Voluntown News

Dawne Landa hugs her husband, David, while her daughter, Bethany, center background, wipes away tears as the family views their new home in Griswold for the first time on Friday.

Why are some people such jerks? Of course, "jerks" was not the word a buddy and I used when we hiked up Mount Misery in Voluntown's Pachaug State Forest the other day, and I'll also have to edit the reason we were so outraged.

The new West Hartford town council held its organizational meeting Monday night.

Two men were killed this morning when the Ford Mustang they were riding in ran off the road on I-395 and crashed into a tree.

Sean McQuillan stretched his 6-foot-4 frame toward the goal line on a two-point conversion try, but was met with resistance from a pack of Simsbury defenders in overtime.

DEAR AMY: I am a 41-year-old happily married woman with three children. I graduated from college 20 years ago, and I have remained in touch with a friend, "Jerry." He is also married and lives in another state.

In theory, we all know how to paint a room with latex paint. Dip a brush or roller in a color and spread it over the wall.

A problem with the FAA system that collects airline flight plans caused widespread flight cancellations and delays nationwide Thursday, the second time in 15 months that a glitch created such problems.

Thomas J. Herlihy Jr., a former state senator who was elected to the Simsbury Board of Selectmen on Nov.

Authorities say a Rhode Island woman's gambling debts led her to embezzle almost $335,000 from the company that runs East Lyme 's school lunch program.

Ann Deavere Smith talks about her new one-woman play, "Let Me Down Easy," which covers life, death and health care, on "Bill Moyers Journal" . "NOW" wonders what's up with the unemployment numbers.

Browns wide receiver Josh Cribbs was taken to a hospital for further tests after being injured on a hard hit on the final play of Baltimore's 16-0 win over Cleveland on Monday night.

A year after finding a Middletown man mortally injured and unresponsive after being hit by car in a motel parking lot, police on Saturday arrested the man's girlfriend in the case.

UConn senior defender Brittany Taylor scored her first goal of the season in the 18th minute of overtime, giving the Huskies a 1-0 victory over Boston University in an NCAA women's soccer first-round game Friday in Newton, Mass.

Hamden authorities say a construction worker has died after he was struck by a forklift at Quinnipiac University .

Cataclysmic disaster and apocalyptic doom, as foretold by Hollywood , have a way of bringing together broken families, revealing the unseen heroism of deadbeat dads and neatly disposing of their rivals.

The Westminster School has announced that William V.N. Philip, who has held a variety of teaching and administrative positions for 26 years at the school, will become the eighth headmaster there since the school was founded in 1888.

Gunmen ambushed a convoy carrying Honduras' top prosecutor, but neither he nor his bodyguards were harmed, police said Sunday.

The Ledge Light Health District has opened registration for its H1N1 vaccine clinics to children aged 5 to 18 with high-risk medical conditions, including asthma, blood disorders, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, immune disorders, kidney disease, liver disease, lung disease and neurological disease.

After years working as a flight attendant, Jayne Valente was looking forward to launching her own interior-decorating business.