North Grosvenordale News

State police from the Eastern District Major Crime Squad in Danielson arrested a Norwich man Tuesday for staging a home invasion back in April.

For as long as anyone can remember - 40 years is a conservative estimate - drivers have been scraping the undercarriages of their cars as they made a right turn from Reardon Road onto Main Street in North ...

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The following births were recorded recently at Day Kimball Hospital in Putnam: To David P. and Dorice A. Barrows of North Grosvenordale, a girl; to James P. and Aimee L. Veillette of Putnam, a girl; to James T. ...

Connecticut state police are studying traffic patterns along Route 200 in an effort to help curb speeding along the state road.

Thompson Recreation Commission is offering the following classes: Drawing class with Cindy Dias-Reid will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. May 27, June 3, 10, 17 and 24 in the community center of the Thompson ...

“I'm not going to go buy a car so I can develop it for someone else for free”

You might think you're pretty green driving your Prius around, but you are several miles behind Mike Dabrowski's thinking.

The private inventor has developed a battery-powered, drop-down wheel for his car that allows him to run around town at 35 mph using stored energy - in his case solar. The self-described scrounger is driven by saving money, sure, but more so by saving the planet and its inhabitants now that food and fuel are in competition.

We haven't got time to wait for the auto industry to catch up, he says, which is why he has developed a kit to retrofit his now out-of-production car - the Honda Insight - and has a dream to develop it for other makes and models, including pickups and SUVs. And solar is his sustainable power of choice. 'If the sun conks out we're dead anyway,' he says. Read more

Thompson Recreation Commission is sponsoring a variety of upcoming events. Thompson Recreation and Carignan Tax Service are sponsoring no-cost tax assistance for Thompson senior citizens, veterans and the ... via Worcester Telegram & Gazette