school kids about "the proliferation of rights" in America today: "I am often surprised by the virtual nobility that seems to be accorded those with grievances," he said.

Buddy, a striking white Quarter horse, jams his nose through the bars of the stall door, eager to sniff visitors to the Bethlehem sanctuary where he lives.

When I pump gas these days, I am frequently amused and irked by the presence of those white speakers over the gas pumps broadcasting some kind of programming that seems to be --as far as I can tell -- not exactly Muzak and not exactly an existing radio station but some kind of Satellite Gas Station Radio Network.

And if you think the preceding post about gas pumps represents a disruption of la vie quotidienne, consider this.

"The Real Story," WTIC 618:30 a.m.; WTXX 20 11 a.m. " Connecticut Newsmakers," WVIT 30 6:30 a.m. Host: Tom Monahan.

Some pastors do more than preach at the pulpit. Such is the case with the Rev. Dr. David Rowe of Greenfield Hill Congregational Church, a preacher with a propensity for poetry.

Sen. Christopher Dodd sent the already reeling shares of major U.S. banks to nearly two-decade lows midday Friday after he said nationalization of banks might be a necessary step.

A two-hour delay is in place for the Region 14 school district this morning, because of icy conditions in the district, which includes Woodbury and Bethlehem.

A small coalition of Connecticut dairy farmers urged legislators Monday to reject proposed new restrictions on the production and sale of raw milk, warning that it could put them out of business.

The hottest slogan in the Israeli election campaign is a not-so-veiled attack on the country's Arab minority: "Without loyalty, there is no citizenship." The motto is plastered nationwide across buses and ...