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- U.S. Postal Service processing 1 billion fewer pieces of mail this year
- State throws plunger into plans for a new Mansfield business
- Police ask public's help to catch suspects in 'home invasion'
- Gov. Rell offers reward for leads in Mansfield murder
- CTV14 Community Access TV
- New'consolidated' elementary school hinges on answers to tough questions
- Developers announce new strategies to make Storrs Center marketable
- Friendly Fire Game Center gets a break from the State Building Inspector
- U.S. Postal Service processing 1 billion fewer pieces of mail this year
- $3.95 million track and field project for E.O. Smith High School finds support at public hearing
- Homeschooling: Glad to be home!
- State throws plunger into plans for a new Mansfield business
- 'Ramblin' Richard Miller remembered
- New'consolidated' elementary school hinges on answers to tough questions
- Merrow Maze is his work of art
Michael Collins
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Monday, January 05, 2009
This is wonderful but no set aside assistance for the people who fought our wars. If the state can be so benevolent for unjust ...
Dot Drobney
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Hi Brenda,
What a great idea to have an online local paper! I just discovered this through a 'Freecycle' posting about your article, and am ...
Dorothy Drobney
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Wonderful article, Brenda! It really captures the spirit of Freecycle. We've given items more than we've received...mostly due to lots of self-control and ...
Arlene
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Kindness, generosity and imagination are all traits that I find in members of Freecycle. Two years ago, I had an elderly lab who was not ...
Heather
on
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
I met Rich after I moved here from Cheshire, CT. I was going to E.O. Smith at the time. From the moment he said hello, ...
Local News
University of Connecticut seeks alumni names for military Roll of Honor
A Memorial Committee is looking for names from all wars in which the U.S. has engaged since the founding of the university as the Storrs Agricultural School in 1881.. there is little documentation for the Vietnam era.
Town of Mansfield's 'Special Needs Fund' benefits from donation
The Special Needs Fund to help Mansfield residents get through tough times depends entirely on donations....
Downtown Partnership seeks members, plans Winter Fun Day
The third annual Winter Fun Day will include ice skating, horse-drawn wagon rides, music and more....[update] East Brook Mall closes because of water main break
The East Brook Mall was temporarily closed to shoppers on Friday [Jan. 2] at about 6 p.m. because of a water main break, according ...
Dr. Peters made his mark in the history of civil rights in America
Another important book, The Saga of Black Navy Veterans of World War II: An American Triumph, chronicles events that give Dr. Peters a place in the history of civil rights in America. ...
Examining the economic crisis and its impact on college admissions
The public is invited to join a discussion about getting into college - and finding a way to pay the tab....
Mansfield volunteers step up to help No Freeze shelter
Help is needed with signing people in, filling out a form that helps track the demographics of the people staying at the shelter, and maybe serving coffee or otherwise assisting the main staff....
Have you met our columnists?
Enjoy learning something new about home-schooling, or about the issues surrounding the not-so-small matter of getting rid of all the stuff we throw away....
More than 40 families "adopted" by town workers and residents
Town employees helped in a number of ways: contributing proceeds from a Holiday Bazaar, assisting with food collections, gift wrapping, other monetary donations, and delivering donated Christmas trees....
[updated] Mother arrested in connection with son's drug overdose death
The death was considered "suspicious" because the post mortem examination conducted by the Office of the Chief State’s Medical Examiner revealed evidence of alcohol and drugs....
"Quiet Corner" getting zapped for price of road salt
While most of the state is paying more for road salt this year - about $20 a ton more - the cost for northeastern towns is up by $40 a ton. ...
$3.95 million track and field project for E.O. Smith High School finds support at public hearing
The project is about $4.35 million less than the $8.3 million version that the Region 19 Board of Education originally proposed in July....
Verizon wants to bridge gaps in coverage for Coventry and Mansfield with a new 140-foot tower
Verizon has chosen two possible locations in Mansfield and plans to submit an application to the Connecticut Siting Council by February 2009....
More than 6,000 attended UConn's mid-year Commencement Exercises
Keynote speaker tells graduates to be accountable....
Mansfield responds to Gov. Rell's call for "shovel-ready" projects
CCM surveyed the state's towns and cities about what kinds of projects they forwarded to the governor and received 94 responses representing $2.4 billion for 1,300 projects....
New 'Winter Market' launched by the Storrs Farmers Market
The Winter Market will be held on the second Saturday of each month from December through April. ...
Report: State funding fails to compensate town for impact of UConn
Between 2003 and 2009, the Pequot/ Mohegan grants dropped from $3 million a year to $300,000 a year....
Town Council approves $437,500 for open space preservation
Part of the cost will be offset by a $112,500 state grant....
[update] CL&P project application delayed
CL&P postpones application to Connecticut Siting Council for a controversial expansion project....
Town Council officially opposes CL&P expansion plan
Council suggests Connecticut Siting Council promote responsible development and not encourage energy gluttons at the expense of other parts of the state....Meet the press
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