Oxford (New Haven, Connecticut)

Man has 75% of skull replaced with 3-D printed implant

2013-03-08 12:35:00

Some are fascinated with 3-D printing. One man can't get it out of his head. An unidentified man had 75% of his skull replaced with a 3-D printed implant made by Oxford Performance Materials, a Connecticut company. The surgery this week was the first...

Weiner doll crashes website

2011-06-14 16:36:20

Mortimer Sackler dies at 93; arts patron was co-owner of Purdue Pharma

2010-04-19 00:00:00

Dr. Mortimer D. Sackler, the psychiatrist who with his brothers bought a small pharmaceutical company and turned it into a major player in the industry by developing the powerful and controversial painkiller OxyContin, died March 24 in Gstaad,...

Anthrax Assurances Cited as Threat to Public Trust

2001-12-05 00:00:00

Government health officials investigating the anthrax attacks are facing growing criticism for making safety assurances that later were recanted and have ended up eroding the public trust. The controversy came to a head this week when officials from the...

Tens of Thousands of Letters Could Be Contaminated

2001-12-04 00:00:00

Trace amounts of anthrax could have contaminated tens of thousands of letters mailed across the country that passed through a tainted New Jersey postal facility, a top federal health official said Monday. "There seems to be the potential for not just...

Our Picks: Memorial Day Events Around New Haven

2013-05-21 07:15:00

Oxford Memorial Day Freedom Run/Walk: May 27, 8 a.m. Oxford Town Hall, 486 Oxford Rd., (203) 888) 2543, ext. 3041, oxfordrec.com. Woodbury Memorial Day Parade: May 26, 2 p.m. Main St., Woodbury. Orange Memorial Day Parade: May 26, 10:30 a.m. High...

Local Motorsports: Winner gets shock as car fails inspection

2013-05-17 02:34:02

Joe Pastore has gotten off to a bumpy start in his second season racing on PASS North's Sportsman tour. On May 4, Pastore, who is from Gorham, looked like he had wrapped up his second win in as many starts this spring on the regional racing tour, but...

Some Farmers Market Merchants Using the "Local" Label to Sell Out-Of-State Produce

2013-03-27 07:35:00

For Connecticut's "locavores," the coming of spring means the return of outdoor farmers markets and farm stands and all the delightful "Connecticut Grown" veggies they have for sale. The problem is that some of those "Connecticut Grown" offerings may...

FAA To Close Six State Airport Towers In Automatic Budget Cut

2013-03-22 15:01:00

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday it will close 149 air traffic control towers – including six in Connecticut – beginning on April 7 to meet required automatic spending cuts. Another 40 towers previously slated for...

Wednesday's state basketball postseason scores

2013-03-07 04:47:00

++++++++++++++++++++ || BOYS' BASKETBALL || || Class A || || District Semifinal || ++++++++++++++++++++ Waterford Mott 60, Troy 39 ++++++++++++++++++++ || District 1 || ++++++++++++++++++++ Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 61, Mattawan 31 Portage Central...

Evil Emerald Ash Borer Invades Three More Connecticut Towns

2013-02-26 14:03:00

Town by town, the dreaded Emerald Ash Borer advances through Connecticut's woodlands. Here's the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection's latest bulletin on the discovery of the pest in three more towns: The Connecticut Agricultural...

Courtney Not Quite Right About Connecticut And Slavery

2013-02-10 08:57:00

Congressman Joe Courtney recently wrote a letter to director Steven Spielberg insisting that he had made a mistake in his film "Lincoln": "I was on the edge of my seat during the roll call vote on the ratification of the 13th Amendment outlawing...

Gregory Locke, of Oxford, competes in a unified show shoe relay event at the Special Olympics Winter Games held at the Connecticut Light & Power grounds in Simsbury Saturday.

2013-03-02 00:00:00

Cameron Swift, left, of Oxford, edges out Dharan Velasquez, right, in the 1000 meter run at the Class S boys and girls indoor track championships held in New Haven Thursday.

2013-02-14 00:00:00

Cruise Room lounge in the Oxford Hotel, Denver.

2012-06-22 00:00:00