Columbia News

T emple B'nai Israel in Willimantic has launched a statewide effort to collect handmade paper butterflies to send to the Holocaust Museum Houston, which is preparing an exhibit of 1.5 million decorated butterflies to represent the number of children who perished in the Holocaust.

A vehicle apparently collided with a tractor-trailer this afternoon. One person may be injured, police said.

Laws that ban hand-held cellphones and texting while driving, such as the one introduced in Saskatchewan this year and aggressively enforced in B.C. and Ontario beginning this week may make people feel safer, but the industry trend portends even more trouble to come.

Laws banning cell phone use, including texting, while driving apparently don't result in actually reducing vehicle crashes, according to a new study that was immediately criticized by the U.S. Department of Transportation as "irresponsible." The study by the Highway Loss Data Institute, released last week, compared insurance claims for crash damage ...

MAKE A VALENTINE'S CARD 1 to 3 p.m. Saxton B. Little Free Library, Columbia. Join Arlene Sweet as she guides the group in making two Valentinea s Cards using rubberstamps and dye inks.

In 2001, New York became the first state to enact a law prohibiting hand-held cell phones use.

According to a study of four jurisdictions that have banned the use of hand-held devices while driving, the laws have not reduced accident rates.

School Stuff Submitted by Teddie Sleight, EASTCONN, on 2010-01-25.   EASTCONN's Capitol Theater Arts Academy will present the family musical "Once On This Island, Junior," on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, Feb.

At The Library Submitted by Kathy Geer, Friends of Saxton B. Little Free Library, Columbia, CT, on 2010-01-25.   The Friends of the Saxton B. Little Free Library will hold a used book sale to raise funds for the library.

It's no secret UConn's bar scene isn't the most alluring. But, the convenience of our endearing bars makes the unsurprising sweatiness and stickiness worth spending the few dollars we have at Nickel Night and the like.

TD Bank, which has dozens of branches in Connecticut, said Thursday it plans to open its first Rhode Island branch later this year in Barrington.

People Submitted by Vanessa Pergolizzi, Mandell Jewish Community Center , on 2010-01-13.   The Mandell JCC and Jewish Family Services will help job seekers learn how to take control of their employment search process at a free event with Ellen Gordon Reeves, author of "Can I Wear My Nose Ring to the Interview?" on Wednesday, February 3, from ...

Connecticut will collect more than $224,000 as its share of a multistate settlement from drugmaker Abbott Labs over allegations that it tried to block generic competition to a popular cholesterol medication.

COLUMBIA DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS The Democratic Party of the Town of Columbia will host a caucus at 7:30 p.m. at The Meeting Place, Route 87, Columbia, to endorse candidates for Columbia Democratic Town Committee and to handle other business to come before said caucus.

Health Notes Submitted by Mary Withey, VNA East Inc. and Hospice of Eastern Connecticut, on 2009-12-15.   For the past 6 to 7 years, staff of the Hospice of Eastern Connecticut, a program of VNA East, Inc., have baked, sewn, and purchased items to include in "Holiday Comfort and Cheer" baskets for patients and their families.

This holiday tale has everything: Adversity, good neighbors and the neighborhood butcher.

T he Hartford Symphony Orchestra presents Holiday POPS! tonight through Saturday at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford.

Between touring and recording new material in Nashville, Brian Jarvis is spending more and more time outside of Connecticut these days, but that doesn't mean he has lost touch with his home base.

School Stuff Submitted by Paula Zakrzewski Shepard, Columbia Cooperative Nursery School, on 2009-12-04.   Paula Shepard Columbia Cooperative Nursery School Students and their siblings collected more than 300 blankets for distribution in the Windham area.

Between touring and recording new material in Nashville, Brian Jarvis is spending more and more time outside of Connecticut these daysbut that doesn't mean he's lost touch with his home base.