Bloomfield News

Connecticut "Still Revolutionary" rang true this weekend as members of the Society of Colonial Dames from all over the United States joined the Connecticut chapter for the Region IV conference.

It wasn't all that long ago that the last thing a craft brewery would do is package its beer in cans.

Bloomfield -based Foodshare is partnering with Farmer's Cow and the Dave Matthews Band to raise awareness about hunger and help provide food to needy people.

Mark and Lisa Arnold, pictured in their TCBY Avon Marketplace store with daughters Zoe and Rori, are opening in Bloomfield's Wintonbury Mall in June.

The town council has authorized the firm conducting the search for a new town manager to send requests for resumes to national publications in hopes of interviewing candidates for the position by July.

The YMCA of Greater Hartford, which seeks to make summer camp accessible to every child, has received three grants totaling more than $20,000 from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving for youth programs at YMCA Camp Dakota in Hartford and YMCA Camp Nowashe in East Hartford during the summer.

The City of Hartford's Marketing, Events and Cultural Affairs Division is pleased to announce the return of Mayor Segarra's outdoor free movie program.

Central Connecticut Jaguars athlete, Andrew White set a new meet record at the Bloomfield Developmental III Meet with a throw of 21-01.00 in the Boys nine and ten year old Shot Put to capture first place.

Broox Bolden set a new meet record in the boys eleven to twelve year old 400m dash at the Bloomfield Developmental Meet III on May 4. On Sunday May 4, the Central Connecticut Jaguars boys youth track team, who operate out of Bloomfield had another outstanding day at the Bloomfield Youth Developmental III Meet held at Bloomfield High School.

On a beautiful spring evening this past week, Windsor Federal Savings held a Grand Opening celebration to mark the official kick-off of its new Bloomfield location, at 54 Jerome Avenue.

Bloomfield-based Operation Fuel is running a limited spring program for households in severe crisis and in danger of having their electricity or gas service shut off.

An attempt by minority Republicans in the Senate to open the state's planned registry of deadly weapon offenders for public scrutiny failed Tuesday along party lines.

Shortly after 8 p.m. Monday police found Bloomfield resident Javar Preston, in the area of Blue Hills Ave.

The Bloomfield Center fire marshal and state fire marshal continue to investigate an April 30 fire that claimed the life of a 32-year-old woman.

In the dozen years that the landmark Hartford Times building has stood vacant, there has been only one serious proposal to redevelop the property.

On Saturday, May 4, the Connecticut Chapter of CPCU's made a donation to the Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation during Fidelco's annual open house at their headquarters in Bloomfield .

With funding from the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, through its Historic Preservation Technical Assistance Grant program, the Greater Hartford Transit District has begun an assessment of the brownstone shell and brownstone stairs of historic Union Station.

The picture shows several pieces of non-PGA regulation equipment that Ciaran Carr, PGA master professional of the Wintonbury Hills Golf Course in Bloomfield, used in teaching the game of golf to both Bloomfied Middle School physical education staff and Bloomfield Early Start students during the school district's five summer program last year.

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The Memoral Day 5k Road Race will be held at 9:30 a.m., registration will begin at 7:30 a.m. at town hall, 800 Bloomfield Ave.