Willimantic News

Horse-drawn rides past historic Victorian homes are part of the 14th annual Victorian Days activities that run from Thursday, May 31 through Sunday, June 3 . Photo courtesy of the Willimantic Victorian Neighborhood Association Willimantic, Connecticut will invite visitors into some of its 600 Victorian-style homes listed on the National Register of ... (more)

Linda K. Rivera, who served 90 days in prison in 2007 for embezzling $51,500 from the Montville Water Pollution Control Authority, has been charged with violating probation because she has not made full restitution to the town agency.

Average retail gasoline prices in Connecticut have fallen 3.6 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.89 a gallon yesterday.

Alex Salinas, 40, of 181 Willetts Ave., was charged Monday with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and failure to drive right.

So far, Chaplin's has been doing quite well on its New London Patch listing: five reviews, five stars each, and a lot of nice compliments.A In case you like a particular dish you have at the restaurant, chef Jack Chaplin is quite open with his preparation methods.

Meriden It was five months and one class later, but this afternoon, Alfred Mayo walked across the stage and graduated from the state fire academy.

On Dec. 21, an infant died in Meriden after getting stuck between the mattress of a bed and the headboard during a nap at a home at 196 Sherman Ave.

Submitted photo Author Susan Wilson will give a reading at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library Wednesday evening.

A Troop C police provided the following information on arrests and infractions. Inclusion on this list does indicate a conviction.

A brush fire at Mansfield Hollow State Park proved difficult to reach. After creating a fire line to keep it from spreading, firefighters let it burn itself out.

The Connecticut Spanish American Merchants Association is getting a boost to its computer-training program, thanks to First Niagara Bank .

E.O. Smith High School class of '82 will be holding there 30th reunion in Mansfield the weekend of August 3rd.

A man suspected in a stabbing inside Tony's Pub on Main Street in Willimantic is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday.

Local Boy Scout Baylen Vymola, of Troop 7 East Lyme, is pursuing the rank of Eagle and is working on a project to repair used bicycles for the Willimantic-based nonprofit organization Little Angels Program.

A 20-year-old Mansfield man was sentenced to four years in prison this morning for the armed robbery of the Mobil gas station in Voluntown on Aug.

A trial set to begin this week in New London has some calling the Colchester woman filing the lawsuit a racist.

Connecticut officials are hoping to boost tourism by telling the stories of the immigrants behind the state's numerous ethnic communities, highlighting where they lived and worked.

In its railroad heyday from 1850-1950, Willimantic hosted 50 trains a day on three businessman special lines that traveled between New York and Boston on 6-hour trips, a decent time even today.