Preston News

There is a rhythm to dairy farms that exists in spite of the volatility that surrounds them.

A sailor stationed at the Naval Submarine Base is dead and a Groton man is charged with assault after a dispute over $15 in a Preston bar early last Friday morning.

On Friday, June 26, 2009, at approximately 12:47am, Troopers from the Connecticut State Police Barracks at Troop E Montville, and officers from the Ledyard Police Department responded to a disturbance at David's Cafe, located at 134 Route 12 in the town of Preston.

The tanks were stocked full of live lobsters, and the freezers were crammed with everything from shrimp to scallops as Seafood Etc.

A Norwich man is in serious condition at Yale-New Haven Hospital tonight after being kicked repeatedly in the head and stabbed in the leg early this morning at the Brookside Cafe in Preston. State police arrested two area men and four others from New York after the 2:15 a.m. incident.

Preston - Inside a yellow school bus on Saturday morning, which edged and bounced along the roads inside the former Norwich State Hospital campus, town residents became tourists.

They've owned it for three months. Now it's time for the taxpayers to see what they bought.

Above, Marion Waggoner of Preston cheers as the trailer containing the American Veterans Traveling Tribute Vietnam wall arrives at Howard T. Brown Memorial Park in Norwich on Wednesday.

With discussions over, taxpayers will cast ballots Tuesday on the proposed budgets for the school system and general government.

One person died and several others were injured after two cars collided head-on in the area of Routes 2A and 117 Friday evening, according to state police.

Genealogy makes a great hobby. As soon as I retired from teaching, I decided to try my hand at tracing my family roots.

Preston First Selectman Robert Congdon, left, and Norwich City Manager Alan Bergren examine the architecture during a tour of the former Norwich Hospital property in Preston on Tuesday.

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A jogger died after being hit by a vehicle in Preston Friday. Maria Pontes, 39, of Westport, Mass., was westbound on the eastbound shoulder of Route 2 when she was hit at 8:52 a.m. She was taken to Backus Hospital in Norwich by ambulance but succumbed to injuries, according to State Police Troop E in Montville.

The committee reviewing the city's only proposal for its portion of the former Norwich Hospital property will recommend that Norwich set aside that proposal for now and instead focus on whether to partner with neighboring Preston on a vision for the entire site.

The proposal to create a new finance director's position to oversee fiscal matters for the town government and school district has been revived.

Based on testimony from Thursday night's public hearing on the proposed $14.3 million municipal budget, selectmen, school board members and finance officials may re-evaluate some decisions made on how taxpayers' money is being spent.

Save for the occasional weekend ski trip or other short junket, it's been 20 years since First Selectman Robert Congdon took a vacation.

Connecticut state police have arrested a 73-year-old Preston man accused of shooting out the tire of an all-terrain vehicle driven by a trespasser on his property last year.

Never doubt the power of the press. When I wrote about Happyland on March 30th, asking for information about this well-loved Preston amusement park, answers came by phone, e-mail and word-of mouth, recalling the place with affection and enthusiasm.