Windham County

Controversial streaming-TV service Aereo coming to NH on May 30

2013-04-24 09:34:02

The most controversial broadcast system in television -- Aereo, which allows over-the-air streaming of channels in a direct challege to Comcast -- is coming to Greater Nashua. New York City-based Aereo, which gathers over-the-air signals using large...

The Dos And Don'ts Of Defeating Gun Control Bills

2013-01-18 13:40:00

There's a right way and a wrong way to go about killing a gun-control bill. DO: Follow the official procedures and observe the unofficial etiquette when you go to the Legislative Office Building in Hartford to testify against a bill at a public hearing....

Komisarjevsky Prosecutor's Tactics Called 'Measured,' 'Methodical'

2011-09-17 18:14:00

Prosecutor Michael Dearington's controversial decision to clear a white police officer in the fatal April 1997 shooting of an unarmed black motorist led to protests in the streets, cries of racism and criticism from the state Capitol. Then-Gov. John G....

Home Sales Up; Prices Keep Sliding

2009-10-02 00:00:00

House sales in Connecticut jumped in August for the second consecutive month, this time by nearly 7 percent compared with a year earlier, as buyers took advantage of lower asking prices and a first-time federal home buyer tax credit. But home prices...

Plainfield map & stats

2008-04-24 09:24:21

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Abused Became Abusers In Former Probation Officer's Case

2008-04-13 00:00:00

Index: Straub's Power | Watching Myself On TV | A Fluke | Victim Becomes Abuser | No Longer A Victim They're the Lost Boys of Eastern Connecticut. Each started on a bumpy path toward adulthood, finding trouble in small doses through petty crimes....

As Foreclosures Grow, Cities, Eastern Towns Hardest Hit

2008-06-15 00:00:00

Shirley Reimann powers up her computer most mornings at the social services agency she supervises in Killingly and immediately runs a Google search: Windham County foreclosures. What she sees has her worried. The number of houses and condominiums for...

Can't Somebody Do Something?

2002-10-24 00:00:00

Five years ago, townspeople thought they knew how to stop the heroin trade. They closed a public health program that gave away 50,000 sterile needles a year to reduce the spread of AIDS, hepatitis and other diseases among some 300 client-addicts. The...

Chapter Six: Hate Makes a Heroine

2002-09-29 00:00:00

On the night of Sept. 9, 1834, Prudence Crandall, her new husband and some of her black female students were inside her school in the village of Canterbury when they heard loud voices outside and then banging on the doors. They heard glass being smashed...

THE SQUEEZE

2001-10-28 00:00:00

The wedding ceremony hasn't even begun, and the guests are placing their bets. Few of them give the marriage of Dawn and Jim Owen more than a year. Even one of Dawn's best friends is putting money against her. She's the one who has strung crepe paper...

The Rev. Harold Ridley, S.J., president of Loyola College in Maryland died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2005, at his home, Armiger House, on Loyola College's campus in Baltimore. He was 65. Father Ridley attended Fordham University, Woodstock College and the Union Theological Seminary, and earned a Ph.

2005-01-20 00:00:00

Name: Tom Hofer Title: President Company: Spring-Green Lawn Care Location: 11909 Spaulding School Drive, Plainfield Company type: Lawn and tree care Founded: 1977 Size: 100 franchises in 20 states Web: www.spring-green.com

2003-12-15 06:08:25