Pomfret News

If you are a shopper, you know the drill: Turkey today, shopping tomorrow. In the retail world, the day after Thanksgiving is referred to as Black Friday , not because of long lines and crowded stores but because it's the day stores hope to take ledgers out of the red and into the black.

The mother of a man who walked away from a New Hampshire facility where he was being treated for schizophrenia says her son has been found in western Massachusetts.

Police in Manchester are appealing for the public's help finding a man who walked away from a facility where he was being treated for schizophrenia.

The Storrs Center has another new tenant as Cosimo's Restaurant Group has signed a letter of intent to be a part of the $220 million complex next to the University of Connecticut.

People Submitted by Matthew Fraulino on 2009-10-06.   Phillip Cacciola, Chairman of the Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce Honor the Veterans and Support the Troops Committee, announced that the recipient of the William J. Pomfret Veteran Community Service Award is Ron Organek of Middletown.

October 02, 2009, 8:54 AM / Chautauqua County sheriff's officials have arrested a 21-year-old Buffalo man who they claim possessed some drugs that he intended to transport to Buffalo to sell.

Fitness, it has been pointed out, is good. Which is why the 19th annual Walktober is a perfect segue into the world of fitness.

When Northeastern Connecticut's tourism boosters were trying to figure out what to call their region, someone suggested "The Quiet Corner." The name stuck.

Back when Coventry's Nathan Hale Homestead was a working farm in the 1700s, its occupants and workers would have dined on seasonal, locally grown foods.

Clubs & Organizations Submitted by Jaime L. Smith on 2009-08-31.   The Hartford Cooperative Extension Council will host a Notable Trees Tour Saturday, October 17, 2009.

Here is your passport to Connecticut's wine country. Sharpe Hill Vineyard is located in Pomfret.

Here is your passport to Connecticut's wine country. Sharpe Hill Vineyard is located in Pomfret.

Click here for an interactive map of the Connecticut wine trail. Image 1 of 14 Sharpe Hill Catherine Volleiler, left, the owner of Sharpe Hill Vineyard in Pomfret, and Howard Bursen, right, vineyard wine maker, walk through the rows of Cabernet Franc grapes in the vineyard.

Clubs & Organizations Submitted by Cindy Sebrell on 2009-06-30.   The Regional Community YMCA, a branch of the YMCA of Greater Hartford, welcomes Christine Rivers as the new program coordinator for the Northeast community.

Storrs Automotive on Dog Lane, a longtime business in Mansfield, signed a letter of intent agreement and plans to expand its garage to three bays.

On June 25, 2009 Connecticut State Police at Troop D Danielson received a report that a female was assaulted on Drown Road in Pomfret, Ct.

As go Connecticut's post offices, say those of a wistful bent, so goes its rich tradition of place names - names associated by centuries of legend and settlement patterns with once isolated crossroads and now quiet villages.