Stafford Springs News

Biz Buzz Submitted by Cristina McAuliffe, Express-Verizon Wireless retailer, on 2010-01-06.   Kim Dion, a Stafford resident, has opened a new Express-Verizon Wireless retail store at Big Y Plaza in Stafford Springs.

Heather L. Clinger has been named director of wellness at Duncaster Life Care Retirement Community in Bloomfield.

She left the house at 6 with her son and daughter, picked up her son's friend, and, after stopping for breakfast, hit the mall.

Americans enduring long-term unemployment have a cold comfort: In the 48 years that the government has tracked joblessness, there has never been a higher percentage of people out of work, and actively looking, for more than half a year.

But something was missing. Her father, Brett, a member of the Guard's 118th medical battalion deployed in Iraq, wasn't part of the family portrait.

Friday night Sept 10, 2010., will find the New England based tour taking to the half-mile speedway for the first time.

Santa can do anything. Because the story of the jolly old elf doesn't mention lost jobs, reduced overtime or even product shortages, parents put themselves through Black Friday endurance tests.

Submitted by Teddie Sleight on 2009-11-16.   EASTCONN photo ACT arts magnet high school students in Willimantic rehearse a scene from the 1950s Broadway show, Guys and Dolls, which they will perform December 3-6, 2009, at the Capitol Theater, 896 Main Street, Willimantic.

The North Central District Health Department is holding three H1N1 flu clinics for residents of its member towns.

Sunday's article regarding health care reform and returning to the old medical practice of house calls brought to mind the earliest part of my nursing career, spent as a public health nurse in Stafford Springs, Conn., in the mid- to late 1970s.

Beyond the lip of Branford's Stony Creek Quarry, with its sheer rock walls stepped in angular terraces several stories high, eons of geologic history are visible.

Halloween costume sales are expected to be low this year. But for those dressing up, dead celebrities are hot.

School Stuff Submitted by St. Edward School on 2009-10-12.   St. Edward School in Stafford Springs will host a Children's Fair on Saturday, Oct.

A man crashed into a Stafford Springs tattoo studio just before 7 a.m. Monday, and firefighters believe a seizure caused the crash.

The Annual Fall Foliage Network Against Domestic Abuse Car Show was held at the Sun Valley Resort in Stafford Springs.

Dogtoberfest Run And Fun Submitted by Karen Pugliese on 2009-10-05.   The Enfield Dog Park Action Committee hit the ground running on Sunday, Oct 4th, with their 1st annual Dogtoberfest fund-raiser. This event featured a timed 5K and 2 mi run, as well as a 2 mile walk.

A convicted killer strangled his prison cellmate to death in July and carved his own nickname into the victim's chest, according to court records released Friday .

Submitted by Marthan Laurinitis on 2009-10-02.   Marthan's Art Studio and Gallery, 2 River Road, Rt.

In a historic move, the Senate voted Thursday afternoon for the first sweeping changes of the state's probate court system in more than 300 years.

Barbara Pisulewska of Somers graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland, where she studied Fine Painting and also Artistic Weaving.