Andover News

The growing number of job cuts this year follows 13 months of mass firings across the nation that have led about 2.4 million people to file for unemployment claims since the recession started in December 2007 through the end of last year, according to the U.S. Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The town council approved redrawing the districts in a 6-4 party-line vote. Democratic council members Patrick Crowley, David Kiner, Cynthia Mangini and William Edgar voted against the district change.

Clubs & Organizations Submitted by Lisa Poutre on 2009-07-08.   The South Windsor Chamber of Commerce is currently accepting nominations for Business Person of the Year.

Participants will learn about the area's huge brick buildings that remain from the days of the silk mills.

Bernard Madoff , even as he faces the prospect of dying behind bars for his epic swindle, has never wavered on one point: He acted alone.

Richard Rodriguez, president of the 400-member union, said he would not discuss specifics of the proposal turned down by membership, nor would he discuss earlier offers or counteroffers made in talks in recent months about changes to the contract.

Syria's leader sent a July 4 message full of praise to President Barack Obama on Friday and invited him to visit Syria - the latest signs Damascus is hedging its bets in Mideast politics, warming up to its rival the United States at a time when its longtime ally Iran is in turmoil.

Just days after they arrested four teens on assault charges who allegedly misinterpreted a woman's scream during sex and attacked her lover, paramour, police have charged accused three people with of an overly -public display of affection.

UConn 's Tiffany Hayes had a solid game for the U.S. , scoring nine points and adding four steals and five rebounds.

Walter J. Mealy wakes up sobbing. At first he doesn't know why, then he remembers.

Three people were shot, one fatally, Wednesday night at 269 Main St., the site of a homicide Tuesday afternoon.

Connecticut state police are investigating the fatal shooting of an 81-year-old woman in her Killingly home.

Clubs & Organizations Submitted by Muriel Guerrette on 2009-06-30.   Angela LaTour, assistant vice president of Liberty Bank-Willimantic and a resident of Lisbon, has been named to the 2009 United Way Community Campaign Cabinet.

Workers wear safety harnesses to prevent falling in the steep stadium bowl as they remove seats from the upper deck.

With a waiting list of 58 horses, Dee Doolittle does all she can to help horses live out their final days on her 50-acre farm in Salem.

Colt Knost woke up Friday believing that his second round at the Travelers Championship wouldn't turn out well.

The Travelers Championship has been a Connecticut PGA Tour tradition since 1952, when it began in Wethersfield as the Insurance City Open.

Southern Victoria High School bade goodbye to the Class of 2009 in a graduation ceremony held Thursday, June 18, in the River Valley Civic Centre in Perth-Andover. "On behalf of the students and staff of Southern Victoria High School," began SVHS Principal Valerie Sullivan, "I would like to welcome you to our 56th graduation.

Hasheem Thabeet has canceled a pre-draft workout with the Grizzlies because of a shoulder injury.

South Windsor Residents Graduate School Stuff Submitted by Meagan Fazio on 2009-06-18.   South Windsor residents William Thomas Folchi, Robert Joseph Molleur, and Andrew G. Thorpe were among the members of the second graduating class of the University High School of Science and Engineering to receive their diplomas on Thursday, June 11.