Old Saybrook News

Ten firms have submitted applications to become the preferred designer of the Metro Square redevelopment plan, and a firm will be chosen by the end of March to provide a concept for how to use the two downtown blocks surrounding the plaza.

This afternoon Beverly Donofrio, acclaimed author and former MxCC student, visited campus, Tuesday, March 4, for a book discussion and signing.

Trust For Public Land hoping to team up with state, shoreline towns and environmental groups to save 1,000-acres Imagine a place a few miles from the shores of Long Island Sound where one can hike from dawn to dusk without leaving its borders.

More than 50 people nationally have applied to become the city's next schools superintendent, board of education Chairman Richard Wareing said Thursday.

The Miss Black US Ambassador Organization is pleased to announce the crowning of one of our newest ambassadors.

A car driven by a 37-year-old woman from New Britain crashed into a construction site Tuesday morning on Trout Brook Drive, north of Farmington Avenue, police said.

The common council has approved spending $80,000 to demolish two dilapidated state-owned houses on Wadsworth Street that are planned to be open space.

The Newtown Arts Festival has issued a Call to Artists for its 2014 event. Now in its third year, the Festival has attracted an average of 4000 visitors each year.

Figurative artist and Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts graduate Rick Lacey leads an eight-week Introduction to Portrait Painting class at the Tracy Art Center, 247 Main Street, Old Saybrook, beginning on Monday, March 10. Classes run from 5 to 8 p.m. The class will focus on building traditional drawing skills and anatomy to create dynamic ... (more)

More than 25 people have applied for the job of running New Britain High School, and the school system will narrow the field this month, educators said.

A grand jury has returned an indictment charging two New Yorkers with sex trafficking of minors, said a spokesman with the U.S. Attorney's office.

A group of New Haven mothers and grandmothers have filed suit against a former teacher at Roberto Clemente Leadership Academy, claiming that he bullied students who struggled academically in his third-grade classroom last school year.

The male student was walking near the Science Center just before 7:30 p.m. when he was approached by 6 to 8 male youths.

Southeastern Connecticut residents have many reasons to be proud of the 3-year-old Marine Science Magnet High School located in Groton.

The enforcement project will focus on limited access highways in the greater Hartford, New Haven, Meriden, Middletown and Old Saybrook areas on the following highways: I-84, I-91, I-95, I-691, Routes 8, 9 and 15, state police said in a press release.

State Rep. Marilyn Giuliano, R-23rd District, said today she will retire from the district serving Old Lyme, Lyme, Old Saybrook and Westbrook, after six terms in the legislature.

Connecticut State Police will be targeting tailgating motorists on highways in an effort to reduce accidents and what they call "aggressive driving habits."

Apple said it has asked Arizona Governor Jan Brewer to veto a bill that allows the stateA s businesses to refuse service to gay customers on religious grounds.

Police have a warrant for the arrest of suspected burglar who they say stole more than $20,000 in gold jewelry and coins from a local house last year.

Samantha Listorti offers eight-week Drawing and Painting Classes for kids aged 120 to 17 and adults at the Tracy Art Center, 247 Main Street, Old Saybrook.