Voluntown News

The Westminster School has announced that William V.N. Philip, who has held a variety of teaching and administrative positions for 26 years at the school, will become the eighth headmaster there since the school was founded in 1888.

Gunmen ambushed a convoy carrying Honduras' top prosecutor, but neither he nor his bodyguards were harmed, police said Sunday.

The Ledge Light Health District has opened registration for its H1N1 vaccine clinics to children aged 5 to 18 with high-risk medical conditions, including asthma, blood disorders, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, immune disorders, kidney disease, liver disease, lung disease and neurological disease.

After years working as a flight attendant, Jayne Valente was looking forward to launching her own interior-decorating business.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner acknowledges the federal budget deficit is too high, but that the priorities now are economic growth and job creation.

I consider myself a savvy consumer. I comparison-shop, look for deals, buy generic and rarely pay full price for anything, especially over-hyped brand-name items.

Make that almost never. Devanney went on to explain that he broke his policy after a tough 45-31 victory over Bowdoin on Saturday at Jessee/Miller Field that extended the Bantams' overall winning streak to 15 and their home winning streak to 34.

Hand-held signs honoring Jasper Howard will be permitted at Rentschler Field for the UConn -Rutgers game Saturday at noon.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. His voice comes through soft but pointed. He remembers his childhood in the Jim Crow South and understands the daggers of inequality and the tarnish of discrimination.

Members of the Destiny Africa Children's Choir prepare backstage Tuesday night for their concert at the Avon High School Auditorium.

School officials here said a significant number of absences at Guilford High School has prompted them to close the school on Monday and Tuesday.

Belying its public image, Hartford's Albany Avenue has seen steady and positive change for a decade.

Go figure: Food makers processed more peanuts over the past year than nearly any other time on record despite a national salmonella outbreak blamed for killing nine people and scaring consumers away from peanut products for months.

Froman, a junior college transfer making his second career start, threw an incompletion on his first attempt and an interception on his second before completing 16 consecutive passes.

Police recovered several GPS units, cell phones and other items this morning after catching a man they say was breaking into cars in the Wolcott School neighborhood south of New Britain Avenue.

Felix was at his job as a pizza deliveryman when he got a call from his wife at about 2 a.m. She heard gunfire in their Whitmore Street neighborhood, and she heard a woman screaming, said Felix, who asked that his last name not be published.

A Plainfield Street resident discovered someone had burglarized his home while he was in the shower this afternoon, police said.

As Xavier- Middletown coach Dave Kraszewski led his runners away from the finish line and toward a nearby hill for a postrace speech, he couldn't help but think that some of his competitors had his team fresh on their minds.

The mother of a sex offender from Tolland has admitted that she lied during a court hearing two years ago as she tried to keep her son from being sent to jail.

J. Stan McCauley, Pastor Stan, says he's running for mayor again in 2011 to - and we quote his Facebook invite - "Sweep them out! Sweep them out! Sweep them all out!" Cityline has heard all the talk of possible mayoral candidates, but McCauley is the first candidate to make his bid public.