Winsted News

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A 22-year-old woman has admitted setting fire to a Winsted apartment building where she suspected her estranged husband was sleeping.

Biz Buzz Submitted by Nancy Andrews on 2009-06-26.   Jill O'Hagen Photo : David Beman, Joseph Antoniak, Charles Greenwood, Sandra Gagnon, Jason Yelsits, Dwain Snow, Fran Molitor .

It wasn't a perfect Sunday morning. The sun ducked in and out of clouds. The breeze came and went.

Winsted woodcarver Matthew Domiczek sits near some of his creations, including a kitchen table and chairs.

An Avon woman and a Winsted woman are scheduled to appear in Superior Court in Manchester Tuesday on drug charges after police said they found the two parked in a remote area of the Glen Lochen parking lot on June 14.

The fire department was first called to the home in East Wakefield Blvd. Wednesday night.

Two people were inside a home on E. Wakefield Blvd when the gas generator they were using inside started to emit the noxious fumes.

Eight people, including seven rescuers, were sickened by carbon monoxide at a home at 406 East Wakefield Boulevard Wednesday night.

About a dozen people fell ill from carbon monoxide poisoning Wednesday night on East Wakefield Boulevard, police said.

Two men from northwest Connecticut were charged after police stopped them for a motor vehicle violation and found them to be in possession of heroin.

When Paul Mendelssohn, the first Jewish officer to join the Waterbury Police Department, stood up to confront four masked men who burst onto a trolley he was protecting, he would make another bit of history.

Responding to a request from legislative leaders, Connecticut's largest union of health care workers announced Tuesday it is withdrawing its notices to strike at eight nursing homes.

More than 800 nursing home workers could walk off their jobs next week as union leaders plan a possible three-day strike at eight homes across the state.

Eight Connecticut nursing homes have been notified that more than 800 nurses, aides and other staff could walk out on the job for three days this month.

Health Notes Submitted by Tricia Poirier on 2009-05-06.   Tim LeBouthillier Special guest Helen Simmons , essay contest winner Kimberly Howe, R.N., and Nurse of the Year Mary Timm, R.N. are honored at The Charlotte Hungerford Hospital's 2009 Nurses Week celebration.

School Stuff Submitted by Gail Srebnik on 2009-04-29.   Explorations Charter School in Winsted, along with charter schools throughout the country and Connecticut, will celebrate National Charter School Week next week.

The homeowner came home around 7 p.m. to find a mechanism made of batteries, wires and a small pipe, Police Chief Nicholas W. Guerriero Jr.

A power failure has forced an early dismissal at Batcheller Elementary School in Winsted.

Teenage legal eagles from across the state are sharpening their skills in competition and turning the classroom into the courtroom.