Farmington News

Courant Managing Editor Barbara T. Roessner's article last Sunday on the pending reconstruction of the newspaper sparked a deluge of reader comments.

Sandy Crowe is free to eat watermelon and talk to people without their having to wear a mask and sterilize their hands this Independence Day weekend.

Assistant Town Manager Erica Robertson said Wednesday that two workers were notified last month that they could be laid off, depending on how many people accepted early retirement.

Fred Astaire- Ginger Rogers movies are famous for their lovely soundtracks. But it's doubtful they ever starred in a movie as tuneful as 'The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle.' In the course of the film, ...

Five of Haven Healthcare's nursing homes would be put under state receivership until new buyers are found while the rest of the chain would be split among three real estate investment firms, under a plan expected to be presented today in bankruptcy court.

In documents filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New Haven, lawyers for the Haven chain are asking the state Department of Social Services to take over the operations of Haven nursing homes in Waterford, Danielson, Windham, Norwich and Farmington until permanent buyers can be found.

PEMBROKE, Bermuda-Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings Ltd. has reached an agreement to acquire Darwin Professional Underwriters Inc.

Students from four local school districts received diplomas Friday. Below are snapshots from each ceremony.

Coupons Inc. said Wednesday it acquired CouponBug LLC for an undisclosed amount.

The jump in the number of foreclosures in Connecticut has proved to be a financial bonanza for some state marshals.

The foreclosure attorneys who crowd into Judge Samuel Freed's courtroom in Hartford each Monday typically come with only a file or two tucked under their arms as they line up for the orderly process of stripping away homeownership.

Not Gregory W. Staron, a young associate with the firm of Reiner, Reiner and Bendett in Farmington.

'Are there any other cases that are not with Reiner, Reiner that are ready?' a clerk calls out an hour into the docket.

With the small-time players out of the way, Staron steps up to a well-worn table and, with a thud, deposits a foot-high stack of files - targeting homeowners in Bloomfield, East Windsor, Wethersfield, Hartford, Manchester and elsewhere - that will consume the rest of the court day.

Remember those at-home parties - you know, nighttime girls-only gabfests with wine and cheese and socializing that was built around the sale of products like Sarah Coventry jewelry, Tupperware storage ...

A local doctor who police said failed to report the suspected abuse of a child has been arrested.

Dr. Raymond C. Kurker, 54, of Cornerstone Drive was charged Tuesday with failure to report abuse or neglect by a mandated reporter, police said this morning. Officers obtained a warrant for his arrest after they investigated the physical abuse of a local child, according to a press release.

Kurker, the child's physician, is accused of failing to report the suspected abuse to the state Department of Children and Families as required by law. He turned himself in at the police station at 8:45 p.m. and was released from custody on a promise to appear in Superior Court in Manchester July 2, police said.

The dishwasher-safe, 15-ounce glasses retail for $12 each and are available at Design Forum in Farmington or online at www.catstudio.com . June 13, 2008 Insure your A-list guest status this summer by bringing ...

Grace Cancian of Wolcott School in West Hartford received a runner-up prize in the 6 and under category and $50. Erin Kelly from West Hill School in Rocky Hill received an honorable mention award in the age 7 ...

The decision also brings an end to a debate that has been heard in Farmington for the past decade, town council Chairman Mike Clark said.

The rally will spread awareness and honor the 500,000 who have died in Darfur. Deacon Arthur Miller from the Hartford Archdiocese Black Ministry Division is scheduled to speak about racially motivated murder ...

After three days of deliberations, the jury charged with deciding the fate of David Wilcox appears to be deadlocked.

Cash-strapped motorists will get a break at the pump on July 1 because the legislature will block a planned increase in the state's gasoline tax, lawmakers said Thursday.

Prizes including gift certificates and museum passes and a chance to read at a library-sponsored poetry reading will be awarded in various categories.

A portion of the proceeds from the sale and the unsold items will be donated to the Salvation Army.