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School Stuff Submitted by Kathleen Schroeder on 2009-11-02.   East Catholic High School junior Chris Salvatore won first place in the Connecticut Valley division of the National Chemistry Week Poster Contest.

Police have charged a Wood Drive man with sexual assault after a lengthy investigation.

Police said they are searching for a 60-year-old East Hartford man who is suspected of sexually assaulting a minor.

Clubs & Organizations Submitted by Theresa Godreau on 2009-11-04.   The Connecticut IB Academy will be holding a food drive for the South Congregational Church in East Hartford from Nov.

For more information about the 2009 municipal election in your town contact the local Registrar of Voters Office or Town Clerk's Office .

Crashes have restricted traffic on I-291 across the Bissell Bridge in South Windsor and on Route 2 in East Hartford .

A new report says Norwich and New London have a higher percentage of problem gamblers who called the state Helpline than would be expected based on their population.

The town clerk's office will be open Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. to issue absentee ballots for next week's election.

There's more literature arriving every day from Republican Board of Education challengers in my West Hartford mailbox.

The former CEO of the East Hartford Housing Authority is suing the agency over what he says was his wrongful firing last year.

Officer Seth Condon rushed to Empire Pizza on New Britain Avenue where a robbery and shooting had just been reported.

John William Lomax Johnny Hood was arrested for breach of peace and interfering with police following a disturbance at UConn that left a student athlete, Jasper Howard, dead.

School Stuff Submitted by Michelle Sheatsley on 2009-10-26.   Twenty-three educators will make an on-site evaluation of East Hartford High School on Sunday, Nov.

A minute into the second half, Love, a Glastonbury junior forward, was at the right place at the right time to deflect a pass into the circle from Hayley Hoge.

A man charged in a 2003 abduction and rape of a jogger in Darien pleaded guilty in state Superior Court Thursday.

School Stuff Submitted by East Hartford Middle School on 2009-10-22.   The Crossroads After-School Program and East Hartford Middle School are pleased to present the informative event: "The Developing Needs of the Middle School Child." The event will take place on Nov.

A Windsor Locks fire official says a fire that destroyed three empty tobacco barns this week was intentionally set.

Police are searching for two men involved in an armed robbery Monday at the South Green Package Store on Main Street.

A new arrest warrant says a Connecticut woman suspected of robbing six banks in three states last month had returned to using cocaine and marijuana and was unemployed before the crimes.