Coventry News

The forum, sponsored by the Columbia open space committee, will be held in Yeoman's Hall located at 323 Route 87 in Columbia.

One of three eastern Connecticut men accused of swindling about $90,000 by forging bank convenience checks stolen from residential mailboxes pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to charges of bank fraud and conspiracy to commit bank fraud.

Lizzie Hylwa investigates a coffin in the attic of the Nathan Hale Homestead in Coventry for paranormal activity.

School Stuff Submitted by Alice Boudreau on 2009-10-28.   The Captain Nathan Hale Middle School in Coventry will have an assembly on Thursday, Nov.

There was a chaotic swarm of colorful coats and the occasional Halloween costume, as about 25 children boarded two separate buses provided by UConn.

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.

School Stuff Submitted by Alice Boudreau on 2009-10-19.   The Northrop Grumman Foundation selected Adrienne Manzone, a sixth grade science teacher at the Captain Nathan Hale Middle School in Coventry, to participate in the 2009 Weightless Flights of Discovery program in Norwalk, on Sept.

It's been awhile since Massachusetts could run with Connecticut on the college hardwood, but the Bay State trounces Nutmeggers on another front: trash and recycling.

Creative Communication Summer 2009 School Stuff Submitted by Alice Boudreau on 2009-10-15.   The Capt.

Something eerie - maybe - is going on in Hartford's oldest house. Distant voices, sounds of things rolling and other hints of the otherworldly have been reported at the Butler-McCook Homestead on Main Street.

School Stuff Submitted by Kathleen Schroeder on 2009-10-06.   The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has honored four East Catholic High School students for their outstanding achievement in the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program.

Submitted by Ann Harford on 2009-10-05.   The First Congregational Church of Vernon will sponsor a wine tasting get together on Saturday, Oct.

Connecticut authorities investigating thefts from dead people's homes have arrested the bookkeeper for a funeral home director.

And on the seventh day, she rested. As police continued to search for Heather L. Brown, the 34-year-old woman who authorities believe robbed as many as six banks in six days last week, she kept a low profile on Sunday, when most banks are closed.

Although it felt like fall last weekend when it was still summer and then felt like summer last week when fall officially arrived Tuesday, one only has to look at the red and yellow leaves of the maple trees to know that the autumn season has arrived.

At The Museum Submitted by Rochelle Simon on 2009-09-25.   The Annual Haunted Corn Maze will open at the Nathan Hale Homestead on Friday, Oct.

With the end of September marking the end of the first month of school, many students have likely found themselves settling into a steady pattern that includes classes by day and partying by night.

Submitted by Don Gates on 2009-09-21.   East Hampton Middle School will host its annual Panther Fest on Friday, Sept.

Back when Coventry's Nathan Hale Homestead was a working farm in the 1700s, its occupants and workers would have dined on seasonal, locally grown foods.

It's one of those rare hot days we had this summer, with not a hint of a breeze.