Sherman News

Although NASCAR contends it has the best anti-doping procedures in sports, some experts see flaws in the policy and question whether drivers are getting a fair shake in the lab or a safe ride on the track.

Apartment prices in the typically resilient Manhattan market plunged in the second quarter by the largest annual amount in decades, data released Thursday showed.

A man was bitten by a rattlesnake on West Street Sunday. State police said the victim was bitten while playing Frisbee with a friend.

Above, Julie Victoria, a Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection wildlife biologist, struggles Thursday to pull an osprey chick from its nest to band it.

The safety pin was patented on this date in 1849 by Walter Hunt. In celebration, we present the Top 10 Pins.

Emily Gaudenzi and Brandon Merritt were married Oct. 19, 2008 at Wood Acres Farm in Terryville, Conn., by Roman Rubin.

A photo gallery of some of the UConn men's basketball team's toughest postseason losses over the years under coach Jim Calhoun.

Spanish point guard Ricky Rubio, the fifth pick in the draft, wasn't present Friday when Minnesota introduced its 2009 draft class.

Pop icon Michael Jackson died Thursday after suffering a cardiac arrest, the Los Angeles Times is reporting.

Athens Police Capt. Marty Bruce said a man arrested for driving under the influence faces additional charges after attempting to bribe two police officers to "go away." The man was charged Monday after officers Josh Garlen and Cortny Barksdale responded to a call about a fight.

At The Museum Submitted by Susan Daniels on 2009-06-12.   Rick Scanlan Chef Noel Jones of On20, Hartford applies hops foam to oysters in ginger gelee at the Connecticut River Museum's RiverFare 2009.

Two alerts for tomorrow June 5: 1. A walk around Shirley Country: 5 June 2009; 2:00 PM A walk around the Gomersal of Mary Taylor and Charlotte Bronte Tutor: Helen Broadhead University of Bradford.

Nine parades are scheduled for the Memorial Day weekend in the Greater New Milford area.

Comcast and representatives from the Connecticut State Police will preview a new tool that will help track down the fugitives responsible for some of the state's unsolved crimes and bring them to justice.

A two-car accident on Route 7 sent two area women to the hospital Wednesday afternoon, according to police.

Sherman resident Hannah Roberts McKinnon knew she wanted to be an author from the time she was 6. Now, at 36, that dream has come true.

F. Scott Fitzgerald once said, "Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat." As far as Beth Profeta and Sherrie Passaro are concerned, truer words have never been spoken.

It's not only buyers and sellers who are stuck in the dump of the economic recession.

An informed citizenry is essential to democracy. When the government tries to limit access to information or make exceptions, it is heading in the wrong direction.

It was a setback. That's how those close to the probe of Mary Badaracco's 1984 disappearance see the not-guilty verdict a jury rendered last week in the puzzling case of Ernest Dachenhausen.