Willington News

The Willington Hill Fire Department recently held a recognition awards ceremony at Edward R. Ehret Memorial Hall.

Despite venue changes and a lack of marquee talent, hoops fans have stuck by the Greater Hartford Pro-Am Summer Basketball Showcase for nearly 20 years.

At the recommendation of the Sound View Commission, the Board of Selectmen voted Monday night to prohibit coolers larger than 5 quarts on the beach.

State Rep. Claire Janowski visited Rockville Public Library as a special guest storyteller on July 8. Reading to children ages 3 and up, Janowski took part in the story hour - one of many summer programs planned in the children's wing of the library.

Mountain-climbers have made a grisly discovery in the Mont Blanc range of the Alps - the body of a young climber preserved in ice for 32 years.

A woman was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly selling heroin out of her car in the Moosup area, police said.

Three people were injured on Tuesday in an electrical accident at the New York City pier where the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is located, fire officials said.

A state trooper was acting within the law when he shot and killed Robert Bergeson a year ago after Bergeson, acting irrationally, charged at the trooper with a three-foot piece of wood, according to a report released Tuesday by New London State's Attorney Michael L. Regan.

A judge on Tuesday rejected former Gov. John G. Rowland 's efforts to dismiss the indictment charging him with conspiracy, obstruction and other crimes for trying to set himself up as a secret consultant to congressional campaigns.

Greenwich Republican Tom Foley released his first TV commercial in the race Monday, marking the first statewide ad for any of the GOP candidates.

A teacher at Jonathan Law High School has been charged with assault for allegedly restraining a student by the neck during a class, according to police.

Police are looking for the owner of a small white dog found on the side of the Berlin Turnpike near Cedar Hill Cemetery Monday morning.

A man called state police about 4:25 p.m. and said he'd shot someone at a Brockway Road home and was planning to shoot more people in the home.

The defending champion of the annual Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest held on to his "mustard belt" Friday in Coney Island.

VERNON A town resident was charged with fourth-degree sexual assault Thursday after he allegedly inappropriately touched a 13-year-old girl.

Firefighters from several Litchfield and Fairfield county towns Thursday night battled a ferocious fire that destroyed a 10,700 square foot home at 725 Breakneck Hill Road.

The Willington Scholarship Foundation, Dollars for Scholars Inc. held its annual awards reception on June 19 at The Willington Public Library.

Bliss Market, a grocery and fine food store in business since the 1930s, has closed and is unlikely to reopen, Planning and Economic Development Director Peter Gillespie said Wednesday.

McCann, 49, of New York, was treated at Yale-New Haven Hospital for "significant" facial injuries, Officer David Hartman said.

Tropical Storm Arthur was expected to reach hurricane strength by Thursday, dousing some July 4 holiday plans on the East Coast as officials closed beaches and tourist sites and delayed fireworks shows in anticipation of heavy rain and fierce winds.