Canterbury News

As was reported Monday on courant.com, the Global Spectrum group has tossed out the Whale and brought back the Wolf Pack.

A former Manchester mayor who was convicted of fleecing an elderly Maine investor was sentenced in federal court Thursday to 4 years and 9 months prison.

That parade, which takes place Saturday at 2 p.m. in front of town hall, commemorates the so-called "Burning of the Ships" - the infamous day in April 1814 when British marines stormed the town and set fire to more than two dozen ships in the harbor.

A moose has been spotted on Town Farm Road in Farmington and state environmental officials are warning motorists, especially those on I-84, to be alert for the massive beast.

In an abrupt reversal, the city has dropped all opposition to closing Flower Street to accommodate the New-Britain-to-Hartford busway.

A Utah soccer referee who suffered head injuries when he was punched in the face by a teenage player has died, authorities said.

State police are continuing to search for a 20-year-old Eastern Connecticut State University student who was last seen in Willimantic on April 20.

Robert Niderno has been named assistant vice president, branch manager for the Savings Institute Bank & Trust's Mansfield office, according to Jonathan Wood, Savings Institute Bank & Trust Company senior vice president retail banking.

Six teachers and staff from Sandy Hook Elementary school who died trying to protect their students in the Dec.

Casares handed in his retirement letter late last week, said Maribel La Luz, Mayor Pedro Segarra 's spokeswoman.

Police have released images of people apparently in the process of stealing more than $4 million worth of jewelry from a Fairfield store on April 11.

Friday, April 26, is National Pretzel Day, and Pretzelmaker shops are handing out pretzels no dough needed - but you'll have to tell a joke or mention "National Pretzel Day" to get your complimentary snack.

"We are going to continue to be great," he told the audience at the Middlesex Chamber of Commerce monthly breakfast on Tuesday morning.

The state Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Tuesday on whether Connecticut's controversial prospective repeal of the death penalty is constitutional.

Three high school buddies of Dzhokar Tsarnaev, wearing shirts and jackets from the wrestling team, showed up at the crime scene outside his apartment Friday afternoon with a message about their old friend, now a terrorist bombing suspect.