Cheshire News

Veterans from World War II up to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were honored yesterday morning on the green as part of Veterans Day ceremonies.

Looking to buy or cut-your-own Christmas tree in the New Haven, Connecticut area? There are several places in the area that allow people to choose and cut down their own Christmas trees or pick out a pre-cut Christmas tree.

For approximately 275 years, parcels of land just off of what is now South Brooksvale Road have been home to the Thayer/McKee family.

A woman was killed and an off-duty state trooper was injured when their motorcycle collided with a car in Cheshire.

Commonly, when people go out to eat, they usually spend their time discussing what appetizers to try or which desserts are worth sampling at the end of the night.

The Town can now claim ita s one of the best places to live based on two separate magazines, as Connecticut Magazine recently named Cheshire the fourth best town in the state, based on population.

Performance based contracting has been a topic of discussion in town over the past few years, and last week the Town Council got a first hand look at how it could work.

After considering a few different alternatives to billing homeowners for use of the Towna s sewer system, the Water Pollution Control Authority decided to keep the current flat rate fee for all residential users.

Nick Mathias, 4, adopted son of Mark and Kim Mathias, of Westport, at four months of age could have been an infant left in a basket on someone's doorstep, as has happened many times in harsher social times.

With October nearing an end, homeowners might be focused more on raking leaves out of the yard and passing out Halloween candy than preparing for Old Man Winter.

Before Deb Kelleher decided to adopt her son Joel in 1990, she paged through a book with photos and the stories of more than 100 children in the state's foster care system who were in need of adoptive families.

Need to take a few years off your skin and ease that runny nose? Botox may be the answer according to a recent study.

Recently, the Town Council accepted a series of grants and also authorized the Town Manager to seek outside funding for various projects around Cheshire.

The thriving towns of Wallingford and Cheshire, Connecticut are home to several excellent consignment stores and thrift shops.

Clubs & Organizations Submitted by Susan Urillo Larson on 2009-10-26.   The Southington-Cheshire Community YMCA's Gymnastics Team is sponsoring a Pasta Dinner on Friday, Nov.

An overturned tractor trailer closed all lanes on Route 42 in Cheshire Wednesday morning.

The "Welcome to Cheshire" signs that greet traffic entering this hamlet from the north or the south on Route 21 suggest there's something unique along the half-mile of road in between these signs.

Every so often we are reminded what a public library stands for. Nowhere was this more obvious than at the wrenching and deeply emotional debate Thursday night in Cheshire over whether to place a revolting book about the 2007 Petit family murders on the shelves of the local library.

A motor vehicle collided with a bicyclist Thursday afternoon resulting in serious injuries to a Plantsville man.

It was bad enough when police charged their teenagers with underage drinking at a house party.