Old Saybrook News

The paddle will start from Harbor Park at 11 a.m., and will include a three-hour round trip to the "Floating Meadows" where the Mattabasset and Coginchaug rivers converge.

The Ferrigno-Bell Chapter of the National Honor Society at East Hampton High School concluded a very successful year by recently donating funds to the East Hampton Food Bank, the Sandy Hook Special Revenue Fund, the Boston One Fund, Hugs for Ghana, and the Haiti Relief Fund.

A man is taking into custody by Connecticut State Police and emergency crews for transport to the hospital at the scene of a multiple car accident, possibly resulting from a police chase at the intersection of routes 85 and 161 in Chesterfield Tuesday June 18, 2013.

Texas Governor Rick Perry's visit to Connecticut has many of you sounding off tonight.

A Sports Illustrated story released Tuesday stated that New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was questioned by Massachusetts state police investigating the recent murder of an unidentified Boston man.

The stakes in this year's local elections just rose a few notches: Former council member Ellen Zoppo is planning to run for a District 3 council seat.

Do you have questions about your vegetable or flower garden, about something in your yard, or what you've seen along a roadside or trail? University of Connecticut Master Gardeners are available to answer your questions! Stop by or call the Master Gardener Office at University of Connecticut Middlesex County Extension Center on Route 154 in Haddam ... (more)

Connecticut Natural Science Illustrators Begin Summer Sessions Yale West Campus Summer is here and workshops have begun with the Connecticut Natural Science Illustrators, located within The Yale West Campus in Orange .

An illustrated tour of the parishes of the Isle of Orleans in Canada will be presented by Raymond Cassidy of Kensington at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 27, at the French-Canadian Genealogical Society in the Old County Courthouse, 53 Tolland Green, Tolland.

Darlene Briggs, chairperson of the Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce, announced that the Middlesex County Career Fair will be held on Tuesday, June 18, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Cromwell .

Old Saybrook Citizen Advisory Committee introduced itself and presented it's mission statement to the Old Saybrook Water Pollution Control Authority during the June 10 OSWPCA meeting.

Old Saybrook Garden Club scholarship chair, Betty O'Brien, awards $1,000 scholarships to, from left to right: Christopher Malin and Nicholas Dibble.

There is still half the year to go, but this should make the list of bizarre stories of 2013.

On June 22, there will be a community Tag Sale at the First Congregational Church of Cromwell Parking Lot on 345 Main Street Cromwell, CT from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Baked goods, coffee and donuts available will be sold as well.

"Dialogue: Representation and Abstraction" is the theme of the current exhibition by the Artists of Gallery One .

With just slightly more than a week left for most schools, summer vacation is quickly approaching.

Here Ye! Here Ye! and Yo-Ho-Ho! Community Music School and the Kate invite all the princesses from across the land the pirates of the sea to join them for a Princess and Pirate Party on Sunday, June 23 at 2 pm at The Kate, 300 Main Street, Old Saybrook.

The White House announced the U.S. will send military supplies to Syrian rebels after U.S. intelligence concluded that Bashar al Assad's forces used chemical weapons.

The Fifth Annual Power of the Purse fundraiser of the Middlesex United Way Women's Initiative will be held on Thursday, June 27, at the Mattabesett Canoe Club, 80 Harbor Drive, in Middletown , at 5:30 p.m. The Women's Initiative celebrates the power of women to bring about positive change in the community through philanthropy and service.

Talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres and her wife, actress Portia de Rossi, have bought a 13-acre estate in Montecito, Calif., that had been listed at $26.5 million.