Tolland County News

The recession isn't over. It has hurt everyone from Main Street to Wall Street and organizations that provide food to those in need aren't getting donations like they used to.

On Campus Submitted by Amanda L. Renna on 2009-10-19.   Manchester Community College is holding its 12th annual Foodshare Empty Bowls Project on Saturday, Oct.

Submitted by Marcey Ginsburg Munoz on 2009-10-18.   Naomi Amaya Members of the Kehilat Chaverim of Greater Hartford Sunday School, ) Ethan Basch, Maseo Overmyer-Velazquez, Jake Long, and Victoria Abel carry vegetables they harvested at Auer Farm during a recent Sukkot activity.

The American Clean Energy and Securities Act or A.C.E.S. was recently passed in the House over this summer.

Here are the latest bids for products and services received by the Connecticut Department of Administrative Services .

Well-heeled West Hartford is not a place that you expect to see signs of a sluggish economy.

Some staples that Linda Hanson believed would never be depleted - the seemingly endless supply of canned green beans and soup, for example - are largely gone now from the West Hartford Food Pantry.

Yom Kippur Food Drive Religious Life Submitted by Jane Zande on 2009-10-05.   Congregation Beth Israel, 701 Farmington Ave., West Hartford , helped to address the persistent problem of domestic hunger during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur on Monday, September 28.

The scenery is beautiful, the weather is cool and the holidays are drawing closer.

Panda Palace has won countless "best Chinese food in Tolland County" polls. That, and a coupon we found in our Reminder phone book, got us in the mood for this longtime Vernon restaurant.

The shelves at Foodshare's cavernous warehouse in Bloomfield are stacked high with boxes - but most of them are empty.

Foodshare, the regional food bank serving Hartford and Tolland counties, will launch its 20-town challenge next month to raise public awareness of the problems associated with hunger and poverty.

Regional Submitted by Amanda Renna on 2009-08-14.   Bruce Springsteen has a long history of supporting food banks and is, in fact, a regular volunteer at the Community Food Bank of New Jersey.

Sammy Hagar, the former frontman of Van Halen and solo rock artist is known for several of his hit songs.

Sammy Hagar, the former frontman of Van Halen and solo rock artist is known for several of his hit songs.

This year's theme, "We are the Future," took on a new meaning when they established a new "green committee." This committee has taken on the task of making the fair more environmentally friendly, educating the public to become more aware of their habits, and featuring a presentation by Mike Dabrowski on Saturday, August 8. Mike is an inventor from ...

Submitted by Foodshare on 2009-07-27.   The sun beats down. Sprinklers water the perimeter of a dry lawn.

Union - Growing up, Vic Spinnato was accustomed to seeing burn scars. His grandmother was burned on her hand and arm in a New London house fire that took the lives of his great-grandmother and other relatives before he was born.

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for Hartford County in the area of Marlborough , Hebron and Windham .

Play was suspended at the Travelers Championship at 4:25 p.m. Friday as a powerful storm approached the TPC River Highlands course in Cromwell.