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BALTIMORE - Andy Norris never knew his Fells Point restaurant, Bertha's, took care of Bob and Michele Gay when they were dating.

Kathy Olson will discuss the habits and lifestyles of bees, plant selection to enhance nectar and pollen collection, and issues that continue to plague honeybees including colony collapse disorder, during a program at Booth Library on May 28.

My ten-year-old is watching me from the door, looking bemused. I'm sitting at the end of my bed gently tapping parts of my body in a sequence I repeat ten times.

Cathleen Allison / Associated Press Survivors of gun violence from Newtown, Conn.; Tucson, Ariz.; and Carson City spoke at a news conference in support of a measure that would require universal background checks on gun purchases.

Shooting sprees such as the most recent Newtown, Conn., tragedy are linked to mental health issues.

"Readers will go on the same journey I did a pulsating, entertaining, terrifying, emotional and occasionally disastrous roller-coaster. This is The Newsroom on steroids." According to The Hollywood Reporter , "Morgan's book will be written in the style of a real-time look into headline stories such as the killing of Osama bin Laden and the school ... (more)

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy 's office and Connecticut's top prosecutor have been working privately with state lawmakers to craft a bill that would block the public release of certain records from the Newtown school massacre and possibly other crimes.

Donated manpower, machines and materials are set converge at Westport's Long Lots Elementary School Friday, June 7, to build a playground honoring Dylan Hockley, a 6-year-old who died in the Dec.

Kincheloe believes that the shortage, which has most affected handgun and .22-caliber ammunition, can be traced back to the Newtown, Conn., school shootings, which killed 20 children and six school staff.

Following the Friday incident in which a middle school student was approached by a man in a van near school property, the Police Department added heightened security to the area.

At age 85 my mom was active, strong and walking several times a day with her beloved Beau - a darling cocker spaniel.

The East Brook Middle School family came together this month in memory of Jack Pinto, one of the young victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy last December.

A high-tech Capitola startup is wading into the gun control debate with a wireless controller that would allow gun owners to know when their weapon is being moved -- and disable it remotely.

The Connecticut Council of Small Towns is pleased to announce that Patricia Llodra, First Selectman of the Town of Newtown, has been appointed to COSTaAos Board of Directors effective November 8, 2012.

Folks will be pleased to learn that the whimsical knit graffiti seen downtown last month will be soon be cheering up another community.

A school photo of Sandy Hook Elementary gunman Adam Lanza from 2008, when he attended Western Connecticut State University.

I sometimes get stuck in a rut when it comes to dinner. I don't really make the same things over and over, but I do occasionally lack inspiration.

"In one day all of the problems in our mental health system that I knew existed intellectually and that I had seen in my professional life manifested themselves in the most personal and tragic way," said Nelba L. Marquez-Greene, licensed marriage and family therapist and mother of Newtown victim Ana Grace Marquez-Greene. Marquez-Greene said she has ... (more)

In the aftermath of the December 2012 mass shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., Philly.com compiled this list of tips for parents and guardians to address questions from their children.

More than five months after the Dec. 14 Sandy Hook shootings, the town clerk's office remains steadfast in its refusal to release death certificates of the victims.