Monroe (Fairfield, Connecticut)

Sandy Hook students 'happy to see their friends,' police say

2013-01-03 13:23:00

As Sandy Hook Elementary students walked off the bus to start classes for the first time since a gunman stormed their school, police in Monroe, Conn., said the youngsters seemed excited to start classes and to see their new school building -- located in a...

William Windom dies at 88; Emmy-winning character actor

2012-08-20 00:00:00

In the role that won him an Emmy Award for best actor in a comedy series, William Windom played John Monroe, a writer-cartoonist for a New York magazine who harnessed an active fantasy life to escape the doldrums of his middle-class Connecticut existence....

PASSINGS: Frank Cady, Don Campbell, Frank Arciero, F. Herbert Bormann

2012-06-11 00:00:00

Frank Cady Character actor was on 'Green Acres' Frank Cady, 96, a character actor who played Hooterville general store proprietor Sam Drucker on the TV sitcoms "Green Acres" and "Petticoat Junction," died Friday at his home in Wilsonville, Ore., said...

Basketball: Thursday's regional scores (NorCal andSoCal)

2011-03-11 04:35:58

Underwhelmed by It All

2006-08-07 00:00:00

With their vast arsenals of electronic gear, they are the most entertained generation ever. Yet the YouTubing, MySpacing, multi-tasking teens and young adults widely seen as Hollywood's most wanted audience are feeling — can it be? — a bit...

READER SUBMITTED: Biggest Loser Celebrities to Visit Connecticut

2013-06-13 16:10:03

Biggest Loser Season 14 winner, Dannielle "Danni" Allen, and runner-up, Jeff Nichols, will visit 16 Planet Fitness locations throughout Connecticut on June 17 and 18. These free events are open to the public and attendees will have the opportunity to...

Mysterious insect to emerge in parts of Pennsylvania

2013-06-07 17:26:00

One of the world's most mysterious insects is about to invade the skies over wooded areas in eastern Pennsylvania and other states, but an expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences says it's not a cause for alarm. � Residents of 17...

Summer Food Service Program sites offered for children

2013-06-04 11:02:00

Several Summer Food Service Program sites offering free meals to children are available in St. Joseph County. Offered through the Indiana Department of Education, these sites serve lunches and/or breakfasts to all children ages 1 to 18 years old....

Connecticut's Landmark Gun Law Faces Challenge In Federal Court

2013-05-22 19:30:06

A coalition of gun owners, gun dealers and firearms rights organizations have sued the governor and members of the state's attorney's office, contending that the gun law passed in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings violates the...

Roundabout: "Catch Me If You Can" at The Bushnell

2013-05-21 13:55:00

How can you cope with the cancellation of that irrepressible, deliriously uncentered Broadway-brouhaha TV series "Smash"? By getting tickets to the Bushnell stop on the national tour of Catch Me If You Can. Based on the 1980 memoirs of con man and...

Crime Watch for the week of March 30, 2013

2013-05-18 09:14:01

Best of Fairfield County 2013: Best Beer Selection (in a store)

2013-05-13 09:05:00

1) Black Rock Wine & Spirits 2480 Black Rock Tpke. Fairfield (203) 374-0040 � 2) Mo's Wines & Spirits 953 Post Road Fairfield (203) 255-7623 � 3) Glen Ro Spirit Shoppe 487 Monroe Tpke. Monroe (203) 261-6166 � ...

Wanting to order two dozen crabs to satisfy his friend's appetite, Philip Cunningham of Baltimore (right) and Michael Ford, visiting from New London, CT, gaze at a representative size of the crustaceans at Bay Island Seafood carry-out on Pratt and Monroe Streets.

2013-03-29 00:00:00

The new Sandy Hook Elementary School on the first day of classes in Monroe, Conn.

2013-01-03 00:00:00

A child sits on a Newtown bus leaving the new Sandy Hook Elementary School on the first day of classes in Monroe, Conn.

2013-01-03 00:00:00