Willimantic News

Tom Yourell couldn't remember when his friend P.J. Tierney asked if he could bring his band and play his accordion for the runners at the Manchester Road Race.

MIDDLE EAST DOCUMENTARY 7 p.m. A documentary by New York Times bestselling author Joel C. Rosenberg, "Inside the Revolution: How the Followers of Jihad, Jefferson & Jesus are Battling to Dominate the Middle East and Transform the World" at Abundant Life Community Church, 980 Main Street, Willimantic.

School Stuff Submitted by Paula Shepard, Columbia Cooperative Nursery School, on 2009-11-23.   At the Columbia Cooperative Nursery School , a small group of preschoolers have begun collecting blankets to warm the needy this holiday season.

A local police officer is being investigated by Providence detectives and his own department because of an incident in which he reportedly pulled a gun on someone.

Four Town Showdown Labor Legal Local Politics Media Matters News Links State Government Home Page Op-Ed: Can We Blame Oprah for Putting Charla Nash on TV? State Capitol The Budget Blues by Ellen Andrews November 21, 2009 9:57 AM Posted to Opinion The author of this editorial is the executive director of the Connecticut Health Policy Project.

Threads, Needles about: Railroad Museum vandals; New York Yankees; Coventry Police Department; Willimantic and North Windham Fire Departments; UConn President Michael Hogan Letters about: Nassiff Building study results; Regional School District 11; Windham Elders Senior Softball Team These articles and the rest of today's newspaper are available at ...

Marion Rhodes, UMass Professor Emeritus of Sunderland, died Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009, at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester.

PROFIT FROM ONLINE BUSINESS "Redefining the Race: Businesses Profiting from Online Marketing Share Their Secrets," a panel discussion presented by The Quinebaug Valley Community College Center for Community & Professional Learning and the Northeast CT Economic Alliance from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. at the QVCC Willimantic Center.

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.

AUDITIONS FOR STEEL MAGNOLIAS The Windham Theatre Guild open auditions for Steel Magnolias 7 p.m. at the Burton Leavitt Theatre, 779 Main Street, Willimantic.

School Stuff Submitted by Lynn Sloan, Windham Performing Arts Reunion, on 2009-11-11.   Many arts programs in the Windham Public Schools have been the first to feel budget constraints, so a group of alumni is putting on a benefit show for the music and drama departments that includes alumni and retired teachers from as far back as the 1950s.

Band members of Off Yer Rockers perform for Co-op shoppers. The perfomance raised money for the Covenant Soup Kitchen in Willimantic.

The fall colors are fading fast and in order to take advantage of the beautiful Connecticut scenery, students can hit up local hiking trails for some quality outdoors time.

How about a little Lamb for Christmas ? That would be Wally Lamb , whose new novel is set in 1964 in eastern Connecticut, where he lives.

Gov. M. Jodi Rell visited the Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum Friday to view the damage caused by vandals earlier this week.

Vandals heavily damaged buildings and equipment at the Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum in Willimantic late Tuesday or early Wednesday.

WAIM Walk For Warmth Submitted by Evelyn Solla on 2009-11-04.   Everyone is invited to tie up their walking shoes and participate in the Windham Area Interfaith Ministry's 18th Annual Walk for Warmth on Sunday, Nov.

Threads, needles about: Downtown Willimantic Merchants Association & O.L. Willard Lumber and Hardware; Windham Board of Selectmen; University of West Virginia; sign thieves When time runs out, it runs out quickly Extra! Extra! Get your subsidies here These articles and the rest of todaya s newspaper are available at 4 p.m. in our Chronicle ...

AS YOU LIKE IT Eastern Connecticut State Universitya s Theatre Department will perform Shakespearea s a oeAs You Like Ita Nov.

The SI Financial Group, parent of the Savings Institute Bank and Trust Co., said Thursday its profits rebounded strongly during the third quarter and also narrowed its losses for the first nine months of this year.