Willimantic News

How about a little Lamb for Christmas ? That would be Wally Lamb , whose new novel is set in 1964 in eastern Connecticut, where he lives.

Gov. M. Jodi Rell visited the Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum Friday to view the damage caused by vandals earlier this week.

Vandals heavily damaged buildings and equipment at the Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum in Willimantic late Tuesday or early Wednesday.

WAIM Walk For Warmth Submitted by Evelyn Solla on 2009-11-04.   Everyone is invited to tie up their walking shoes and participate in the Windham Area Interfaith Ministry's 18th Annual Walk for Warmth on Sunday, Nov.

Threads, needles about: Downtown Willimantic Merchants Association & O.L. Willard Lumber and Hardware; Windham Board of Selectmen; University of West Virginia; sign thieves When time runs out, it runs out quickly Extra! Extra! Get your subsidies here These articles and the rest of todaya s newspaper are available at 4 p.m. in our Chronicle ...

AS YOU LIKE IT Eastern Connecticut State Universitya s Theatre Department will perform Shakespearea s a oeAs You Like Ita Nov.

The SI Financial Group, parent of the Savings Institute Bank and Trust Co., said Thursday its profits rebounded strongly during the third quarter and also narrowed its losses for the first nine months of this year.

It's official. There will be no override of Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell 's veto of a controversial budget implementation bill.

Susan Sherman Fernandes of Fleetwood Avenue, Bethel, announces the engagement of her daughter, Jennifer R. Fernandes, to Ken Gardiner Jr., son of Ken and Dale Gardiner of Terryville.

A pedestrian walking along Route 14 and Route 195 was struck in Willimantic Saturday night.

Police are investigating the cause of a motor vehicle vs. pedestrian accident Saturday night that left a man hospitalized in critical condition.

A person has been struck by a car on Main Street in Willimantic, police say. Police are still on the scene of the accident, which has Main Street closed from Mayo Street to Boston Post Road.

A Willimantic man has accepted a plea deal involving a five-year prison sentence as his drug-dealing case neared trial in New London Superior Court.

Religious Life Submitted by Bob Leo on 2009-10-18.   The Church of the Infinite Spirit, The Masonic Hall, 80 Walsh Ave., Newington, will hold Sunday service, Oct.

New London - Catholic Charities is moving its offices next week from Masonic Street to the newly renovated former convent next to St.

Walktober Guide II UConn's Renzulli wins McGraw-Hill prize Have an eco-friendly 'do The fear of fear ECSU chapter of Habitat for Humnaity, and Willimantic Lions paint the town Lebanon's Pesty wins Big E award Mansfield's Homy completes Eagle Scout project 50th for the Lutskys Marriages for Horn - River and Price - Ponte Engagement for Cayer Rhodes ...

Five journalists from the central Asian country of Tajikistan had an eventful eight days in Connecticut and beyond last week, when they visited UConn to examine government accountability and experience living with American families.

Columbia seniors loving refurbished center There might be hope for Willimantic's Hale building Public hearing set for Oct.

The granddaughter of labor and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez was to speak in Connecticut Wednesday afternoon.

Norwich - As if saving lives wasn't reason enough, the Life Star helicopter program has even more to celebrate these days.