Canterbury News

Rain, thunder, lightning, hail, a tornado. Can the locusts be far behind? We've reached our soggy bottom.

Clint Eastwood's "Gran Torino" comes out this weekend, and while he plans to continue directing, he says this is likely to be his last acting gig.

Police said a broken leg was the only injury from a head-on collision in Canterbury on Wednesday morning.

Even as another snowstorm headed toward Maryland , the state school board gave its superintendent yesterday the authority to shorten the academic year by two days to help local school systems make up time lost to last week's record-setting snowstorm.

Time for a close-up of the luxury-loving, soft-coated wheaten terrier. With so many luxury hotels putting on the dog these days, Darby and his owner were curious.

Before the sky opened and the Travelers Championship was stopped at 4:25 p.m. Friday, the TPC River Highlands hosted a day of synchronized umbrella dancing.

Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's wife, Patricia Blagojevich, has finally been ejected from "I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here." Here's a look back at the high- and lowlights of her exploits.

Ed McMahon died early Tuesday morning at UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center in Westwood, according his publicist Howard Bragman.

For Julianna Cameron of Colchester , art has always been a way of life. She graduated from the Hartford Art School in 1981 with a degree in fine arts and has worked as a graphic designer/ art director for 15 years.

Deep River artist Lois Phelps began drawing and painting at a young age. In her early 20s, she attended Norwich Art Academy to study oil painting.

Regional Submitted by Joanne Morrison on 2009-06-18.   Nutmeg State Federal Credit Union has joined forces with NBC 30 to present "Community Shred-It Day" on Saturday, June 20, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Nutmeg's Rocky Hill headquarters, 521 Cromwell Ave., at 137 Prospect Hill Road, East Windsor, and at 81 House St., Glastonbury.

Catherine M. Elliott of Simsbury is a contemporary artist, whose work is evocative of the American Impressionism style of painting.

In response to the June 6 article "As Usual, Good Times Pave The Way For Dave Matthews " [CTNews], I would like to give readers a different perspective.

In response to North Korea's recent actions, The Courant [editorial, June 1, "Testing Nukes - And Mr.

Don Clady of New Milford, publisher of Connecticut Cruise News, is spearheading a Drive for 75 fundraising campaign to benefit the Jimmy Fund.

A prestigious Japanese university is giving away hundreds of iPhones, in part to use its Global Positioning System to nab students that skip class.

When it's humid and the sun's rays sneak through the dense forest canopy, it's easy to imagine you are in the jungles of South America.

Paris just isn't her town. Go figure. ... Joe D'Ambrosio on A.J. Burnett 's pie-throwing: "If the Yankees wanted someone to throw pies, they should have signed Soupy Sales ." We offer that up to give the estate of Milton Berle something to steal.

Police said the report was from the vicinity of The Lawrence School, but all three schools were locked down as a precaution.

Game 1: Down to their last out in the ninth, the Red Sox tie it on Jason Bay's two-run homer off Mariano Rivera .