Newington News

Sergeant Christopher Perry sent out press release about the upcoming checkpoint on the Berlin Turnpike as well as increased patrols for the weekend of June 21. The initiative has been funded by a grant from the Connecticut Department of Transportation The law enforcement efforts coincide with the 2013 Newington High School Graduation, which takes ... (more)

Katie Marsan , who just graduated from Western Connecticut State University in May, has won a prestigious Fulbright fellowship to study at the University of Tartu in Estonia for nine months.

Murphy visited Capitol Lunch in New Britain as part of a Connecticut tour where he will visit all 169 Connecticut towns in 169 days.

Woods said Thursday that he would ask the Democratic Town Committee to endorse him for a second term in November's upcoming elections.

"They located the leak," Mayor Stephen Woods said. "That's good news. Now that they've fixed the leak, we expect the pool to be open this summer."

Officers responding to a report of a despondent man inside at Willard Avenue apartment, found the man dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.

The Second Annual Race to End Domestic Violence dodged the odds--a weather forecast that predicted heavy rain throughout the weekend--to draw hundreds of participants to the John Wallace Middle School event Saturday morning.

The town council voted unanimously Tuesday evening not to contest the transfer of state land to New Britain in exchange for Newington residents paying the residents' rate at the city's golf course.

Police tracked a bear through back yards Tuesday afternoon before the animal disappeared into woods near Main Street and Harding Avenue.

The winner of four Boston and four New York marathons will give a talk at 7 p.m. at the Lucy Robbins Welles Library.

Come Thursday, residents will be able to buy produce fresh from the farmer's field, homemade jams and baked goods downtown.

Newington becomes radio central on Saturday, June 15, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., when ham radio buffs converge for Newington Amateur Radio League's annual Hamfest and electronic flea market.

Simply Swing, a Newington -based, mom-and-pop owned-and-operated ensemble that grooves to a big band beat, is on a roll with the release of its new CD, "Dancing to Simply Swing," and the start of an ambitious concert tour throughout the region.

This was not the year for nonsense at the Capitol. Nevertheless, this session included a bill calling for a day to honor "the first powered flight" by Gustave Whitehead.

The second annual Lavery/McDermott 5K Race to End Domestic Violence will be at 9 a.m. on Saturday at John Wallace Middle School.

A New Jersey bankruptcy court ruling imposed controversial new HealthBridge nursing home labor contract revisions, the issue behind an employee strike that began last July, just a month after the 600 union workers were reinstated under the old conditions, but the National Labor Relations Board is fighting back.

The board of education voted 6-3 Wednesday evening to institute a 90-minute early dismissal every other Tuesday starting in the 2014-15 school year.

The City of New Britain is looking to ink a land development deal with the company COSTCO, but Newington needs to waive its right of refusal in order for it to be able to purchase the state-owned 15.5-acre parcel.

You don't have to go too far out of your way in the greater Hartford region to find a lamb gyro.

The board of education has revised its proposal for early dismissal as often as once a week and will resume deliberations on the issue at its meeting Wednesday.