Colchester News

For those of us who enjoy the great outdoors, the cool, crisp days make this the most wonderful time of the year.

In these times of trouble and uncertainty, we need a good laugh. So instead of a group hug, tell us what your favorite funny movie is, and why.

Newark police say one of two men sought in a string of armed home-invasion robberies at college students' rental homes has turned himself in.

Mixed in with the executives and tribal members in suits, there were self-proclaimed "Parrotheads" donning their usual regalia: colorful leis and Hawaiian shirts in every color of the rainbow.

ROCKLAND : The Rev. Dr. G. Russell Miller will be installed as the interim pastor at Rockland Congregational Church during the worship service on Sunday, Oct.

A high school teacher is accused of having on-line sexual interactions with a student.

An East Hampton developer plans to build 134 modular homes with geothermal heat and solar electricity here.

It's a first of its kind in New England -- an entire housing development that's eco-friendly is under construction right here in Connecticut.

For Janlyn Neri of Colchester, Saturday's transplantation and organ donation fair on the New Haven Green was an opportunity to share her story and touch a few lives.

Today at 12:30 p.m. State Police Troop-K Colchester received notification that an elderly person was missing from a parked car in the Wal-Mart Parking lot 474 Boston Post Rd.

Campanelli was transported to St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center by medical helicopter.

A 16-year-old was killed in a motorcycle crash in East Haddam in the early morning hours of Labor Day.

A Colchester teenager was killed early Monday after the motorcycle he was driving crashed into a large tree on Route 149.

Students of Bacon Academy in Colchester return to school Tuesday morning, the day after their classmate was killed in a motorcycle crash.

A teenage boy died early this morning after losing control of his motorcycle and crashing it into an oak tree.

Area law enforcement nabbed several motorists for alleged drunk driving crimes over the holiday weekend.

Source: Independent Connecticut Petroleum Association and Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection Customers who bought heating oil in advance last winter at the then-high price of $2.57 a gallon saved ...

There isn't often positive news on the subject of homelessness. But the public acknowledgement on the part of the Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments last week that the local homeless population is ...

In 2005 the Connecticut State Police received a complaint from the Connecticut Department of Transportation regarding the theft of steel beams from the Colchester DOT Garage.

No arrests have been made but Colchester Police say they know who vandalized a high school.