Blue Hills News

Dozens of Hartford police officers are expected in front of Hartford Superior Court this morning, where a man accused of shooting a police officer earlier this month is to make his second appearance before a judge.

When police officers Michael Bodner and Karen Spearman first encountered Dwayne Powell Wednesday, the exchange was calm enough that Powell handed over his driver's license.

An officer was shot in the north end of Hartford early Wednesday morning, police said.

After thieves broke into the Blue Hills branch of the Hartford Public Library recently and stole four computers, a neighborhood good Samaritan came to the rescue.

The theft was discovered Friday by staff at the Global Communications Academy on Tower Avenue.

There's a gaping hole in the road where Albany Avenue and Edgewood Street meet, a 16-foot-deep pit lined with steel that keeps the earthen walls intact as contractors work below.

Submitted by Suzette DeBeatham-Brown on 2009-11-03.   On Oct. 31, Rehoboth Church of God marched in celebration and thanksgiving for what the Lord has done for our church.

In 1941, Hartford Mayor Thomas Spellacy asked residents of each neighborhood in the city to form a committee to accomplish three things: They were to gather the names of all men and women from their neighborhood serving in World War II , design an honor roll to those serving and raise money for the construction of their neighborhood honor roll.

Democracy in Action, a program of the Hartford Public Library, is seeking volunteers for its Voter Registration Day Wednesday.

For years, criminologists and other deep thinkers have pondered the question of how to bring peace to troubled inner-city neighborhoods.

Ben G., 31, recites his junkie bona fides the way others might talk about college classes they took years ago.

Ben G., 31, recites his junkie bona fides the way others might talk about college classes they took years ago.

Ben G., 31, recites his junkie bona fides the way others might talk about college classes they took years ago.

Gone Fishing! Jim Calhoun: 'I'm Underpaid' Closures and Savings In Eye of Beholder Closures and Savings In Eye of Beholder August 13, 2009 5:24 PM Posted to State Capitol There will be no budget discussions until Monday, but both Democratic lawmakers and Republican Gov.

Following the theme, "If Obama Can, So Can We: The Possibilities are Endless," local children involved in the Hartford Friendship Kids' Camp had many opportunities to think about and plan for their futures.

The weather was too warm for him to be in a sweater with the hood pulled over his head and they thought he was trying to hide his identity.

State and local fire officials are investigating the cause of a three-alarm fire Wednesday night at a retirement complex.

The city council's Democrats don't often work well as a team of six. But when it came to doling out money from its $400,000 civic and cultural affairs account earlier this week -- each council Democrat got to allocate over $50,000 -- it was all unity, all the time.

The U.S. Postal Service is planning to study 13 post offices that it may close of consolidate.

A 200-pound black bear was captured Sunday after it became stuck in a tree at Fox Middle School in Hartford.