Pawcatuck News

A 21-year-old Connecticut woman is behind bars on $125,000 bail after being arrested with heroin in the morning and a charge of shoplifting at night, Mount Olive police said.

Stonington - Police are reminding motorists to expect traffic delays and parking congestion in downtown Pawcatuck Saturday because of the popular Riverglow event.

Floods have caused a real mess for the town of Stonington. The rising waters forced the closure of many roads and bridges.

Heavy rain has flooded roads and prompted evacuations in some parts of the state.

Enjoying rapid growth, medical tubing extruder HTP-Meds LLC has moved into a new 169,000-square-foot factory in Ashaway, just across the border from Connecticut.

The tanks were stocked full of live lobsters, and the freezers were crammed with everything from shrimp to scallops as Seafood Etc.

Talk about impressive numbers: nearly 400 tax returns for lower-income individuals prepared for free by volunteers, and almost $700,000 of state and federal tax refunds flowing back to eastern Connecticut.

Contractors continue work on a pool house at the home of Lisa Switz of Stonington Thursday.

Stonington - A McDonald's restaurant is coming to the new Stop & Shop development on Route 2 in Pawcatuck.

Davis-Standard LLC featured a range of extrusion and converting products at NPE2009 designed to help processors weather the economic downturn.

Katherine Hoxsie's achievements are many: successful entrepreneur, certified public accountant, automotive executive, community board member.

Parents who have been urging the school system to lower class sizes in the two Pawcatuck elementary schools this fall are getting their wish thanks to federal stimulus money.

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Yardney Technical Products Inc., a Connecticut-based maker of advanced battery systems for government and military agencies, has entered into a joint venture with a new California-based electric car company to design and manufacture advanced lithium-ion battery systems for automobiles.

A Pawcatuck man was killed Sunday when he lost control of his motorcycle in the rain on Route 32.

The Rhode Island Blueways Alliance wants to help residents explore the full range of recreational paddling options offered in southern New England with Paddle '09, a summer long series of events.

Gregory L. Whiting, who robbed and assaulted an elderly couple during a home invasion in Pawcatuck last year, will be an old man himself when he is released from prison.

Police and state prosecutors are expecting to examine state statutes to determine whether or not to charge a man for fatally shooting a pit bull that attacked his relative's dog this week.

The Connecticut School of Broadcasting is getting a new lease on life, but budding broadcasters will no longer find an outlet for improving their skills at the former branch in Pawcatuck.

Police were holding a homeless man listed as a fugitive in Rhode Island in custody Saturday after arresting him in Pawcatuck in connection with a domestic disturbance.