Andover News

A Brazilian university has expelled a woman who was heckled by hundreds of fellow students for wearing a short, pink dress to class - publicly accusing her Sunday of immorality.

Sammy Sosa says a cosmetic cream he uses to soften his skin is the reason for his lighter skin tone.

Parks & Recreation Submitted by Dianne Grenier on 2009-11-08.   Dianne Grenier Zach, Adam and Ron Bisson of Andover lend a helping hand to clean up the Andover Veterans Monument Park just in time to honor veterans for Veterans Day.

"It is a tantamount to Franklin Roosevelt sitting waiting for the Senate to pass Social Security or Lyndon Johnson sitting there waiting to pass Medicare,'' said Larson in comments at the Central Connecticut Chamber of Commerce's "Eggs and Issues" breakfast Monday morning in Bristol.

Just about everybody except the higher-ups at Notre Dame has already figured it out: Charlie Weis isn't going to return the Fighting Irish to the top of college football anytime soon.

Mike McGarry, Hartford's Republican town chair and dedicated community gardener, reports that they are still harvesting on Asylum Hill.

A couple has been charged with manslaughter after the sleeping man rolled onto their newborn child, killing him, during what police said was a night of heavy drinking and pot-smoking. David McNamar, 23, and Chelsea St.

At The Library Submitted by Dianne Grenier on 2009-11-04.   Leigh Ann Hutchinson John Neubelt of Andover receives his new plastic library card from Librarian, Amy Orlomoski as Friends of the Library President, Dianne Grenier, welcomes him as the 2009 Friends of the Library 100th member.

Health Notes Submitted by Rosemary Martocchio on 2009-10-29.   Eastern Connecticut Health Network is implementing visitor restrictions at its two hospitals, Manchester Memorial and Rockville General, and at Woodlake at Tolland Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in an effort to protect patients/residents, visitors and employees from H1N1 and ...

Filmmakers Amy Rice and Alicia Sams got permission to film Barack Obama back in 2006, when he was a freshman senator from Illinois .

G ood news for John Lyons fans the trainer is coming back to Equine Affaire this year after a seven-year hiatus.

Manchester police have charged a local woman with a felony after they say her 3-year-old child wandered from their home and managed to cross a busy street.

Two coyotes attacked a promising young musician as she was hiking alone in a national park in eastern Canada, and authorities said she died Wednesday of her injuries.

A 27-year-old woman working in the store was pistol-whipped by the suspect, and an undetermined amount of cash was taken.

The town is working with two landowners to solve flooding and drainage issues along Dug Road, Tryon Street and Ferry Street.

Authorities have charged a 15-year-old with first-degree murder for the death of a 9-year-old girl in central Missouri .

News and events related to the death of UConn football player Jasper Howard : On Campuses Today: Another Day of Reflection at the Student Union in Storrs, starting at 10 a.m. Notes and letters left in Howard's memory will be given to his family; as of Friday, more than 200 had been collected.

Players, parents and friends of Bacon Academy, Stonington, Plainfield, Killingly, St.

Republican Mayor Jason McCoy is squaring off against a former chairman of the board of education, and seven of eight Republican and three of four Democratic incumbents who sit on the present town council are seeking re-election. McCoy, a lawyer finishing his first two-year term, is being challenged by Democrat Michelle Arn, who manages a ...

The TechnoWizards at Howell Cheney Technical High School had been on pause, waiting to learn if they'd be shut out of a regional robotics competition this school year.