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The district expects three grants through the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - $600,000 in Title I funds for schools with high numbers of low-income students; $2.65 million for special education; and roughly $16 million in "fiscal stabilization" money doled out through the state in each of the next two years.

People Submitted by Judith K. Resnick on 2009-07-01.   The Connecticut Business & Industry Association , the state's largest business organization, today announced the promotion of Judith K. Resnick to head the Association's Education Foundation.

Unionized nursing home workers say they've settled new contracts with 10 facilities, more than three months after their labor agreements expired.

Mexican restaurants are springing up all over West Hartford these days. There's Besito, an upscale place in Blue Back Square, and Los Adobes, a more traditional neighborhood joint on Park Road, along with an old favorite, Monte Alban, just over the line in Hartford.

A bullet-scarred farmhouse where the fugitive leader of a militant Puerto Rican nationalist group was killed in a shootout with FBI agents is a historical site deserving preservation, a mayor in this U.S. territory said Wednesday.

Submitted by David Colberg on 2009-06-30.   The Connecticut State Museum of Natural History and Connecticut Archaeology Center present "Tavern Night at Noah Webster House" as part of the Museum's Natural History of Food series.

The Calvary of Conard? In what is believed to be the first arrangement of its kind with the school district, a religious group, the Calvary Fellowship, will hold its Sunday morning services in the Conard High School auditorium every week starting July 12.

Religious Life Submitted by Holly Shulman on 2009-06-23.   Hazzan Sanford Cohn of West Hartford's The Emanuel Synagogue will be embarking to Poland on Sunday, joining cantors from the across the U.S., Israel, Canada and Europe on a historic concert tour, honoring their heritage and highlighting the remarkable Jewish revival underway in Poland ...

Fresh from meeting Vice President Joe Biden at the White House on Tuesday, 18-year-old Gilles, one of 141 high school seniors named a 2009 Presidential Scholar, was expected to arrive in West Hartford on Wednesday afternoon - a few hours before delivering the senior speech at his graduation that evening.

On Campus Submitted by Cheryl Rosenfield on 2009-06-23.   From Aug. 3-6, Saint Joseph College will offer an Autism Summer Institute.

Crews are cleaning up after a strong storm rolled through Connecticut Friday evening, downing trees and knocking out electricity to thousands of customers.

The group of volunteers, led by Marcia Lewis, manager of the library's Faxon branch, began working this spring to let people know how important it is to be counted in the census.

Submitted by Joy Savulak on 2009-06-24.   Local home care agency VNA HealthCare, a leading provider of Meals on Wheels for more than 30 years, announces the launch of its new kosher Meals on Wheels program in West Harford and Bloomfield.

The fees, effective July 1, will allow the town to bill for the annual fire safety inspections of commercial, industrial and other properties required by state law.

UConn, Storrs Dean's List On Campus Submitted by Denise Brezinski on 2009-06-19.   Sarah Marie Brezinski, of West Hartford, has qualified for the dean's list of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Connecticut, Storrs for the Spring semester.

A man and woman were robbed at gunpoint Sunday night on Oakwood Avenue, police said.

West Hartford Police are investigating a crash that killed a 16-year-old girl on Avon Mountain late Saturday night.

Biz Buzz Submitted by Terry Landerfin on 2009-06-16.   For Richard Lawson and Nicholas Russillo, the members of Center Capital Advisors of Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, participating in the Chariots of Hope annual charity golf tournament on June 22 is more than an opportunity to work on their golf game.

Renata Kirejczyk owns Kuboo's in West Hartford Center, which features European fashions for babies, children and young teens.

Biz Buzz Submitted by Caroline Newman on 2009-06-17.   C.R. Lang Photography Douglas Alexander is pictured here with his Noah Webster Award.