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Members of the Fedcon Employees Federal Credit Union will have access to debit cards, Internet banking and a host of other services when they merge with COREplus on July 1. After scouting for a bigger credit ...

“We must rediscover the authentic image of creation.”

Most Reverend Michael R. Cote, D.D., Bishop of Norwich oversees the Diocese of Norwich, consisting of 78 parishes in eastern Connecticut. via The Day

“People are curious. They want to know what we lost and what we were able to save”

A $1.3 million renovation of the historic Butler-McCook Homestead on Main Street in Hartford had just been finished when, on Aug. 4, 2002, a vehicle driven by Wilfredo Sanchez of Hartford crashed through a wall causing more than $700,000 in damage to the home, which is among Hartford's oldest, and its contents. Less than a year later, on Sept. 14, 2003, Sanchez was speeding along Wethersfield Avenue in Hartford in a stolen car when he hit and killed 39-year-old Donald Foss of Hartford. Sanchez was was sentenced to16 years in prison. Read more

“It's going to be a very big day”

Sheryl Hack encountered a problem after she took a job three years ago with one of the state's venerable cultural organizations. Whenever she introduced herself as executive director of the Antiquarian & Landmarks Society, she was frequently met with 'blank stares.'

The archaic name caused a lot of confusion about the organization's purpose. To end the confusion, the 72-year-old society voted last fall to change its name: it is now known simply as Connecticut Landmarks.

The new name, Hack said, better represents the organization's relevance and goal of exploring Connecticut history in new ways. Read more

“This was a unique case in many ways. It involved the intersection of the state costs of incarcerating a prisoner, federal bankruptcy laws, an employee's pension rights and victims of a crime.”

As former state probation officer Richard Straub was led out of the Danielson courthouse in shackles, headed to jail for 15 years, many of the men he had molested when they were his teenage clients thought they finally would be rid of the sexual predator who had changed their lives forever.

But the man who had forced them to have sex in his office wasn't through with them yet.

About a year after he went to prison in August 2000, Straub filed for bankruptcy and in the process publicly identified several of his victims as potential creditors. Read more

“Just about everything we buy comes from them ... and (rising diesel) also translates to higher heating oil prices”

Gasoline Hits $3.48 Per Gallon Another day. Another record. Gasoline prices across Connecticut hit record highs on Tuesday, rising to $3.48 a gallon compared to about $3 a gallon a year ago. via The Day

“People are afraid opera is boring,'' Waller says. "People don't understand that the stories are about love, lust and revenge.”

Connecticut Lyric Opera gets an office, and a real stage Members of the Connecticut Lyric Opera rehearse. via The Day

A man was found by Groton police Sunday after they received reports of a disturbance on Industrial Drive. via WFSB-TV Hartford

“I don't have a degree in baseball”

From Charlie Chaplin movies to DNA chemistry, from 18th century grocery shopping to World War II aircraft carriers, The Learning Exchange just might be Danbury's best kept secret. via NewsTimesLive.com

“NYPD Blue') and the show attracted mostly solid ratings before the CBS drama was canceled, two weeks after her son was born. 'I was really ready to not work like that for a while”

Glastonbury native Amy Brenneman would like to be in charge again someday, just like when she was the creator, executive producer and star of 'Judging Amy.' But for now, she's an actor for hire. via Hartford Courant

Ridership on Connecticut's rails continued to climb in the first two months of this year, building upon big gains in 2007. via Connecticut Post

“There is little confidence in the board's capacity to tackle the significant challenges in raising achievement”

State education Commissioner Mark McQuillan urged the school board Monday to 'work smarter and faster' in developing a plan that would boost standardized test scores in the district.

McQuillan, a former Massachusetts educator, said he attended Monday's school board meeting to 'instill a sense of urgency' in improving area schools.

East Hartford was among 12 districts subjected to a recent state-mandated assessment after failing to make adequate yearly progress on standardized test scores for at least four consecutive years. Read more

Bernard High School swept the four singles matches and defeated New London, 4-3, in a season-opening Eastern Connecticut Conference Small Division girls' tennis match Wednesday. via The Day

“But nobody should be taken like this. I did everything I was supposed to do. Where was his end of the bargain?”

For Massachusetts artist Michael Ornstein, selling 'Rest,' a self-portrait he painted during his wife's pregnancy, was like losing a part of himself.

But when he learned of the love the buyer had for the $2,000 painting, selling 'Rest' no longer seemed like such a loss - until the check failed to arrive in the mail. Ornstein and more than two dozen other artists who sold artwork through the Brick Gallery, which closed in December, have yet to receive payment for their work.

The decision by the gallery's owner, Joseph D. O'Neal, to file for bankruptcy protection on March 31 dimmed the artists' hope that they would ever recover the hundreds - and in some cases thousands - of dollars they are owed for their works of art. Read more

“We have had to write grants in order to maintain care and we haven't been able to keep up”

Ask Dr. Joseph Gadbaw Jr., chief of infectious disease at Lawrence & Memorial Hospital, about the biggest change in the treatment of HIV and AIDS in the last 15 years, and he will say "protease inhibitors" and ... via The Day

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Fact: Connecticut cities, with their large concentrations of low-income residents, cannot support themselves on property taxes. via Hartford Courant

State Rep. Douglas McCrory, D-Hartford, will discuss pending legislation related to the criminal justice system. via Hartford Courant

Edith Bugbee Mineo and David Warren Tarrant were married August 25th, 2007 at St. via The Day

The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority has scheduled informational forums over the next five weeks designed to assist homeowners holding subprime home loans.

The forums, to be held on weekends in March, April and May, will provide information about topics related to subprime mortgages - those given to people who have a tarnished credit history.

The forums will be held in Norwich , Waterbury , Hartford, Bridgeport and New Haven , areas in Connecticut most affected by credit problems related to subprime mortgages, state officials say. Read more