Chaplin News

Biz Buzz Submitted by Susannah Hogendorn on 2009-10-16.   The United Way Community Campaign is under way, with a goal of raising $25.5 million for health and human services programs that serve the people of central and northeastern Connecticut.

Voters will be heading to the polls in 29 Connecticut towns, as Waterbury Mayor Michael Jarjura and other local officials are on the ballot in primary elections.

Connecticut officials are warning state residents that they must register to vote by noon Monday to cast ballots in Tuesday's primary elections in 29 cities and towns.

Submitted by Hannah Gant on 2009-08-08.   The Hartford Steel Symphony will perform a free concert Friday, Aug.

Barns have been a part of the Connecticut landscape ever since colonists started planting seeds and raising farm animals.

School Stuff Submitted by Charlene Durham on 2009-07-13.   Grynn&Barrett Studios Left to right: Scott Gray, Sports Commentator WTIC 1080; Pattie McKnight, McDonald's Owner/Operator; Patti Kinney, Keynote Speaker; Scholar Leaders -- Brighid DeAngelis and Zach Quamme, Windham Middle School, Willimantic; Dr.

Maple sugarer Bob Dubos has answered the same question each year, ever since he tapped his first tree one winter more than 40 years ago.

More than 26,000 customers are without power after a powerful line of thunderstorms swept across the state.

Lynn Lake, right, gestures to a large branch that narrowly missed the home of her neighbor, Irene Parker, left, at 92 Ashley St.

Traffic officials said a downed tree forced Route 198 in Chaplin to be closed on Tuesday afternoon.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN WINDHAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PLAINFIELD... * UNTIL 800 PM EDT * AT 706 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN ...

Bringing home a dog that has spent its life in a cramped cage with little human contact presents unique challenges.

Submitted by Charlene Durham on 2009-06-19.   High school seniors from Chaplin, Danielson, North Grosvenor, Plainfield, Putnam, Windham and Woodstock were recognized as the state's top scholar-athletes at the 2009 Connecticut Association of Schools Scholar-Athlete Banquet sponsored by McDonald's. A 26-year sponsor of the program with a ...

The Connecticut Psychiatric Security Review Board is being asked to release a mentally ill man who killed his pregnant wife in 1998 as their young son watched.

Screening for Chaplin children between two and four years of age, who reside in Chaplin and have not had prior screening.