Old Saybrook News

Portland Clean Energy Task Force has partnered with Sagewell, a leader in thermal image analyses and reporting, to provide Portland homeowners with a no-cost thermal image report to see where their home is losing energy.

The public is invited to the New England Society of Information Technology - Meriden 's makerspace and hackerspace, to celebrate NESIT's 4th anniversary on Saturday, April 19 from 2p.m. to 2 a.m. We will be celebrating with an open house and party at our location on the second floor of 290 Pratt Street in Meriden.

On Friday April 11 the Coginchaug Benchwarmers Association booster club held its first annual Dodgeball Tournament.

A high-ranking manager has been fired from a construction firm that's playing a key role in reconstructing service areas on Connecticut highways after he improperly obtained more than $50,000 worth of improvements to his home, the firm alleges in a lawsuit.

A group of shoreline fire departments will host a region-wide food drive on April 26 to collect nonperishable food for local residents in need.

There's really no good place to have your heart stop beating, but Ed Lescoe is grateful nonetheless than when his stopped Friday night in a buffet line at the Farmington Gardens banquet facility, he was surrounded by people who knew what to do.

The common council will hold its first of three budget hearings Tuesday night, with department presentations scheduled from the mayor's office, finance department and the four public safety departments.

Stefanie Dolson, Bria Hartley STORRS--4/9/14--Stefanie Dolson, left, and Bria Hartley at the rally on campus Wednesday.

The Connecticut Mortgage Association is pleased to announce the support of two new Corporate Sponsors, Merrimack Mortgage Company, Inc and RCN Capital, LLC. With this commitment the companies have pledged their highest level of support to the organization.

Girl Scouts of Connecticut is hosting fun open house events at all of its summer camps on Sunday, May 4 from 1 to 4 p.m. The camps will be open for the public and families to attend and discover the exciting summer camp programs designed for all girls entering grades 1 through 12. The open houses will allow families to tour the facilities, meet ... (more)

Residents could drive golf carts within most beach communities in town if the Board of Selectmen approves an ordinance under consideration.

Hoffmann Architects, an architecture and engineering firm specializing in the rehabilitation of building exteriors, announces the promotion of a member of the technical staff.

Ordering Flag George Frantzis II, an owner of Quassy Amusement & Waterpark in Middlebury , orders a University of Connecticut flag online this morning after the UConn Huskies men's basketball team won the National Collegiate Athletic Association championship Monday night against the University of Kentucky Wildcats , 60-54.

ROBIN & LINDA WILLIAMS will be celebrating their album Back 40 ! on Sunday, April 27th, 3 pm at the Katherine Hepburn Center for the Arts 300 Main St. Old Saybrook, CT.

A reality show was shot for two weeks in March on the shoreline, but very few people who know specifics are talking about it.

Saybrook Point Inn & Spa is thrilled to announce the opening of its new Three Stories guesthouse adjacent to the main Inn in historic Old Saybrook, Connecticut.

Tracy Art Center at 247 Main Street in Old Saybrook offers an eight-week "Art Through Comics" Class on Thursdays and Fridays, beginning on April 17, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. This class is for students aged 10 to 17. For more information, contact the center at 860-388-2761 or tracy.art.center@gmail.com "> tracy.art.center@gmail.com .

The East Haddam Board of Education announces commencement of their search for a new school superintendent.

Fairfield Family Law Attorney/Filmmaker Larry Sarezky and his Co-Producer, Danbury Attorney Deborah Grover will present their Telly Award winning short film, "Talk to Strangers" at the Bethel Cinema at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday April 23. The screening will mark the film's premiere public screening in Connecticut.

Rushford's addiction medicine fellow Brian Murray, MD, and fellowship director Samuel Silverman, MD, FAPA, FASAM, have been selected by the American Board of Addiction Medicine Foundation to receive the Next Generation Award for Adolescent Substance Use Prevention.