Cheshire News

The subcommittee charged with researching the viability of installing a new synthetic turf field at the Maclary Athletic Complex behind Cheshire High School will recommend that the Town move forward with the project, officials confirmed last week.

Ten years ago, the Chase Family Foundations challenged participants in Foodshare's "Walk Against Hunger" to bolster their fundraising efforts.

The state has fewer prison inmates than it did on the day of the tragic Cheshire killings in July 2007.

Cheshire, CT June 26, 2009 by J.C. Hewitt This role requires strong organizational skills and an unwavering "can do" attitude.

Starting a week from today, if you want to park at Mixville Recreation Area, it is going to cost you.

The power of God can move people in the strangest of ways, even allowing a minister new to Greenwich to have his own column in this weekly newspaper.

From left Hannah Gonzales and Dennaya Parker-Munden stand together as they prepare to plant a flower pot outside their fellow classmate Zane Mugavero's home in Groton on Wednesday, June 17, 2009.

Accordion Association Anniversary Event Clubs & Organizations Submitted by Anita Siarkowski on 2009-06-17.   The Connecticut Accordion Association will be celebrating its 5th anniversary with a gala celebration at Cugino's Restaurant, 1410 Highland Ave., Cheshire.

My First Car: '37 Dodge four-door sedan, Ernie Fede, 80, St. Petersburg '37 Dodge four-door sedan This black Dodge belonged to my father and it was given to me when he died in 1940.

Submitted by Anita Siarkowski on 2009-06-16.   CT Accordion Association will celebrate their fifth anniversary at Cugino's Restaurant, 1410 Highland Ace., Cheshire at 1 p.m., Sunday, June 28.

Marshall Hubbard Peck Jr. was born May 23, 1922 on an intense spring day in Stamford, Conn.

By Roberta Tuttle Catholic News Service HARTFORD, Conn. - When they have nowhere else to turn in tough economic times, people are turning to their local Catholic pastors.

Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'AA+' rating to the town of Cheshire, Connecticut's $7.2 million of general obligation bonds, issue of 2009.

Biz Buzz Submitted by Paula Penna on 2009-06-09.   Harp students at The MusicMakers Academy of Manchester swept the competition at the Connecticut chapter of the American Harp Society's student competition for ages 19 and under.

They say they are defeated but not done in their fight to get rid of the Death Penalty in Connecticut.

Gov. Jodi Rell has vetoed legislation to abolish Connecticut's death penalty, saying the state cannot tolerate people who commit the most violent of murders.

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says the state has settled a lawsuit for $4.6 million against three companies that botched the widening of Interstate 84 between Cheshire and Waterbury.

Submitted by Megan Stephan on 2009-06-01.   The First Congregational Church of Cheshire presents Music on the Green with the Heartbeat Dixieland Jazz Band on Saturday, June 20, from 7 to 9 p.m. Concert goers are invited to bring a picnic and a blanket or chairs for seating on the lawn, beginning at 6 p.m. The Heartbeat Dixieland Jazz Band, ...

A potential new policy in Cheshire may mean those who don't pay parking fines could have liens put on their homes.

A citizens' group has been lobbying for a trail in town and the design the firm will produce would be the basis for building one.