East Hartford News

The YMCA of Greater Hartford, which seeks to make summer camp accessible to every child, has received three grants totaling more than $20,000 from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving for youth programs at YMCA Camp Dakota in Hartford and YMCA Camp Nowashe in East Hartford during the summer.

According to the town highway department, milling work on Addison Road between Griswold Street and the East Hartford town line will start June 6. Milling and paving work has begun along Oak Street in East Hartford to the town line.

Two employees at Kahoots Cafe and Gentlemen's Club are facing charges for allegedly dealing drugs inside the business and in the parking lot.

While the department of Housing and Urban Development has yet to officially notify the town of its total grant amount, Fravel told the Town Council Tuesday that they can expect to receive $494,097 in 2013-14, a 5 percent cut from the current year.

DARIEN, Conn. For the second time in as many months, Darien High School was again ranked among the best in Connecticut and nation, this time by Newsweek Magazine and its Daily Beast website .

U.S. Marshals have arrested a man accused of sexually assaulting a mentally disabled woman multiple times in East Hartford, Connecticut and fleeing to Charlotte to avoid prosecution.

Appropriately for National Burger Month, Connecticut has been celebrating Craft Beer Week .

The Senate on Tuesday unanimously approved legislation initiated and championed by Rep.

Two men accused of robbing a man after luring him to the East Hartford apartment of a female acquaintance appeared Tuesday in Superior Court.

The Connecticut Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness is pleased to announce that it will hold its 10th Annual Walk Fundraiser on Saturday, May 18th, 9-11:30 a.m. at Bushnell Park in Hartford.

Police Officer Woodrow Tinsley III, facing accusations that he used excessive force on a 12-year old boy, has been suspended for two weeks, Police Chief Mark Sirois said Monday.

The West Hartford Art League is taking their annual fundraiser to a whole new level this year by holding the event on the grassy roof overlooking their grounds and sculpture garden.

As the first anniversary approaches of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's signing legislation allowing Sunday liquor sales, it seems the success of that initiative depends on where you are.

VFW Post 7659 and its Women's Auxiliary are sponsoring a "Support our Troops" collection and packing event on Sunday, May 19, 12 to 3 p.m., at South Congregational Church, 1301 Forbes Street, East Hartford .

The likelihood of layoffs at Pratt & Whitney is high, according to a company email sent Friday to alert salaried workers of a new round of buyouts.

Cabrera Services Inc., East Hartford, Conn., is being awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee, multi-year contract with a maximum value of $450,000,000 for environmental remediation services at the Maywood Superfund site.

When Hartford's suburbs began to flourish in the years after World War II, it was often courtesy of businesses that had been in Hartford.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has granted a total of $1 million to Hartford and East Hartford to clean up industrial pollution.

Connecticut's beer producers, distributors and retailers are launching a campaign to highlight the state's burgeoning craft beer industry and encourage consumers to buy locally produced beers.

On May 19, from noon to 3 p.m., the group will be seeking donations of socks, towels, twin bed sheets and pillowcases and snack items, such as beef jerky, nutrition bars, iced tea and lemonade mixes, microwave popcorn and small jars of peanut butter.