Meriden News

Boardman Silversmiths Inc . is moving its 11 employees to Wallingford from Meriden and plans to add 10 more in three years as part of the metalworker's plan to stay in Connecticut, the governor said today.

Submitted by Brian Kelly on 2009-07-01.   Brian Kelly Shown following the taping of Wallingford Public Access television's "Preview" show are, from left, Debra Denhart, the host of the show, and Laura Green, president and CEO of Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters.

Gov. M. Jodi Rell vetoed seven bills Thursday - the highest number of rejections she's issued in a single day this year - including one that would have required chain restaurants in Connecticut to post calorie counts for their regular menu items.

After pledging to do so over the weekend, Gov. M. Jodi Rell formally vetoed a Democratic budget bill Wednesday, the first day of the 2010 fiscal year.

Ten years ago, the Chase Family Foundations challenged participants in Foodshare's "Walk Against Hunger" to bolster their fundraising efforts.

Democratic leaders in the state legislature are narrowing the impact of their proposed income tax increases, hoping to win over votes from rank-and-file members representing wealthier districts in lower Fairfield County and elsewhere.

Shoppers at The Home Depot and other stores won't be buying chives that were labeled as leeks, thanks to a Fox61 producer.

The U.S. government is investing in a new technique for making flu vaccines that it hopes will help the nation respond quickly to outbreaks such as the H1N1 swine flu virus.

A Connecticut judge has ruled that a Meriden man is competent to stand trial in the driveway death of his landlord.

U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd , who has long favored civil unions over same-sex marriage, now supports equal rights for gay and lesbian couples.

Connecticut's $400,000 "Genius" statue is near completion at a New York art foundry, but there's not enough money to hoist the 18-foot-tall replica bronze back to the top of the Capitol.

Connecticut company Protein Sciences has begun manufacturing what it hopes will be the first available swine flu vaccine.

Democratic majority leaders on Thursday afternoon announced they have agreed on $3.5 billion in spending cuts, while saving the $500 property tax credit for middle-income families, in the two-year $38 billion budget they will propose.

State prosecutors declined Wednesday to charge state Rep. James O'Rourke, D-Cromwell, with criminally negligent homicide in the January death of a woman he had agreed to drive home - and who later froze to death half a mile from her condominium.

Thanks to a WTIC TV producer, shoppers at Home Depot and other stores will not be buying wild chive that was advertised as leek plants.

A Connecticut company says it is producing tens of thousands of doses of a swine flu vaccine.

Submitted by Susan Meyer on 2009-06-07.   The Connecticut Sjogren's Syndrome Support Group is proud to host the First Annual Connecticut Sjogren's Walkabout.

Beginning Monday, Meriden-based Protein Sciences Corp. will begin producing H1N1 A A'swine fluA A' vaccine.

People who rely on the train or the bus to get around Connecticut may have reach a little deeper into their pockets.

Submitted by Robert Spencer on 2009-06-02.   The Northern Middlesex YMCA recently announced that they have been awarded a $15,000 grant from the Comcast Foundation to support the expansion of the organization's Camp Literacy and Counselor in Training programs at Camp Ingersoll.