Wethersfield News

Brian Platkiewicz, of Unionville, was driving his motorcycle north on North Main Street when a car crossed in front of him while turning out of a private driveway, police said.

Qualidigm, founded in 1983, heavily depends on government contracts, and most of its work is collaborating with nursing homes, hospitals, visiting nurse organizations and others who serve Medicare patients, with the goal of improving the health of their clients.

The popular song and dance extravaganza is back! The 2014 production by stop/time dance theater, I'd Rather Be Dancing!, marks the return of the annual crowd pleaser that features the resident dance company at Playhouse on Park.

The Friends of the Intensive Education Academy will host its annual Irish Night fundraiser on Saturday, March 14 in IEA's Ellen Jeanne Goldfarb Auditorium, located at 840 North Main Street, West Hartford .

In GoLocal's Most Dangerous Intersections in New England 2014, Connecticut's highest ranked crossroads rank #1 -- for the region.

A regional service sharing grant will cover 50 percent of the cost of a $156,000 tree truck that will be utilized by the town of Wethersfield, as well as its neighbors in Newington and Berlin, according to Wethersfield Town Manager Jeff Bridges.

"Forever Plaid," the deliciously goofy off-Broadway smash, will be presented by Newington Mainstage for 3 PERFORMANCES ONLY, March 28-March 30. "Forever Plaid," the hilarious 1950s revue written by Stuart Ross with musical arrangements by James Raitt , centers on the Plaids--four young, eager singers killed in a car crash on the way to their first ... (more)

Algonquian natives in the early 1630's invited English invaders, who had formed communities at Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay, to settle in the lower Connecticut River valley.

When local government officials, both Democrats and Republicans, campaigned at election time, economic development through drawing in new businesses in an effort to reduce the tax burden on Wethersfield residents was at the forefront of many of the candidates' agendas.