Simsbury News

The town has decided against having The Flaming Lips play at the performing arts center at Simsbury Meadows this summer.

Although it may catch parents by surprise, the school year is already winding down and kids across Connecticut will be heading off to summer camps.

The town council is preparing for its own public hearing of sorts on a state police proposal to build a firearms training facility within the Meshomasic State Forest.

Residents will have their say Tuesday on the budgets for the board of selectmen and school board for 2013-2014. Voters will be asked to approve three questions: the $18.3 million board of selectmen's budget, which is a spending increase of 1.71 percent over the current budget; the board of education's $65 million budget, which is a spending ... (more)

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Simsbury Bank is pleased to announce that Ken Sklodosky, vice president and senior market manager of the Bloomfield branch, received the Paul Harris Award from the Rotary Club of Bloomfield.

State Police hold an informational meeting for the Glastonbury public to voice their opinions on a proposed police training facility that would have a large gun range.

There's Help! Nutmeg TV's Live Mic Call In Show, hosted by Charlotte Neild, wil provide an interactive experience between Freddi Hoffmann, MS, vice president at McLean in Simsbury who works with families as they struggle with the issues of dementia , helping them through the available services within the community, and Dianne Thurston, MA, LPC who ... (more)

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The bike racks at Latimer Lane School were full Wednesday when scores of students, accompanied by parents and chaperones, took the bike paths and streets to bike and walk to school.

Simsbury police and a regional accident reconstruction squad are investigating a one-car crash that claimed the life of the driver and injured a passenger.

There are some things young children should never have to be without, especially their mother.

The sculpture was installed last spring and was created by local artist Vicente Garcia.

The two artists, The Flaming Lips and Peter Frampton, will join a lineup of two other artists this summer after the conditional approval from the board of selectmen.

In a state which has suffered a net loss of jobs for more than a decade, the potential for economic development at and around the University of Connecticut is welcome news.

A proposal to move a state police training facility to what's now part of a state forest has people who live nearby up in arms.

A Connecticut jewelry store is hoping to make Mother's Day a little more special for military moms and wives.

The National Association of Letter Carriers' annual "Stamp Out Hunger" food drive will be on May 11 and non-perishable food that is collected that day in Avon and Simsbury will be given to Gifts of Love.

The board of selectmen voted unanimously Friday to set the date for the referendum for May 14.

POSITION: Forward YEAR: Senior COACH: Tom Cross ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Helped lead Simsbury to its first postseason victory in five years with a 3-0 victory over Notre Dame-Fairfield in the first round of the Division I tournament.