East Haven News

We'll begin today with a little quiz. What are a tattered copy of the Constitution, a tea bag, a piece of string, a clump of peat moss and the severed, desiccated ear of a communist? There are two acceptable, right answers: Either "things Rob Simmons keeps in his pockets" or "the entire budget of the Jim Amann for Governor campaign." I am just ...

Tribune Newspapers Con artists and fraudsters are standing by. Whether it's a new Internet scam or an old standby repackaged, the Connecticut Better Business Bureau and the state's Department of Consumer Protection advise consumers to beware.

The recession isn't over. It has hurt everyone from Main Street to Wall Street and organizations that provide food to those in need aren't getting donations like they used to.

Students across the state head back to class after concerns over H1N1 shut down several schools.

Republican officials claimed victory in Tuesday's municipal elections in Connecticut, picking up seats in Stamford and Norwich while holding onto some in Democratic-heavy towns.

Local government posts are up for grabs as all but seven of Connecticut's 169 cities and towns hold municipal elections.

Connecticut voters will go to the polls Tuesday in 162 towns where some races for top local offices have been contentious -- and unusual.

In February the Quinnipiac Poll called Susan Bysiewicz an "early favorite in a Democratic primary with 44 percent, followed by Malloy with 12 percent and Amann with 4 percent." A poll the Susan Bysiewicz exploratory committee conducted earlier this month shows that not only is Jodi Rell vulnerable to a challenge, but that she is particularly ...

East Haven Academy will be closed Thursday and Friday due to H1N1 concerns. East Haven superintendent of schools Anthony Serio says they've had a number of students out sick with a small number returning to school.

Some parents in East Haven received a call from the towns emergency reverse 911 system with a message from East Haven Academy principal.

An arrest is made, and two people are sent to the hospital, in separate weekend shootings in New Haven.

East Haven Police arrested three people after they attempted to use a stolen credit card on Oct.

U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro and a national feminist group are defending the mayor of East Haven against what the organization claims is gender discrimination.

The Navy is seeking permits to do dredging work at Pier 15 at the Groton sub base, dump the pier area soils in a specially dug trench nearby in the Thames River, and then dispose of the river bottom soils at three offshore sites.

Connecticut Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro says an ethics complaint against East Haven Mayor April Capone Almon is a dirty political attack and the kind of thing strong women leaders have to put up with.

State police are investigating a death at the New Haven Raccoon Hunters Club on Route 17 Wednesday evening.

Connecticut Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro says an ethics complaint against East Haven Mayor April Capone Almon is a dirty political attack and the kind of thing strong women leaders have to put up with.

The New Haven Register reported the details of an ethics complaint recently filed against East Haven Mayor April Capone-Almon related to a raise she gave her assistant.

A billboard image along Route 154 in eastern Connecticut of an infant with a beer bottle to his lips is unforgettable -- and that's just what the designers had in mind.

Beware of returning car rentals late Being late didn't pay off Editor: Recently, as a result of a mechanical disaster in our 15-year-old RV that occurred on a vacation to Connecticut, we had occasion to rent a car for a one-way journey from here to there.