Glastonbury News

Kindergarten can be both a wonderful and challenging time for parents and students.

Even a mild winter in New England brings cold weather and too much time indoors in dry, heated spaces.

A children's book about two of the five famous Smith sisters by Iris Van Rynbach and Pegi Deitz Shea has won a national award from the American Library Association.

My wife Sarah and I are from Glastonbury, Connecticut. Here are some pics from our honeymoon during summer of 2011 after or winter wedding in January up in Vermont.

Imagine shoes that could prevent you from tripping. Styrofoam balls absorb a simulated oil leak.

Kirk Ramsey, 50, robbed a restaurant where he worked Tuesday, police said. Ramsey also may have been injured, they stated in a press release.

From the film "Cold," this is one of more the than 10 mountain films shown in the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour.

Pictured : Richard Johnson, Town Manager; Mark Wilson, Glastonbury resident; Barbara Bailey, Welles-Turner Memorial Library; Mary Ellen Dombrowski, Glastonbury Chamber of Commerce; and Ray Purtell, Glastonbury Parks & Recreation.

At the Enfield branch of the Conn. Dept. of Motor Vehicles, Margie Harrison of Enfield cancels and turns in license plates to office supervisor Cindy Bostick.

The following is a statement from the Connecticut House Democrats Office:A State Rep.A Jason Rojas, D-Manchester,A on Tuesday praised Gov.

Residents planning careers in engineering and those who intend to enter the priesthood may be eligible to compete for scholarship named after the late Walter J. Kenney.

John Paul "JP" Fournier, a 23 year-old male of 45 Forest St., East Hampton, CT was arrested by East Hampton Police on Friday February 3, 2012 and charged with sixth-degree larceny and disorderly conduct in relation to a purse-snatching incident.

The school board unanimously voted Monday night to take the first step in restructuring the existing Thomas S. O'Connell Elementary School into an international baccalaureate academy as another option for East Hartford families.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is seeking to build the state's first Mormon temple in this affluent Hartford suburb.

The town's famous Smith sisters will be the subject of a discussion of a children's book written about them on Feb.

The town plan and zoning commission will hold a final public hearing and vote Tuesday on the last remaining hurdle for a Syracuse company looking to build an assisted living care facility in the town's Gateway Medical Park.

Glastonbury VFW and Post 7659 Women's Auxiliary will hold a March Madness andSt.

Feb. 2 -- Recycling workers found the wallet of a Glastonbury, Conn., woman after she mistakenly threw it in a recycling container at a transfer station.

A youth swim meet will be held this weekend closing the pool on Saturday after 2:30 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5:30 p.m. Recreation swimming will not be held on Feb.

The people in the Amity school system seem happy with the school. That was the impression Dr.