Windsor News

Unionized nursing home workers say they've settled new contracts with 10 facilities, more than three months after their labor agreements expired.

By JIM KINNEY jkinney@repub.com WINDSOR, Conn. - With fewer people flying and more people booking flights online, American Airlines will close its 500-worker call center here, according to spokesman Guillermo Sanez.

Christine McCrea of East Windsor, Conn., rode Romantovich Take One to victory in the $30,000 Intercat Jumper Classic at the 40th Annual Lake Placid Horse Show.

WINDSOR, Conn. - American Airlines has announced plans to shut down a reservation center in Connecticut by this fall.

Summer Spectacular Garden Tour At The Museum Submitted by Windsor Historical Society on 2009-06-27.   Have fun at the Summer Spectacular Garden Tour in Windsor on July 18.

People Submitted by Ruth Johnson on 2009-06-28.   Clayton Floyd Shufelt will turn 100 on July 7. This special birthday will be celebrated on three occasions: July 3 at his place of residence, Delamere Woods, during their annual Fourth of July picnic; July 11 at an open house for well over 100 friends and family; and July 12 at a reception ...

A Connecticut woman and her son are facing sentencing for attempted insurance fraud and evidence tampering that occurred after a fiery wreck at the bottom of Avon Mountain that killed four people in 2005.

Twenty-year-old Brianne Goutal of New York City has become the youngest rider ever to win the $75,000 RV Sales of Broward Grandprix of Lake Placid Horse Show.

A trucking company owner who rigged one of his vehicles with bad brakes and tried to reinstate insurance after it caused a fiery crash that killed four people was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison.

Submitted by Judy Locker on 2009-06-25.   Artists Christo and Jean Claude have wrapped objects around the world, but they've never wrapped a library.

School Stuff Submitted by Marcia E. Gimbrone on 2009-06-23.   After 35 years as a chapter affiliate of the Dollars for Scholars program of Scholarship America, Citizens Scholarship Foundation of South Windsor has officially changed its name to South Windsor Dollars for Scholars .

At The Museum Submitted by Windsor Art Center on 2009-06-23.   HartBeat Ensemble will bring a preview of their Plays in the Park program to Windsor Art Center, corner of Central and Mechanic Streets, Windsor, on Thursday, July 2, at 6:30 p.m. Hartbeat Ensemble is Hartford's only professional theater company.

Submitted by Laura Soll on 2009-06-23.   Front row: Elizabeth Lauri; Mary Nelson; and Dillon Vibes.

Attention, brides-to-be: Save money by saying "I do" to a bargain-priced gown. Stylez for the Aisle bridal shop in East Windsor holds a sample sale today, Friday and Saturday.

School Stuff Submitted by Marcia E. Gimbrone on 2009-06-23.   The South Windsor Dollars for Scholars presented the following scholarships to South Windsor High School graduating seniors on May 20: The All-Temp Heating and Cooling LLC Scholarship, Nicholas Cooney.

Regional Submitted by Laura Soll on 2009-06-22.   Hussam Saada of Rockville Bank.

People Submitted by Dana Rogers on 2009-06-23.   Emily Pearson from South Windsor has earned her Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest achievement in Girl Scouting.

Connecticut's consumer protection commissioner has approved an agreement that means refunds to some homeowners for shoddy work done on their houses.

On Saturday 06/20/09 at approximately 9:30 a.m. South Windsor Police responded to a private residence located at Birch Road in South Windsor.

The $514,406 grant, which requires no matching funds from the town, would pay for salaries and benefits for two officers for a three-year period.