Barkhamsted

READER SUBMITTED: Many Comforted By McLean Hospice's Annual Interfaith Memorial Service

2013-05-20 16:10:05

On April 27, over 100 family members who lost loved ones and were supported by the McLean Hospice Program in 2012, joined the Hospice Team of professionals, hospice aides and volunteers at the McLean Annual Interfaith Memorial Service. Attendees came from...

Sell Water To UConn? Or Flush It Away?

2013-05-03 16:16:00

In a state which has suffered a net loss of jobs for more than a decade, the potential for economic development at and around the University of Connecticut is welcome news. Like other major universities such as Michigan, Duke and Stanford, which spawned...

READER SUBMITTED: Important Notice From The Barkhamsted Registrars Of Voters For Barkhamsted Residents Only

2013-04-28 16:10:03

The upcoming Regional #7 Referendum on May 7 will be held at the new Town Garage, located at 33 New Hartford Rd., Route 44, from 12 until 8 p.m. This change in the voting location is for Referendums only. All Elections and Primaries will continue to be...

State Power Deal A Chance To Save Stressed Waste Authority

2013-04-23 15:08:39

An agreement to power state buildings by the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority's trash-to-energy facilities might be the last hope for the struggling quasi-public agency. The governor's office is working on legislation that would allow the state...

Crime & Punishment: Drunk Woman Discharges Can of Bear Repellant in Hotel

2013-04-23 07:40:00

Last year, Operation Bloodline, a joint effort between local cops and federal agents, led to the arrests of 105 people allegedly involved in the crack-selling operation of New Haven street gangs. The sting has been credited with reducing the area's murder...

Barkhamsted Man Accused Of Posting Threatening Messages

2013-04-22 18:38:30

A 59-year-old Barkhamsted man was arraigned Monday on charges that he posted a threatening message against Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on a television station's website. John Montysko, of Swanson Road, was arrested Friday on charges of inciting injury to a...

Fire Destroys Home In Winsted

2013-04-21 20:32:01

A fire that destroyed a three-story home on Thibault Street Sunday afternoon left nine people homeless. The fire started shortly after 12:15 p.m. and spread quickly. The 2.5-story dwelling was a multifamily house with four apartments inside it....

Do We Really Need A Connecticut Bear Hunt To Protect Livestock?

2013-04-02 14:20:00

In case you hadn’t heard, a legislative committee recently got behind a bill that would set up a lottery system for people to hunt and kill bears in Connecticut. By some estimates, the population of black bears in Connecticut is something like 500...

If You Please, I Rise To Defend Black Bears

2013-03-29 15:20:00

Your honor and august members of the jury (the great gun-toting state of Connecticut), I have been engaged by Yogi, Boo Boo, Smokey, Teddy et al. to defend them, and their flesh-and-blood brothers and sisters, in a class-action suit against imminent...

Now's The Time To Use Try Out Those Snowshoes

2013-02-20 00:00:00

No excuses. There is plenty of snow, the best in many years for snowshoeing. After all, the whole point of snowshoes is to make it possible to walk in deep snow. You received snowshoes for Christmas? Or maybe you got them for Christmas last winter,...

Los bomberos batalla fuego en Hartland; Propietario condujo 6 millas a Winsted para Informar del fuego

2013-02-13 07:16:00

En alg�n momento antes de las 3am del mi�rcoles, Ronald Schames vio una pared de su casa en la ruta 20 que brillaba de� color rojo intensamente. Schames intent� llamar al 911 desde el tel�fono de casa, pero la l�nea estaba muerta, dijo el mi�rcoles el...

Smoked Connecticut Trout And Wild Rice Chowder Recipe

2013-02-05 08:29:00

Ingredients: 1 cup cooked wild rice 4 oz small diced bacon � white onion, small diced � red bell pepper, small diced 1 branch celery, small diced 1 clove garlic, minced 1 small Yukon gold potato, small diced 1 tbsp chopped fresh thyme...

Alex, Beauchene, 10, of Barkhamsted, tosses a newly released trout into deeper water. Beauchene, whose father works for the D.E.E.P., was on vacation from school this week and helped his father make sure all the fish got put into the deeper part of the pond.

2013-04-18 00:00:00

Dave FInn, of Eaglewood Farms in Barkhamsted, hoists the door to the smoker so people can see the progress of the 80 lb pig he provided for the Wethersfield Farmers Market which hosted their first Farm to Table Dinner at the Solomon Welles Home.

2012-09-20 00:00:00

Falls Brook runs through the Tunxis State Forest in Hartland, emptying into the northern reach of the Barkhamsted Reservoir, which supplies the Hartford area with much of its water.

2012-05-16 00:00:00