East Hartford

Letters to the editor

2007-11-13 00:00:00

Is the LAPD off the map? Re "LAPD to build data on Muslim areas," Nov. 10 I realize that "anti-terrorism" is all the rage now in government-expansion circles, but will someone please explain to me why the L.A. Police Department is involved in anti-...

Trip protection in tough times

2008-09-14 00:00:00

These are perilous times for customers of airlines, cruise lines and tour companies that may be financially wobbly. When Aloha Airlines, ATA and GrandLuxe Rail Journeys this year stopped operations, thousands of travelers were stranded -- and...

Yone Minagawa, 114; world's oldest living person

2007-08-14 00:00:00

Yone Minagawa, recognized as the world's oldest living person, died Monday at a hospital in Fukuoka Prefecture in Japan, according to news reports. She was 114. The cause was old age. Minagawa had been a resident of a nursing home in Fukuoka since 2005,...

Attack's Sting Noted Worldwide

2001-12-12 00:00:00

Marking the exact moment of the World Trade Center attack and vowing to defeat terrorism, Americans gathered at ground zero, in Washington and around the nation Tuesday to commemorate the day three months ago that more than 3,300 people died. Similar...

CIAC State Baseball Tournament Seedings, Schedule

2013-05-24 06:25:00

CLASS LL FIRST ROUND No. 1 Xavier - Bye; No. 17 Staples (12-8) at No. 16 West Haven (12-8), 5/28, 3:30; No. 25 Kennedy (10-10) at No. 8 Trumbull (14-6), 5/28, 3:30; No. 24 Manchester (10-10) at No. 9 Shelton (14-6), 5/28, 3:30; No. 29 Newtown (8-12)...

CIAC State Boys Volleyball Seedings, Schedule

2013-05-24 06:57:56

State high school boys volleyball tournament information as released by the CIAC on Friday: Class L Top four seeds: Glastonbury, Ridgefield, Staples-Westport, Southington Teams in the field: 13 First Round – All matches Tuesday, 6 p.m. Upper...

East Hartford Moving Company Downsizing

2013-05-24 07:32:00

Hartford Despatch, a moving company based in East Hartford, has let go most of its 25-person staff as it transitions to a warehouse operation only. "We're getting out of the moving operations," said president Anson Mooney. "I'm only going to have a...

Imagine Main Street Building 'Positive Buzz'

2013-05-24 09:22:00

Imagine Main Street kicked off its First Thursday events last year during Pride in Manchester week. As the one year anniversary approaches, those involved with the attempt to bolster the arts, culture and small businesses on Main Street consider the...

2008 - Study: Higher Rate Of Brian Cancer Not Statistically Significant

2013-05-23 13:27:00

A long-awaited study of almost 225,000 Pratt & Whitney workers from the 1950s to the early 2000s found a slightly higher rate of brain cancer among workers at a former North Haven plant than for the Connecticut population as a whole. �� But the study,...

2010 - Study Shows No Cancer Cluster At Pratt Plant

2013-05-23 13:03:00

� Workers at Pratt & Whitney in Connecticut did not get brain cancer at higher rates than the population generally, according to the latest results of a multiyear study led by University of Pittsburgh researchers. �� An analysis of 212,513 people who...

2005 - Timing Is Key In Cancer Cases

2013-05-23 13:34:00

Sixty-one families pressing wrongful death claims against Pratt & Whitney took their case to the state Supreme Court Thursday, fighting to remain part of a lawsuit blaming the jet-engine maker for a cluster of brain cancer deaths. �� At issue is whether...

Employees Of Kahoots In East Hartford Charged With Drug Possession, Prostitution

2013-05-22 15:39:18

Two employees at Kahoots Caf� and Gentlemen's Club are facing charges for allegedly dealing drugs inside the business and in the parking lot. Jonathan McDonald, 26, of Waterbury, is charged with two counts of possession with intent to sell narcotics,...

Debra Belancik, an East Hartford plant employee, speaks at a public meeting at the Sheraton Hartford South Hotel Thursday night regarding the incidence of brain cancer at Pratt & Whitney facilities.

2013-05-23 00:00:00

From left: Erin Streit, Sikorsky�s Human Resource Manager; Beth Amato, UTC�s Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Organization and executive champion of Relay For Life of East Hartford; Christine Petranchuk, Sikorsky�s Director of Human Resources; Christine O�Sullivan, Sikorsky�s Supply

2013-05-21 06:36:00

East Hartford pitcher Olivia Gonzalez winds up the pitch against South Windsor.

2013-05-20 00:00:00