Ledyard News Archives

LEXINGTON, Ky. They began their respective journeys with so much in common and not just because they shared a similar moniker.

Ledyard police are trying to solve a mystery at a Mashantucket burial ground. Ledyard police officers responded to the burial grounds on Fanning Road around 6:45 p.m. Wednesday night after tribal police told them they had lost contact with one of their officers, according to the Norwich Bulletin .

Postal Service officials say a post office in Ledyard will be closed for at least several days after its roof collapsed during heavy rains.

"The proof is in the numbers and they tell a positive story for Connecticut workers in terms of creating and preserving jobs... From paving our roadways and upgrading bridges to retaining teaching jobs and weatherizing homes, we are using stimulus funds to put people to work while addressing pressing state needs."

Ledyard has a problem that should be the misfortune of every community. It has more qualified candidates running for Town Council than available seats.

The union that represents Ledyard municipal employees is urging its members to vote down revisions to the town charter, saying the changes add management positions just months after nine jobs were slashed.

18 in Storrs. One day before Howard's funeral, the small peach-colored room was lined with flowers and dominated by emotion.

A man described as "despondent" was shot and killed by a Bethel police officer after he confronted three officers with a gun, refused orders to drop the weapon and made an abrupt move toward the officers, authorities said Saturday.

Linda's phony TV tells us that it's Dodd's fault that we've lost thousands of jobs: But before her magical transformation, Linda McMahon, friend of Joe Sixpack, was doing a pretty good job herself at taking a whack at the working stiff.

First, city leaders denied the frightening picture painted by an internal police memo obtained by the Courant about gangs on Hartford streets and in its schools.

ANAHEIM, Calif. _ On a sunny Southern California day with temperatures around 80 degrees, Derek Jeter took batting practice at Angel Stadium on Wednesday wearing a hooded sweatshirt.

Fire officials are investigating house fire in Ledyard. The fire happened at 673 Shewville Road in the Gales Ferry section of town.

XL Center without thinking about when we had an NHL team here. So this little item that Dudchik of CT Capitol Report found is worth a note.

Click here for stories, pictures and video on the stabbing death of UConn cornerback Jasper Howard Oct.

A single-family home at 673 Shewville Road was destroyed by fire this morning. The Ledyard Fire Department responded to the call at 3:33 a.m., Deputy Fire Chief Jeff Gaccione said.

Like so many students at UConn , Aaron Bagsby walked slowly past the Student Union on his way to class Monday morning.

West Virginia coach Bill Stewart said quarterback Jarrett Brown is day-to-day after taking a helmet-to-helmet hit Saturday against Marshall in Morgantown.

Nate Robinson scored 19 points, and the New York Knicks beat Maccabi Tel Aviv 106-91 Sunday in a game that featured a bizarre delay in the third quarter when the visiting coach refused to leave the floor after he was ejected.

Michael Johnson threw two touchdown passes and North Carolina Central beat Central Methodist 52-7 on Saturday.

Hold on all you naysayers, journalists, Whaler fans and assorted whiners. Look at this -- CNNMoney has a ranking of the best places to start a business.

Town officials in Connecticut are urging Sens. Christopher Dodd and Joe Lieberman to oppose a bill that would allow the federal government to place land into trust for certain American Indian tribes.

A prosecutor says police have arrested two more suspects in a bomb attack on an army barracks in Milan and found a large quantity of explosives.

Ledyard - When town officials ask residents what they want new developments to look like, they often get the same answer: "Make it look New Englandy." "And we say, well what is your idea of New Englandy?" said Mark Cherry, chairman of the Ledyard Planning Commission.

I agree with charter changes that protect Ledyard against theft by town employees, and conflict of interest.

Readers have been responding all day to today's column about assisted suicide. Some agree with terminally ill, mentally competent individuals having the right to die.

A Georgia woman who police said tried to grab a 13-year-old high school student and take her away was arrested today.

Cycling great Lance Armstrong has inked a deal with Anheuser-Busch InBev to be the spokesman for the company's Michelob Ultra brand of beer.

My colleague and B&B industry associate, Maxine Pinson and I both had the chance to visit Stonecroft Country Inn near Mystic, CT , recently.

Sometimes, the good old days weren't so good after all. In the late '70s, a psychiatrist could dismiss the rape of a 13-year-old as an "isolated instance of transient bad judgment." A probation officer could label the same crime an "exercise of poor judgment." Without actually saying the 13-year-old had asked for sex, the probation officer's report ...

Ledyard - The 20-acre site that's home to Alice Acres Farm Market & Greenhouses has been passed from generation to generation ever since the British established the site as a farm for colonial settlers.

Ledyard - "And what does that mean?" That's the question that Superintendent of Schools Michael Graner always seems to be asking everyone: teachers, administrators, and - this year - a classroom full of students.

A Connecticut judge has granted probation to 15 of 19 men arrested in connection with a bird-fighting operation in Shelton.

Gary Burnham couldn't find a rack for his bats or a suitable place to leave his helmet or glove when he first showed up for spring training on Japan's Ishigaki Island in February.