Avon News

Police have closed Route 44 between Mountain Road in West Hartford and Route 10 in Avon following a serious car accident on Avon Mountain.

Although tie votes are statistically rare, two towns in the Hartford area will be holding special "adjourned elections" on Nov.

Submitted by Cory Gabel on 2009-11-10.   The 9th Annual Gabel Basket Brigade, a community effort aimed at providing needy families with all the fixings of a traditional Thanksgiving meal, will be held Sunday, November 22, from 1-4 p.m. at the Burlington Fire Department.

Biz Buzz Submitted by Jim Shannon on 2009-11-09.   Avon Old Farms Inn will offer all veterans and current military personnel a free entree from November 11th through November 15th including brunch.

Bernard Zahren is renovating his 70s-era home and replacing it with what he calls a 5,200 square foot "Sustainable McMansion." In addition to the homes R-Value walls of 40, and a roof with the R-Value of 60, Zahren will have a windmill that raises 115 feet to the tips of the blades.

Health Notes Submitted by Susannah Hogendorn on 2009-11-04.   FamilyWize, a free discount prescription card, is now available to help Farmington Valley residents save money on their prescriptions thanks to a partnership with Avon United Way.

The new, $34.6 million Armour Academic Center at the Westminster School is the kind of gleaming monument to achievement and prosperity that has made Connecticut prep schools so widely known.

Nearly 4,500 citizens voted, but when the numbers for town council were tabulated Tuesday night, it all came down to three votes for one seat.

Farmington Valley Turkey Drive Submitted by Margaret Keating on 2009-11-01.   As Thanksgiving approaches, we can all join together to help those in need once again with Jack Bannon's 17th annual Farmington Valley Turkey Drive.

Tunxis Talk on Social Media Raises Funds for Student Scholarships On Campus Submitted by Melissa Lamar on 2009-10-30.   Left to right: Brent Robertson; Christopher Sheridan; Eliot Weissberg, CFP, Tunxis CC Foundation and AB, Inc.

School Stuff Submitted by Laila Kain on 2009-10-30.   The Halloween parade at Renbrook School in West Hartford would not have been the same without the help of Diane Beaulieu of Avon, who teaches the 3-year-olds, the littlest stars of the show.

The Rotary Club of Avon-Canton is sponsoring a gold-buying event at Dunstan Jewelers, 290 West Main St., Avon, on Monday from 4 to 7:30 p.m.. Dunstan Jewelers will donate 10 percent of the proceeds to the club's special needs fund.

Da Capo's Italiano Ristorante and its brick-oven pizza quickly made a name for itself when it opened in Litchfield last year, winning rave reviews for its way-above-average Italian food.

Clubs & Organizations Submitted by Tina Cotter on 2009-10-25.   The Connecticut Daylily Society will hold its November meeting on Saturday, Nov.

AVON, Conn., BUSINESS WIRE -- Evolution Benefits today announced that this is the fourth consecutive year it has been named to Deloitte's Technology Fast 500', Deloitte LLP's ranking of 500 of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America.

Submitted by Jessica Pace on 2009-10-23.   Ann Baldwin Tim LeGeyt, State Representative; Sean Scanlon, Outreach Coordinator, Congressman Chris Murphy's office; Robin DiNicola, Albany Turnpike Sr.

Simsbury Bank & Trust Celebrates 10th Anniversary In Avon With FAVARH Benefit Clubs & Organizations Submitted by Jean Andersen on 2009-10-22.   Ann Baldwin Robin DiNicola, Senior Market Manager, left, and Martin Geitz, President & CEO, right, hold a $1000 check presented to FAVARH Executive Director, Stephen Morris, center.

The referendum on the proposed $9.5 million renovation and addition at the Avon Free Public Library will take place today at the Avon Senior Center, 635 W. Avon Road.

The concert was one of 85 performances scheduled throughout the New England area.

Feeling in the mood for Halloween ? Our 18th century New England forebears had some rather primitive beliefs about the dead.