Somers News

Editor's Note: This arrest was filed late and therefore did not make it into the Jan.

"For years parents have all argued that their kids need their cell-phones now, just in case.

Three people have applied to be alternates on the Groton Historic District Commission and will be interviewed starting next week.

When the Somers Congregational Church burned down on Jan. 1, the Somers Cooperative Preschool lost its space.

The following students have been named to Dean's List at Western New England for the fall semester of 2011.A Danielle E. DeCarli, of Ellington, is a freshman majoring in Accounting.

As part of his proposal to reform education from early childhood through college, Governor Dannel P. Malloy announced on Wednesday an additional $50 million in Educational Cost Sharing funding to schools.A Nearly $40 million will go to newly-established Alliance Districts, made up of the state's 30 lowest-performing school districts - conditioned ... (more)

Where was this photo taken? Here's a hint, it's somewhere in Somers. If you think you know the answer, respond in the "Leave a comment" box below this article.

The attorney representing Brian Francolini says the sexual assault Francolini is charged with didn't happen, according to the Journal Inquirer.

Two Republican state lawmakers are calling on Connecticut legislative leaders to create a new committee that would focus only on agricultural issues.

Both the pedestrian who was hit by a car and the man who hit him have been identified as local men.

The following students have been named to the Dean's List for the Fall 2011 semester at Assumption College.A Danielle Buttafuoco A of Ellington, of the class of 2012.

The CT Post is reporting that two local men, who both attend Sacred Heart University, have been charged with sexual assault after an incident in their off-campus apartment.

Jan. 20 Tyler J. Gallant, 21, of 49 Church St. in Windsor Locks, was charged with driving under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol and failure to drive in the proper lane after an accident on Springfield Road in Somers.

Firefighters spent much of Friday night battling a barn fire at an alpaca farm in Somers.

Jan. 25 Darrel P. Lamson, 31, of 18 Sokol Rd., Somers, was charged with 4th-degree larceny and interfering with an officer, in connection with a larceny call at Peerless Toll & Machine on Peerless Way, 12:50 a.m. Matthew T. Ellis, 22, of 48 Harrison St., Windsor Locks, was charged with violating a protective order, disorderly conduct and simple ... (more)

Like his accomplice in the deadly July 23, 2007, Cheshire home invasion, Joshua Komisarjevsky is expected to speak today before a Superior Court judge formally sentences him to death.

The Crystal Lake Fire Department recently received a FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program grant that paid for new hoses and appliances for the trucks.

Jacob's Well Coffeehouse, downtown Rockville's popular monthly Christian nightclub, will feature the New England Ukelele Ensemble on Friday, Feb.

Editor's Note: This arrest was filed late and therefore did not make it into the Dec.

There's more snow on the way. A winter weather advisory has been issued for the Northeast, with particular attention to Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania.