Willimantic News

WILLIMANTIC, CONN.: Broadcasters in Connecticut are putting their money where their mouths are when it comes to future broadcasters.

More than 35 businesses will open their doors and invite you in to sample all types of chocolate goodies, menu specials, and chocolate-inspired activities for the 8th Annual Romantic Willimantic Chocolate Festival on Saturday, Feb.

The couple, who opened their first Community Hearing Aids of Connecticut office in Groton a little over a year ago, are readying a second outlet at 215 W. Town St.

The state Department of Motor Vehicles is updating its computer system so it can offer more online transactions, but the multi-million dollar project will require some DMV offices to close so workers can learn the new system.

Police said Ernesto Garcia-Lopez, 31, of 4 Oak St., Willimantic, was traveling northbound on Route 89 when his vehicle veered off the road striking a tree.

Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles is upgrading its computer systems to offer more online transactions.Therefore, DMV offices will have temporary downtime - between Feb.

Come Occupy the CapitolTheater, that is and watch "Inside Job," a film that demonstrates how Wall Street strategically created the financial crisis, hosted by local businessowner Bill Potvin of Hosmer Mountain Soda, and Jean Rotter.

If you know someone who has made a difference in the community this past year, make sure he or she is recognized.

Sen. Edith Prague, seen here during a special session in June of last year, returned to the Capitol Friday after suffering a Christmas Day stroke.

Artist Vito Bonanno invites the community to help create a mural at Eastern Connecticut State University on Thursday, Feb.

Welcome back everybody! One Student. One Story begins the spring semester with another remarkable student, Chi Anako, who is a senior majoring in Molecular and Cell Biology.

It could take up to three months for the Vernon Lots & More to officially close and that leaves plenty of time for a creative liquidation sale.

New London has always struck me as a city particularly interested in history, or at least of the city's own past dating back to the Revolutionary War and beyond.

Connecticut's jobless rate fell again in December, reaching a level that hasn't been seen in Connecticut since May 2009.

South Windham, CT firefighter Jim Preston , Northeast Director of the Fire Fighter Cancer Foundation, is working to provide air purifiers for the homes of sick responders of the Sept.

The following information is provided by Storrs Congregational Church i»¿: The Storrs Congregational Church will celebrate its 275th year as a community of faith with a variety of events planned for throughout 2012.

Soon after the Universal Food Store in Noank closed last fall, a small group of citizens began planning a revival of sorts.

A day dress from 1875 is part of the exhibit Women of New England: Dress from the Industrial Age, 1850-1900, at the Benton Museum at UConn A person entering the new show at the Benton Museum of Art in Storrs might feel as if they had entered a time machine and come out at a Civil War-era ladies' party.

Dorothy Drobney may spend her working hours as a reading specialist at Birch Grove Primary School , but after school hours she's being recognized for her second passion, photography, as the featured artist of the month at The Lily Pad Gallery in Willimantic.

Annie Cronin shovels the walkway on North Street in Willimantic the morning of Jan.