Manchester

Low appraisals that don't reflect rising markets are ruining deals

2012-06-24 00:00:00

WASHINGTON — Are some appraisers failing to see the improvements in real estate values underway in local markets that have recently bottomed out and turned positive? When multiple bids push a house price thousands of dollars above what the seller is...

Matt Molina, Wolfgang Puck win James Beard awards

2012-05-08 16:34:00

Virginia Fields dies at 58; scholar of early Mesoamerican art, archaeology at LACMA

2011-06-19 00:00:00

Virginia M. Fields, a leading scholar of early Mesoamerican art and archaeology who joined the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's curatorial staff in 1989 and devoted 22 years to making the museum a vital center of Latin American culture — partly by...

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...

READER SUBMITTED: MCC Students Participate In Bakers Guild Open House On June 29 - Enjoy Samples

2013-06-17 16:10:04

Manchester Community College will be the only Connecticut participant in The Bread Bakers Guild of America's Third Annual Guild-Wide Bakery Open House on Saturday, June 29. The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place from 10 a.m. to 2...

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...

Rocky Hill Gets Initial Neighborhood Support For Riverfront Development

2013-06-13 09:32:00

The much-anticipated River's Edge project received the qualified endorsement from several neighborhood residents, during the opening round of what looks to be a summer-long local approval process. For more than three hours, representatives of Riverfront...

The Stone Arch Bridges Of Wadsworth Falls State Park

2013-06-12 07:37:00

In Connecticut, the robin is the state bird, "Yankee Doodle" is the state song, the mountain laurel is the state flower and, of course, the sperm whale is the state mammal. And if there was ever a state bridge, I would go with the stone arch. Dating...

Fundraiser For Manchester Boxer, Olympic Hopeful

2013-06-12 12:33:31

Backers of champion boxer Mykquan "Mikey" Williams are raising money to send him to the U.S. Junior Olympic team qualifying tournament. Mykquan, 15, is the standout member of the Manchester Ring of Champions Society (ROCS), a nonprofit group that...

The Sweet Scent Of Spring And The Highs And Lows Of Hiking In Cheshire

2013-06-10 06:45:00

For most shoppers, when they hit the mall or grocery store, the sweetest five words are: buy one, get one free. This week, I offer not one but two suggestions for hikes in�Cheshire�– one that takes you to some of the bedding plant capital of...

READER SUBMITTED: Little Theatre of Manchester Presents "You Can't Take it With You"

2013-06-08 16:10:03

You Can't Take it With You - known as one of the funniest comedies ever on the Broadway stage - will be produced by Little Theatre of Manchester as part of its season of Great American Plays, and opens on Friday, June 7 for three weekends. Written by...

Police Say Job Coach Repeatedly Abused Employee Who Had Intellectual Disability

2013-06-06 16:35:00

A former job coach for Goodwill has been charged with repeatedly sexually assaulting an employee who has intellectual disabilities at locations in Manchester, East Hartford and Bloomfield, police said. Kenneth Wilson, 40, of East Hartford, was being...

2013.05.28 - Manchester, CT - East Catholic lacrosse players run during practice. This season East Catholic had the 17th-best goal differential in the state (3.88), allowing 6.29 while scoring 10.18, with just six seniors.

2013-05-28 00:00:00

A tree fell on to a house in Manchester.

2013-01-31 00:00:00

01.14.2013 - Manchester, CT - Anthony Yaciano, of Manchester, who says he skates the town's Center Memorial Park, "Whenever it's nice out," makes his way down the stairs on his way out of the park. Temperatures this week will cool with a chance of snow by Wednesday.

2013-01-14 00:00:00