Old Saybrook News

The state's voters were against keno gambling when it was proposed by Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell , and they are still against it now that it has been approved under Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy .

With the state's economy struggling and jobs still hard to find, voters have become increasingly dissatisfied with Gov. Dannel P. Malloy 's job performance, a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday shows.

A former Old Saybrook resident pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Hartford Tuesday to defrauding 10 victims out of nearly $400,000.

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.