Newtown

In Connecticut, Obama makes emotional appeal for gun legislation

2013-04-08 15:34:00

HARTFORD, Conn. – President Obama drew the families of the Newtown school shooting victims into an emotional call to pass gun control measures on Monday, urging that the displays of solidarity and grief in the aftermath not be the end of the...

Latest Poll: GOP's Tom Foley Leads Gov. Malloy By 43 Percent to 40 Percent

2013-06-19 05:26:00

Republican gubernatorial challenger Tom Foley leads incumbent Gov. Dannel P. Malloy by 43 percent to 40 percent in the latest Quinnipiac Poll released on Wednesday morning as the two rivals prepare for a rematch. Foley, a Greenwich millionaire and...

High School Baseball Rosters For All-Star Games In Plainville

2013-06-10 10:51:00

The Connecticut High School Coaches Association senior games on Tuesday will have Distict II-IV at 5 p.m. and District I-III at 7:30 at Plainville High. The title game will be Wednesday at 5. In the junior division, the gray-blue game is Wednesday at 7:...

Newtown Families Push For Secretly Negotiated Bill To Block Release Of Some Investigative Records

2013-05-31 18:07:00

Parents of Newtown massacre victims came to the state Capitol on Friday to urge passage of a secretly negotiated bill that would block the public disclosure of crime scene photos and audiotapes of police calls from the Dec. 14 shootings at Sandy Hook...

READER SUBMITTED: Edwin O. Smith High School Of Storrs Wins 22nd Annual CT High School Geography Challenge

2013-05-30 16:10:03

A team of five students from Edwin O. Smith High School in Storrs won the 22nd annual Connecticut High School Geography Challenge on Tuesday, May 21, at The University of Connecticut in Storrs. The CT High School Geography Challenge is sponsored by the...

READER SUBMITTED: Bacon Academy Finishes Second At 22nd Annual CT High School Geography Challenge

2013-05-30 16:10:03

A team of five students from Bacon Academy in Colchester finished second in the 22nd annual Connecticut High School Geography Challenge on Tuesday, May 21 at The University of Connecticut in Storrs. The CT High School Geography Challenge is sponsored by...

READER SUBMITTED: Manchester High School Finishes Third At 22nd Annual Connecticut High School Geography Challenge

2013-05-30 16:10:03

A team of five students from Manchester High School placed third in the 22nd annual Connecticut High School Geography Challenge on Tuesday, May 21 at The University of Connecticut in Storrs. The CT High School Geography Challenge is sponsored by the...

Final Report On Sandy Hook School Massacre To Be Delayed

2013-05-29 17:57:00

State police said Wednesday that the final investigative report on the Dec. 14 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown may not be released until the end of September. Danbury State's Attorney Stephen Sedensky, who's in charge of the...

Secretly Drafted Bill Would Leave Release of Some Newtown Investigative Records Up To Families

2013-05-22 17:38:00

A secretly drafted bill to block release of photos, tapes of 911 calls and death certificates related to the Dec. 14 Newtown elementary school massacre could be acted on in the General Assembly as early as the end of the week, officials said Wednesday....

Best of Fairfield County 2013: Best Cigar Shop/Bar

2013-05-10 12:35:00

1) Connecticut Cigar Company 43 Bank St. Stamford (203) 425-9668 ctcigarco.com � 2) Beans and Leaves 1565 Black Rock Tnpke. Fairfield (203) 870-9843 � 3) Big Buddha Cigar Lounge 27 Hawleyville Road Newtown (203) 304-1857 � ...

Sturm, Ruger Booming, But What Happened To Freedom Group Sale?

2013-04-30 11:56:00

No one should be surprised that Sturm, Ruger & Co. reported record sales for the first three months of 2013. Even before the Newtown tragedy, in early 2012, the Fairfield-based gunmaker had to halt new sales for a few weeks just to keep up with the...

Roanoke College posts poll results about Virginians and hot-button issues

2013-04-18 13:44:00

There are some interesting results from a new Roanoke College poll. It asked respondents about important social issues nationally, and polled people across Virginia. On immigration reform, when offered a choice of how to deal with immigrants in the U....

Two law enforcement officers embrace as they arrive for the funeral services of six year-old Noah Pozner, who was killed in the shooting massacre in Newtown, Conn., at Abraham L. Green and Son Funeral Home in Fairfield, Connecticut.

2012-12-17 00:00:00

President Barack Obama arrived at Newtown High School at 8 p.m. and greeted John McKinney, R-Fairfield, the Connecticut Senate minority leader, before being seated in the audience for the 90 minute service. The President addressed the group toward the end of the vigil.

2012-12-16 00:00:00