Willington News

The housing authority in Vernon has settled a federal discrimination lawsuit, agreeing to end a requirement that low-income seniors and disabled people sign an agreement that they can live on their own.

A farmer from Woodbury is expected to take over 140 acres of the Fisher Farm property along with additional acreage the town owns north of Old Farms Road.

Free agent outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury has agreed a deal to leave the Boston Red Sox and join the arch rival New York Yankees , the Boston Globe reported on Tuesday.

Rose Falcon, singer/songwriter, one of CMT's New Women of Country, Billy Falcon's daughter, and Rodney Atkins wife was wearing two of Jewels for Hope's handmade in Ct. Breast Cancer and Cancer charity bracelets at the CMA's.

Five Connecticut nursing homes have been fined by the state Department of Public Health in connection with incidents of inadequate staffing and injuries to patients that included cuts and a broken leg .

A federal lawsuit by the National Shooting Sports Foundation seeking to overturn the gun control law state legislators passed this year in response to the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School was dismissed Monday.

Administrators at Trumbull High School are reconsidering their decision to cancel a school production of the musical RENT after to their initial move to block the performance was met with backlash from the students.

Vehicles were wedged across the entire westbound side of the highway after the 6:45 a.m. crash, completely blocking the four-lane road, which was closed for about five hours, police said.

At least four people were killed and 63 injured on Sunday when a commuter train derailed in New York, with at least five cars from a Metro-North train sliding off the tracks, officials said.

"60 Minutes" correspondent Lara Logan and producer Max McClellan are taking a leave of absence from CBS News, following a discredited report on last year's attacks on the U.S. embassy in Benghazi, according to documents obtained by TheWrap.

The city board of education reversed itself Monday night and approved two proposed magnet schools for the 2014-15 year, nearly a week after voting to reject the plans that were negotiated as part of a settlement in the Sheff v.

Alexander arrived at 10:35 a.m. Monday at a Hartford hospital. The baby weighed in at 6 pounds, 14 ounces and sleeping like, well, a baby.

The Emergency of Hunger drive, run by emergency response agencies and Rotary Club members, gathered 38,309 food items, $24,143 in cash, checks and gift cards and 596 turkeys, event organizer Dave Skoczulek said.

On Oct. 30, Bolton High students attended the CT Financial Reality Fair at the State Capitol, sponsored by area Credit Unions.

With less than four days left in the "Turkey and 30" campaign, Foodshare is a little less than halfway toward its goal of providing 20,000 turkeys to needy families for Thanskgiving.

The head of the local taxpayers group claims former Mayor Tim O'Brien's administration hid a document supporting Republican arguments that he artificially inflated revenue projections for the current budget.

A video posted to the website of a Hartford-based cable golf network that has received more than $5 million in state funds, in which the host used profanity and made references to sex, was removed Wednesday, according to a statement from the company's president.

Connecticut Board of Regents President Gregory Gray said he will present the framework Thursday of a plan to transform the 17 universities and community colleges in the state system, but some faculty are apprehensive about it and say he has not consulted enough with them.

'Tis the Season to arrest a toy and stuff it inside a police car. The State Police Stuff-A-Cruiser toy and gift collection program has been scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 7, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the Tolland Green.

The nomination of Connecticut Veterans' Affairs Commissioner Linda S. Schwartz for a top federal job sailed through the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Tuesday on a unanimous voice vote.