Clinton News

Submitted by Peter Mezzetti on 2009-06-30.   Two days of food, festivities and family fun gets under way July 24 at 6 p.m. behind the Clinton Town Hall and runs again from noon-11 p.m. on Saturday July 25.

Dear Target, Talbot's, Payless, Land's End, LL Bean, Ocean State Job Lot, Marshall's, TJ Maxx, and the outlets in Clinton and Westbrook: I apologize.

Connecticut throws a party on Saturday, and everyone's invited. Connecticut Open House Day activities include free or discounted admissions, refreshments, tours, demonstrations, lectures, sales and special giveaways at close to 200 art galleries, museums, theaters, historic houses, tourist attractions and businesses across the state.

Submitted by Dana Rogers on 2009-06-08.   Girl Scouts of Connecticut's Camp Pattagansett in East Lyme will offer girls of all ages the chance to learn and grow this summer! Come see what all the excitement is about at an Open House Event on Thursday, June 11 from 5:30-7:30 pm.

Submitted by Susan M. Bradley on 2009-06-04.   Vista Vocational & Life Skills Center, Inc.

Ethan Allen is clearing out stock as it prepares to close its doors by the end of June.

Jacqueline Watt Nason of Clinton and formerly of Essex passed away at Saybrook Healthcare in Old Saybrook on Friday morning, May 29, 2009.

Just hours after Gov. M. Jodi Rell proposed shuttering some of the state's smaller parks as part of a slate of "painful" cuts to close the roughly $8 billion budget deficit, the governor abruptly reversed herself on Friday.

Two southeastern Kentucky newspapers are cutting Monday publication from their current 6-day schedules, citing the downturn in the economy and the industry.

A fragile economy and a rising unemployment rate could result in a record use of state parks this season, especially if the summer season is warm and sunny.

Submitted by Barbara Nair on 2009-05-21.   Provided by Arts Center at Killingworth Top Left: Tommy, Prisma color pencil by Aleta Gudelski.

Carol King is a former contributing editor at House & Garden and a freelance garden and lifestyle writer.

Tea Partiers in Clinton, Connecticut were confronted with an impossible task - name something good about shamelessly corrupt Senator Chris Dodd , chairman of the powerful Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, who like Obama is up to his neck in helping to cause the mortgage mess that set off the economic crisis, which he and his fellow ...

I was driving along Valley Road searching for Peters Memorial Woods when I glanced out the window and saw an imposing rock formation with a small, animated stream coursing through it.

Masons Present District Leaders Clubs & Organizations Submitted by Simon R. LaPlace on 2009-04-12.   Simon R. LaPlace John H. Spencer and Michael L. Stephens wore traditional Scottish formal wear for their presentation to area Masonic lodges on Saturday, April 11 in Haddam.

The FCC announced April 1 that the scheduled mandatory changeover of SSB and AM HF voice communications in the Amateur Radio Service has been delayed for one year; originally scheduled to begin April 1, 2009, the new changes will now take effect April 1, 2010.

Manhattan : The Daily News reports that Angelo Monderoy and Matthew Cooper grabbed a beloved neighborhood cat, took him to a vacant building, poured on lighter fluid and set him on fire.

Clinton police say a 42-year-old man has been arrested after a standoff at his home involving guns.

The Estuary Transit District's Nine-Town Transit service is now offering free bus passes to area seniors.

You can be a hero to your Medicare patients by using these tips to improve post-cataract eyewear coverage.