Meriden News

The wealthy and the almost-wealthy of the late Victorian era chose to take the "Grand Tour" of Europe to show off their sophistication, education and good taste.

Local Sports Submitted by Jeannine Kremzar on 2009-11-16.   MidConn Junior Football league is looking for donations to send an elite group of 8th Grade all-stars to Kissimmee, Florida for a national championship.

James Flynn, a teacher at Platt High School, was snapping yearbook photos Monday at an assembly when he heard his name called.

TomorrowA morning, parents from Danbury will take a bus with their children to attend a state wide meeting featuring a top Obama administration advisor on Early Learning.

People Submitted by Mary Ann Burns, American Heart Association, on 2009-11-11.   John Ryan Reinhardt Malsheske of Burlington poses with fellow Lifestyle Change Award recipients , Tony Young of Bristol, Jeff Ahlberg of Southbury and Greg Testa of Meriden.

Two tractor-trailer crashes were reported on Interstate 691 Tuesday morning. One crash was reported on the westbound side of the highway in Southington just after 12 a.m. The second crash was reported on the eastbound side of the road between exits 5 and 6 in Meriden at about 3 a.m. Eastbound traffic was still traveling slowly at 10 a.m. because of ...

Friendly Barbershop in Cheshire was open for four months and had a steady stream of loyal customers when the town told them they had to close their doors.

Submitted by Brian Kelly, Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters, on 2009-11-06.   Brian Kelly At a recent meeting of the Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters Board of Directors, board member Agnes Quinones, on the left, is congratulated by Nutmeg's President and CEO, Laura Green, on the right, after it was announced that Quinones had won Identidad's ...

Once, Daniel Truea TMs family had 70 acres of land in Southington, but after several subdivisions he's down to an acre and a half.

So you feel adventurous, isn't winter getting here too fast! Well try this 3 + mile walk up the road to Castle Craig Tower and back on the Hanging Hills of Meriden.

Firefighters were still on the scene of a fire on Sherman Avenue in Meriden that started Sunday night.

Three were hospitalized Sunday morning after a fire in Meriden seriously damaged a two-family home.

At Hartford's South Park Inn, a handful of women are gathered in the homeless shelter's day room.

A distraught 31-year-old Essex man stole a pickup truck and rammed state police cruisers during a chase through multiple towns Sunday afternoon, police said.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has said what the country needs is a new method of producing the H1N1 flu vaccine.

Submitted by Joanne Kelleher on 2009-10-25.   Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts from Sleeping Giant District are collecting non-perishable food items on Saturday, November 14, as part of their 21st annual "Scouting for Food" program to collect food for the needy.

A national group that advocates a vegetarian diet is alleging in a lawsuit expected to be filed in Hartford today that McDonald's, Burger King and Friendly's sell grilled chicken products that contain cancer-causing chemicals but hide that information from the public.

On a residential street called Whispering Pines in Southington , you'll find something as rare in recession-era Connecticut as a crowded restaurant: New homes under construction.

This is the beauty of Crescent Lake. For those who enjoy a walk along the banks of a picturesque lake as red, yellow and golden leaves blow in the wind and land softly on the water, this is the place to be.

Icy roads are being blamed for numerous accidents across Connecticut. Authorities closed the northbound lanes of the Wilbur Cross Parkway in Wallingford and shut down the Route 66 bridge over the Connecticut River between Middletown and Portland Monday morning.