Sherman News

The Brookfield Memorial Day Parade approaches Williams Park where the Memorial Ceremony had just concluded Sunday, May 27, 2012.

When decorating a room, those HGTV designers always suggest starting with an inspiration piece.

Trying again An appeal has been filed with the state Department of Labor on behalf of Brant Cadovius, a New Milford police officer who was fired last June.

The Connecticut affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure said Tuesday it's seeing a sharp drop in donations and in the number of participants for the June 2 Race For the Cure in Hartford - most likely because of the national Komen organization's controversy earlier this year over Planned Parenthood .

A US Airways jet from Paris was diverted to Bangor , Maine, on Tuesday after a passenger showed "suspicious behavior" on the flight, federal authorities said.

The New Britain Herald reports : Police Chief William Gagliardi is expected to announce today that he will retire as of July 1, sources said.

Broken foam and wooden docks, bags of cans and plastic, even a mattress, were hauled to shore by volunteers in 30 boats cleaning Candlewood Lake Saturday morning.

Whenever I awoke Christmas morning at 2 a.m., I had two choices: I could burst out of bed, rumble downstairs waking everyone up, pull my stocking off the mantle and rip through my presents.

The Rev. Thomas Williams said in a statement he was "deeply sorry for this grave transgression" against his vows of celibacy and would be taking a year off to reflect on what he had done.

A union says 40 private security guards who work at several state agencies based in Hartford are on a one-day strike.

The city will spend up to $25,000 to audit the finances of the school system for this year and last year, the common council decided Wednesday night.

Time is running out for a bill that would raise Connecticut's minimum wage by 50 cents over the next two years, Senate President Pro Tem Donald Williams said Tuesday.

Authorities have issued a silver alert for a Sherman teenager who disappeared and left behind a note saying that he was going on a spiritual journey, according to a news report.

Vladimir Putin took the oath as Russia's president on Monday with a ringing appeal for unity at the start of a six-year term in which he faces growing dissent, economic problems and bitter political rivalries.

Police opened a homicide investigation in Louisville, Kentucky, on Sunday after a man's body was found in a barn behind Churchill Downs , just hours after the Kentucky Derby was run at the track.

Rivera sustained a torn ACL and torn meniscus in his right knee while taking fly balls during batting practice on Thursday and is expected to be out for three to five months.

Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Kate Upton's "Cat Daddy" dance video lit up the Internet since first being posted on Tuesday .

President Barack Obama, speaking early Wednesday at the tail end of a surprise visit, discussed the exit strategy from Afghanistan and promised a steady drawdown of U.S. troops.

In its day, Putnam's St. Mary School graduates would become community leaders, as well as priests and nuns.

As Springfield Dets. Robert Bohl and Mike Goggin drove along Pearl Street toward police headquarters Tuesday morning, they spied a "beautiful red tail hawk" that was feeding on a pigeon it has just caught.