Winsted (Winchester, Connecticut)

Crime & Punishment: Out of Control Bridgeport Man Attacks Police Officer With an Urn

2013-05-14 12:00:00

For the last six years, Republican state legislators have put together an alternative budget to the one presented and usually enacted by Democrats, who have strong majorities in both houses of the legislature. This year, however, the GOP declined to offer...

Rob Labritz Shoots 68 In Local U.S. Open Qualifier

2013-05-09 17:38:00

Rob Labritz shot a 2-under par 68 to lead six players who advanced from a U.S. Open local qualifier at the Country Club of Fairfield. Brian Williams (69), Grant Sturgeon (70), Cameron Chottiner of Westport (70), Andrew Gai of Westport (70) and Peter...

October Storm Hits Connecticut

2012-10-24 07:22:00

Nov 8 Some 18,000 Connecticut Light and Power customers were still without power midday Tuesday, most in the Simsbury area. About one-third of Simsbury was without electricity, as was a quarter of Avon and Farmington, and many in Granby, Canton,...

Bird watching in Ansonia, Derby, Winsted and Fairfield

2012-06-20 07:30:00

Spend some time this weekend with your eyes to the sky looking for Connecticut's summer bird inhabitants. June 23, 8 a.m., Early Birding at Ansonia Nature Center, 10 Deerfield Road, Ansonia, (203) 736-1053, ansonianaturecenter.org. June 23, 9 a.m.,...

Mystery pottery meant as ant traps for table legs

2011-11-11 01:05:27

Ants have been sneaking inside warm houses for centuries. Our ancestors did not use poison, but they had a way to keep the ants away from their food. They made ant traps of pottery or glass designed to keep ants from climbing up the legs of a kitchen or...

Recipe Exchange: Tomato Pepper Rice, Pumpkin and Corn Enchiladas

2010-11-11 00:00:00

Joanne Thompson of Torrington, who recently was diagnosed as diabetic, asked readers for some gluten-free recipes. Sandy Ramesh from South Windsor sent several recipes from her book, "Simple Vegetarian Cooking," which includes recipes for people who are...

School Starts Tomorrow In East Granby And Bethel

2009-08-24 14:39:00

It may not feel like it but for many kids, tonight is a school night! Tomorrow, school starts in East Granby and Bethel, two weeks before Labor Day which typically marks the start of the school season. "I don't think it's too early this year," said...

Torrington Crews Fight Fire At Old Factory

2009-08-10 05:07:00

About five dozen firefighters from four departments are still battling a fire at a Torrington industrial complex. The building burning is one of five at the old Stone container complex, so called because it was once home of a Smurfit-Stone box...

Woman Admits Arson To Smoke Out Husband

2009-07-02 05:02:00

LITCHFIELD, Conn. (AP) - A 22-year-old woman has admitted setting fire to a Winsted apartment building where she suspected her estranged husband was sleeping. Lynn Quigley made the admission Wednesday in Litchfield Superior Court and faces 10 to 20 years...

High-Profile Cases Put Spotlight On Domestic Abuse

2009-08-16 00:00:00

Ken Edwards shakes his head in disbelief when he thinks about his first domestic violence training session as a rookie cop in New London in 1981. The instructor encouraged the young officers to keep family violence a private matter and told them an...

State Authorities Tranquilize Moose

2009-09-28 11:40:00

MIDDLEBURY, Conn. (AP) - A 700-pound moose that was on the loose in Middlebury, Conn. has been moved to a new home. The Department of Environmental Protection on Friday tranquilized the two-year-old male, spotted in several towns in recent days, after it...

Accident Closes Route 44 in Winsted

2009-04-03 00:00:00

A serious head-on crash has closed route 44 by the Winsted/Colebrook town line. � Police say a car and tractor trailer collided shortly after 10am Friday in the area of Pinney Street.� Route 44 is expected to be closed for several hours. � A detour is...

Tears run down from Maggie McCormick of New Canaan , Connecticut (center) as the time is marked when Flight 93 crashed in Shanksville, Pennsyvlania, during the 10th anniversary ceremony of 9/11 in New York City Sunday. McCormick and fellow 9/11 Salvation Army volunteer Jaye Markwell of Winsted ,

2011-09-11 00:00:00

A National Guard trooper stands on Main Steet in Winsted following he great hurricane spawned flood of 1955 that devastated much of Connecticut. Martial law was declared in a number of Connecticut towns.

1955-08-19 00:00:00