Branford News

An 8-year-old Branford boy is in serious condition after being struck by a car while riding his bicycle on Tuesday.

Stamford has many trees, so few people would notice that the elm is missing. It's a mighty tree that grows more than 80 feet tall with a 60-foot canopy, and lives 200 to 300 years.

On July 12, local artists will unite in the village of Stony Creek in Branford to help a University of New Haven researcher wage an research battle against Lyme disease.

A seemingly small addition to certain city buildings may make firefighting a lot safer for the city's volunteer fire department.

Old abandoned quarries. The words still conjure up fond memories of growing up in Portland near the Strickland feldspar quarry.

Branford Police Officer Lue Sobieraj was on the midnight shift when the word came that a driver, stopped for motor vehicle violations, had fled from the cops, taking off onto I-95. Police attempted to stop the driver with flashing lights and sirens.

Branford Police arrested a suspect after he lead them on an overnight chase and smashed into a cruiser.

Two Yale students were in the water after their sailboat capsized off the coast of Branford in the area of Rockland Park.

You could say the kids at Walsh Intermediate School in Branford have pulled their weight.

CuraGen Corporation announced today that its Phase I/II Trial evaluating CR011-vcMMAE for the treatment of patients with advanced breast cancer has met the efficacy criteria for advancement to the second stage of enrollment.

" I really love WNPR and I want to make sure that none of my favorite programs are cut due to our recent economic climate.

A memorial of flowers could be found at the intersection of Route 1 and Dogwood Road in Orange, at the spot where 19 year olds, Ashlie Krakowski and David Servin, were tragically killed in an early morning crash.

State officials are putting $70.9 million in transportation stimulus money toward the purchase of 136 new buses, but the expenditure is not expected to create any jobs in Connecticut.

Submitted by Dana Rogers on 2009-06-08.   Girl Scouts of Connecticut's Camp Pattagansett in East Lyme will offer girls of all ages the chance to learn and grow this summer! Come see what all the excitement is about at an Open House Event on Thursday, June 11 from 5:30-7:30 pm.

Thirty-year-old Joseph Parson was sentenced Tuesday for holdups at banks in Branford, North Branford and Stratford.

Zoya Meshcherina' pride in her work and its environment is evident. The young personable woman, a native of the Ukraine is overtly enthusiastic about the new Liberty Dialysis facility at 500 Kings Highway, King's Plaza, where she is the nurse manager.

Walkers and bikers now have some new land to explore along the shoreline. Today the most recently created section of trail was opened in Branford.

" I really love WNPR and I want to make sure that none of my favorite programs are cut due to our recent economic climate.

The owner of a Guilford self-defense studio has been arrested, accused of peeping on his employees and even a student.

Food service ratings are not the kind of restaurant rating food lovers are usually interested in -- but they're at least as important.