South Windsor News

As Thomas DeFranzo sees it, the biggest obstacle between him and his Hollywood dream is obscurity.

Submitted by Lisa Poutre, South Windsor Chamber of Commerce, on 2009-11-23.   Saint Onge Portrait Design Members of the SWCC Executive Committee and Board of Directors: Back row, left to right - Ed Havens, Denise Carter, Cary Prague, Nicole Grendziszewski, John Wilber, Mona Lee, John Rocco, Pat Kennedy, and Bill McAllister.

Submitted by Lisa Poutre, South Windsor Chamber of Commerce, on 2009-11-23.   On Oct.

A Coventry man is free on $300,000 bail after his conviction Friday on 12 counts related to the sexual abuse of a young girl.

For a second year, the youth ministry at St. Francis of Assisi Church has erected a "cardboard box city" in a field behind the church to raise awareness about homelessness and collect donations of nonperishable food and money to support area food pantries.

Submitted by Beth Markowski-Roop, Hartford Federal Credit Union, on 2009-11-20.   Join Hartford Federal Credit Union's annual Photos with Santa and Holiday Celebration and support a worthy cause.

Two civil liberties organizations are demanding that Enfield's public high schools move their graduations from the First Cathedral in Bloomfield to a secular location, and threatened to sue if they don't. The American Civil Liberties Union and Americans United for Separation of Church and State also are seeking information about graduation sites ...

Chris Byrka has had 27 brain surgeries since he was diagnosed with neurofibromatosis at age 4. Many times, his parents found Byrka, now 24, unconscious in his bed and had to rush him to the hospital for emergency surgery to relieve pressure on his brain.

A South Windsor tobacco company that has been in business since 1955 is asking the town to approve its plan to add a 12,300-square-foot addition to its existing facility on Sullivan Avenue.

Submitted by Mike Salvatore, South Windsor Historical Society, on 2009-11-18.   Mike Salvatore Built by Enoch W. Pelton in 1897, this country farmhouse on the South Windsor Christmas Walk has been in his family ever since.

Health Notes Submitted by Glenn Silver, Chamberlain, on 2009-11-17.   South Windsor resident Bill Woods was among ten people with diabetes honored for their moving portrayal of how this chronic condition impacts their everyday life through the "Making Sense of Diabetes" online video contest.

The public health service area for South Windsor and Windsor will be dispensing the H1N1 flu vaccine to the public for the first time by appointment only Saturday morning at Windsor Town Hall.

People Submitted by Joann Moriarty on 2009-11-13.   "Give the gift of time and make a difference." The South Windsor Mentoring Program is a partnership of South Windsor's Public Schools, Youth and Family Services and the Chamber of Commerce.

Submitted by South Windsor Junior Women's Club on 2009-11-13.   Luanne Porcello Reunion of past presidents at the anniversary celebration: Barbara Hoff, Lisa Lillis, Athena Loukellis, Joanne Marchesseault, Sue Gerich, Susan Luiz, Nancy Dunn, Brenda Leibowitz, Daria Plummer, and Ginny Hole.

Local third-graders are receiving free dictionaries courtesy of the Friends of the South Windsor Public Library.

Police rescued four suspected kidnappers from a town hall surrounded by hundreds of angry residents who wanted to punish them themselves.

A local man is recovering at Hartford Hospital after crashing his 2004 Honda Accord into a tree and utility poll, then rolling it over along Route 30 early today, police said.

An Ellington woman awaiting sentencing for stealing $1.7 million from the law firm where she once worked was arrested Tuesday by town police on charges related to the theft of more than $40,000 worth of clothing from two stores that used to employ her.

A couple has been charged with manslaughter after the sleeping man rolled onto their newborn child, killing him, during what police said was a night of heavy drinking and pot-smoking. David McNamar, 23, and Chelsea St.

Submitted by Tina Bisson, Prudential CT Realty , on 2009-11-05.   Prudential CT Realty and CT Home Mortgage of South Windsor are collecting turkeys and $20 donations for Foodshare's Annual Thanksgiving Campaign.