Putnam News

As federal lawmakers struggle to design an overhaul of the health insurance system, Bristol Hospital President Kurt Barwis wants to be sure they don't shortchange hospitals and physicians.

Ralph Lechausse is a native Nutmegger, but his heart and palate belong in Tennessee .

Social worker Nick Edwards, left, of the Greenwich Department of Social Services, has supported his client Abid Rajput, right, through many trials over the last three years, enabling Rajput to build a better life for his family and to stand up myself.

Elizabeth Dixon, far left background, watches as five members of her seventh-grade math class work to solve an equation Friday at Plainfield Central School.

Helen R. Mayotte, 92, of Wilkinson St., Putnam, died Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009, at Matulaitis Nursing Home.

Putnam (WTNHO - An Xtra Mart in Putnam was robbed Thursday night. The suspect handed a note to the clerk of the Xtra Mart on 162 School Street demanding money from the register.

Putnam Bank has opened its newest branch in Norwich, part of its continuing expansion into southeastern Connecticut.

Though it met the strict DEP requirements, building an ash landfill on the banks of the Shetucket River was never a good idea.

Conn. police: 'appears to be an accident' by Chris Tanguay write the author A Connecticut State Police vehicle blocks access to the Putnam Fish and Game Club property Monday, Aug.

The state's largest trash agency said Thursday that it has suspended indefinitely plans to develop an ash landfill in the eastern Connecticut town of Franklin, or anyplace else in the state.

State lawmakers are speaking out in opposition to a proposed ash landfill in the town of Franklin.

M. Jodi Rell and Attorney General Richard Blumenthal on Wednesday raised the ante in a campaign by residents and lawmakers in southeastern Connecticut to stop the state's trash agency from putting an ash landfill in Franklin , near the Shetucket River.

Rational Acoustics LLC in Putnam, Conn., has appointed Sonotribe Audio Consultants in Mexico City as the official providers of Spanish language Smaart Training Classes for Mexico and Latin America.

The Bridgewater Country Fair will be held Aug. 21-23 on the grounds behind the firehouse on Route 133.

Partners Scott Gladstone, left, and Neil Ryan at the Wireless Zone store in New London, one of seven Verizon Wireless franchises they own in eastern Connecticut and the chain's No.

The Bridgewater Country Fair will be held Aug. 21-23 on the grounds behind the firehouse on Route 133.

About 35 residents from the South End, West End and Black Rock banded together Tuesday night to protect their neighborhoods and voice their concerns about a proposed transfer station on Wordin Avenue.

An Uncasville couple will have to pay $100,000 after they failed to comply with a 2006 agreement to remove an illegal boat ramp in the Thames River and restore wetlands they destroyed to build it and a nearby beach.

Health officials will continue to monitor the quality of the water supply in Putnam, Conn.

A tainted public water supply has prompted officials in the northeastern Connecticut town of Putnam to truck in drinking water.