Monday Jun 10 | The Hartford Courant
Simply Swing Starts Its Big-Band Summer Tour
Simply Swing, a Newington -based, mom-and-pop owned-and-operated ensemble that grooves to a big band beat, is on a roll with the release of its new CD, "Dancing to Simply Swing," and the start of an ambitious concert tour throughout the region.
Reader Submitted: Ellington Scholarship Association Awards $58,000
The Ellington Community Scholarship Association awarded $58,000 in scholarships at the annual ECSA Scholarship Awards Night on June 3 in the Gordon C. Getchell auditorium at Ellington High School.
Sales Auction Company Holds Sale in Windsor Locks
Sam Sales, owner of Sales Auction Company, works to get another bid from James Newbury of Bestech Inc., Ellington, Conn.
Swing kids: Montclair's Jazz House honored at Ellington competition
Coleman Hughes, 17, a trombone player from the Jazz House Big Band, won the Ella Fitzgerald Outstanding Soloist Award at the Essentially Ellington competition.
Conn. man accused of assaulting Brown basketball player was arrested in Conn. last year
The Connecticut man arrested on Wednesday for attacking a Brown basketball player last weekend and leaving him critically injured has assault charges pending against him in his home state.