Windsor News

The Windsor Locks Preservation Association is holding its annual holiday craft fair and bake sale Sunday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at town hall.

A 25-year-old responsible for a string of hotel and motel robberies in June 2008 pleaded guilty Thursday to multiple counts of robbery and now faces 25 years in prison and 15 years of special parole.

Submitted by GFWC/CT Windsor Woman's Club on 2009-11-05.   The Windsor Woman's Club, on behalf of the General Federal of Women's Clubs in Connecticut, is now accepting applications for both the Phipps Memorial Scholarship and the Dorothy E. Schoelzel Scholarship.

Submitted by Tina Bisson, Prudential CT Realty , on 2009-11-05.   Prudential CT Realty and CT Home Mortgage of South Windsor are collecting turkeys and $20 donations for Foodshare's Annual Thanksgiving Campaign.

Local Democrats retained control of the town council and the board of education in Tuesday's municipal election, according to unofficial results Tuesday night.

Submitted by Jeuley Ortengren on 2009-11-04.   Every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon this fall a band of Loomis Chaffee student tutors wait anxiously outside of the school's Olcott Center for the arrival of a group of highly energetic Oliver Ellsworth Elementary School children between the grades of three and five.

Submitted by Jeuley Ortengren on 2009-11-02.   On a recent cross-country trip, Midwestern artist Erin Hoffman completed the idea of an exhibition on "recontextualizing" American history in an attempt to explain the present.

Religious Life Submitted by Carolyn Carr on 2009-11-03.   Bishop John Shelby Spong, the longtime champion of progressive Christianity and pioneer for human rights whose books have sold more than a million copies worldwide, will give a special lecture at Unity Church of Greater Hartford in South Windsor, on Saturday, Nov.

Clubs & Organizations Submitted by Carol J. Parda on 2009-11-02.   The East Windsor Lions Club will be holding their annual Turkey Shoot every Sunday before Thanksgiving starting on Nov.

Crashes have restricted traffic on I-291 across the Bissell Bridge in South Windsor and on Route 2 in East Hartford .

A Tobey Avenue homeowner threatened to kill someone in town hall last week after the planning department cited him for violations at the rear of his property, police said Monday.

Submitted by Laura Soll on 2009-11-02.   Greater Hartford residents can get a jump on shopping for the holidays at a special gift sale and - at the same event - bring their unwanted, broken or outdated gold, silver and platinum for appraisal and sale.

At The Museum Submitted by Windsor Art Center on 2009-11-02.   The second in a series of four Poetry on the Line events will take place on Sunday, Nov.

Coming to a store near you: Bob Marley video games, shoes ... snowboards? Heirs of the Jamaican reggae legend are plunging into the global trademark wars, seeking to enforce their exclusive rights to an image that has grown steadily in scope and appeal since the Jamaican superstar died of brain cancer in 1981 at age 36.

School Stuff Submitted by Sonya Adams on 2009-10-29.   Kingswood-Oxford School sophomore Mary Shimkus of West Hartford tied for fourth place individual speaker at the Parliamentary Novice Debate Tournament at St.

The last remaining single-family dwelling on the town green faces demolition unless some way can be found to save the badly deteriorated structure.

Before John Lomax III allegedly stabbed UConn football player Jasper Howard to death outside a dance at the UConn Student Union on Oct.

Religious Life Submitted by Paula Wetzel on 2009-10-27.   Poquonock Community Church has appointed Leslie Stansfield, of Windsor Locks, as its Director of Christian Education.

Submitted by Paula M. Pierce on 2009-10-26.   On the first Thursday of each month from 5-7 p.m. or longer, Windsor retail shops, restaurants and attractions offer deals, entertainment and special events for the public.

Submitted by Mike Salvatore on 2009-10-22.   Is South Windsor haunted? That question will be explored in a Nov.