Norwich News

Probably no one person has spent more time over the years working to improve Norwich schools than Jacqueline Owens, president of the city's NAACP branch.

Operation Fuel Executive Director Patricia Wrice hit the public airwaves Tuesday, announcing that $4.75 million from the state Office of Policy and Management budgeted in October for low-income households has not been released.

A man accused of repeatedly stabbing a woman faces a charge of criminal attempt to commit murder, police said.

Today through Dec. 31 is an important time for many senior citizens, and the reason has nothing to do with the fast-approaching holiday season.

Collectively, the 14 Norwich public school students honored with the 2009 Superintendent Award last week challenge themselves, show courage in and outside of school, play instruments and sing, play sports and don't end up in the principal's office.

The Quaker Hill residents were out in force Tuesday night, anxious to solve a serious problem: speeders, drunken speeders, lost speeders and the worst of all - lost, drunken speeders.

Yantic firefighters attack a house fire at 91 Lafayette Street Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009.

Police are investigating an apparent home invasion in Griswold, a car found on fire in Montville and a burglary at Grader Jewelers in Norwich.

Part of the catalyst for her suggestion was that his novels are so brooding, which is so different from who Lamb really is.

Police arrested a city man who led them on a foot chase after he crashed a car late Sunday night.

In helping decide who The Day should endorse in the Norwich mayoral race, I met with the three major candidates.

Clubs & Organizations Submitted by Patricia Prespare on 2009-11-03.   The GFWC/CT Farmington Valley Women's Club will hold its next monthly meeting on Nov.

His house phone rang every few minutes, and the slowly recharging cell phone had a dozen messages.

Norwich mayoral candidate Peter Nystrom, left, gets a congratulatory hug from his wife Linda as their children Ray and Kate look-on Tuesday, Nov.

Police are searching for the driver of a green Chevrolet Malibu who drove off after hitting three people Monday night.

Pamela W. Aubin is the new superintendent of schools for Montville. Less than 2-1/2 hours after the Norwich Board of Education released Aubin from her contract as the superintendent of schools, the Montville school board unanimously approved Aubin as the new head of the town's school system.

A new report says Norwich and New London have a higher percentage of problem gamblers who called the state Helpline than would be expected based on their population.

Ronald D. Aliano, businessman, developer, dreamer and visionary who turned a back-door ambulance company into a leading city business and transformed a dirty industrial wharf into a scenic marina, died Saturday after a series of illnesses.

Daniel Pont, 28, of 155 Cliff St., Mystic, was charged Monday with criminal impersonation, driving with a suspended license, misuse of registration, driving an unregistered motor vehicle and failure to have insurance.

An H1N1 vaccine clinic will be held this weekend in Norwich. The clinic will be held at the Backus Outpatient Care Center in front of the former Ames Department store on Saturday.