Waterford News

It's been a bad enough year for the economy. And, now some businesses in Waterford are being forced out of business because of an old, failing railroad bridge.

Local police teamed up with a state police narcotics task force to arrest a local man on drug charges.

Cynthia Johnson of Montville was on her way from church one day in July when she hit a large pothole on Maple Lane in Waterford, right behind the Quaker Hill Mini Mall.

Jeremy A. Doe, 24, of Jasper Fla. was extradited from Florida, where he is serving prison time for two armed robberies, and was arraigned Thursday, November 5, 2009 at G.A. 10 for allegedly robbing the Bank of America in Waterford on Sept.

In this day and age when so many people seem to want to do nothing except criticize everyone and everything, I feel it's important to not forget to acknowledge jobs well done and the people performing them.

This letter is to ponder why the state of Connecticut had been procrastinating, or perhaps even giving us a nontruth, about finishing Route 11 from Colchester to Route 85 near Interstate 395 in Waterford.

People in the local building industry say they've never seen business conditions as difficult as they are today, and statewide new housing-permit figures released Tuesday seem to bear out their concerns.

This is the story of Paul Kueker, an amicable fellow and the personification of how King George of Niantic, in his misguided attempt to protect his asphalt, continues to act like a horse's asphalt instead.

The Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut will move its headquarters site from Gales Ferry to Waterford by the end of this year, according to chamber officials.

Cigar importer Tomas Lochem poses with one of his imported cigars in the Cigar Room at City News in New London.

Police say a Connecticut man was killed in Maine when he was ejected from a pickup truck and into a stream after the truck struck a bridge.

Christopher M. Schildt appears in New London Superior Court Tuesday on charges stemming from his alleged attempt to pass as a student on the first day of classes at Waterford High School on Aug.

If it weren't for the biennial bloom of campaign signs on roadsides and lawns, it's hard to tell that this is indeed an election year in town.

A 15-year-old Norwich Technical High School student is facing a number of charges after allegedly threatening to hurt people at the school.

A man drove a car into a house at the corner of Route 32 and Fitzgerald Avenue this morning, causing minor damage to the home.

Fatima Perez's biggest challenge is also her main passion, and thanks to her persistence, her story will soon be told in her native country, the Dominican Republic.

Middletown 's Common Ground film festival, which focuses on cultural diversity, on Thursday will focus on Native Americans, with a screening of the 1994 drama "Dance Me Outside," set on a Native American reservation in Ontario, Canada.

When a man tried to get Maureen Farrell's mother to come out the back door of her Quaker Hill home Friday morning because he said an electrical wire was down in her backyard, she knew something wasn't right.

The Ledge Light Health District is considering a new regulation that would require property owners with septic tanks to obtain permits for them and verify that they are pumped out at least every five years.

Tony Award-winning Brian Dennehy will be the headliner in the 10th annual Eugene O'Neill Celebration at the O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford and New London on Friday to Sunday.