North Haven News

Connecticut scientists have called upon an unlikely champion in their war on invasive plants, releasing 1,000 tiny, weed-eating weevils in a section of Quinnipiac River State Park that is overrun by the destructive mile-a-minute vine.

Members of this year's graduating class at Otselic Valley Central School include, front row, left to right: Samantha Day, Genevieve English, Rebecca Porter, Sara Mowers, Hannah Riechard, Bethany Rounds, Brittany Swayze, Katelynn Mesko, Stephanie Polec, Vanessa Morgan, and Ellen Johnson.

Half a dozen tattooed young men roared through an East Shore parking lot in a cloud of tire smoke, popping wheelies and endos - as police officers looked on approvingly.

A Southington woman will represent Connecticut in the Miss America pageant. Sharalynn Kuziak won the crown Saturday in New London, beating 18 other young women for the right to represent Connecticut in January's national competition in Las Vegas.

Organizers are hoping for a bit of Irish luck to hold off storm clouds for today's Annual Connecticut Irish Festival and Agricultural Fair.

The state is negotiating an agreement with a regional Subway restaurant franchiser to run the lucrative highway plazas, ending long-running contracts with Mobil Oil and McDonald's. The Department of Transportation is in talks with a company called Doctor's Associates-Paul Landino, said Judd Everhart, DOT spokesman.

A chance for 15 minutes of fame is at stake as Howie Mandell's "Deal or No Deal" show holds a casting call in Connecticut.

After cops shut down an unofficial concert in a Southern Connecticut State University garage, the four musical acts and 20 fans picked up and moved the event to a downtown basement.

Angela Watley, a parent activist and police department civilian employee, took the first official step Monday to challenge Mayor John DeStefano in November.

Since "Deal or No Deal" announced it was moving into Connecticut, everyone's been trying to figure out how they get a piece of the action.

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is no doubt a legacy worthy of having a city street bear his name - but so is Judge Edward Whalley.

Allyx Schiavone said she's "terrified" to allow her little kids to walk to school - but also fearful of dangers posed by drivers when she drops them off.

Zoya Meshcherina' pride in her work and its environment is evident. The young personable woman, a native of the Ukraine is overtly enthusiastic about the new Liberty Dialysis facility at 500 Kings Highway, King's Plaza, where she is the nurse manager.

The number of confirmed swine flu cases among New Haven public school students jumped from one to nine Friday, and Worthington Hooker Middle School sent 15 students home with apparent flu-like symptoms, officials said late Friday.

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Jun. 6--The nation continued to lose jobs across a majority of industry sectors in May, with some growth in education and health services, as well as leisure and hospitality.

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said Thursday he has obtained nearly $5 million more from contractors involved in a bungled I-84 construction project, bringing the total collected by the state to nearly $22 million and allowing the correction of an array of construction errors at no additional taxpayer cost "This brings to an end the legal ...

The Bioregional Group explored the wilds of the dormant city landfill on a recent weekend afternoon, with an eye toward tapping its resources for future reuse.

Two stray bullets brought them together. Now the mothers of two bystanders shot to death within weeks of each other have joined forces to try to save other youngsters' lives, with a 43-day community campaign to stop the violence.

Linda Kaye Holliday, 58, a resident of Bowden, departed this life Thursday evening, May 21, 2009, at the Connecticut Hospice at Branford, Conn.

Staff at Solar Youth showed up to their offices Friday morning to find the place had been "ransacked." "Luckily, very little was stolen," wrote Joanne Sciulli, director of the environmentally themed youth development group, in an email to the Independent .