Guilford Courier
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5/8/2008
‘Relay’ Moves to Fairgrounds   Relay for Life of the Shoreline springs to life at a new home this weekend, the Guilford Fairgrounds. Now in its seventh year, the American ...

Addition of Voting District Warrants Renovations   When it proved time a year and a half ago to create a new, fifth voting district and re-arrange three others, it also proved necessary ...

AJ Leary: Artful Dodger   After they learn to catch a ball in the distinctive cloth basket of a lacrosse stick, youngsters learn to cradle it and, if they practice, ...

All Fun, No Fizzle at Science Fair   It was all fun and no fizzle as students detonated cola “bombs” at Melissa Jones School (MJS) last Friday night, under the approving eyes of ...

Fishing Is All About the ‘Kid’—Or the Kid in Us   When it comes to fishing, there’s a little bit of kid in all adults and a little adult in all kids. The rush that overcomes ...

Indians Keep Finding Ways to Win   They win big and they win small. Guilford baseball, the defending Class L state champs, has absorbed two bumps on the road to a repeat—an ...

Many Ways to Share Music   As a musician, dancer, and educator, music has served Brian Gillie well. Now, the Guilford resident’s found yet another way he can use the art ...

Music and Mandalas   Music and mandalas make the fourth annual Cove Benefit Concert, “Hope Springs Eternal,” a memorable event to attend May 18 at First Congregational Church. The ...

Police Incident Report   The Guilford Courier publishes a Police Incident Report to inform residents of incidents, criminal activities, and police responses occurring in town. As those charged are ...

Town Says ‘No’ to Developer’s Wishes   The selectmen last week decided to “keep it clean” in a land deal with a local developer by choosing to take ownership of a piece ...

A Peek into the Future   Right now, the Guilford Free Library on Park Street is an amalgam of many sights and sounds: it is a construction site complete with more ...

Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?   When it comes to the subject of Abraham Baldwin, are you smarter than a fifth grader? Probably not. Thanks to a recent talk given by ...

Captain Morgan Forecasts a Good Fishing Season Ahead!   Slowly the tide climbed and the current picked up knots as the river rounded bends and cut through narrow channels. It was a chilly start ...

Excellence in HS Science Teaching   To better understand a botany concept, Ruth Heckman turns her students into blades of grass. “You’re all blades of grass on my front lawn,” she ...

Facing Down Bad Guys   Shooting down bad guys isn’t as easy as it looks on TV. Just ask current members of Guilford Police Citizens Academy, who underwent Fire Arms ...

Fast Fires Burn Westwoods   Fire companies from as far away as Essex were called in to assist with a 10-hour effort to quell a fast-spreading fire that consumed as ...

Hand Girls’ Track Edges Guilford   The Hand girls’ track team topped Guilford 82-63 on April 22 to improve to 5-3 while Guilford fell to 4-5. The teams seemed evenly matched ...

No Cars & Sunrooms on the Green   Before it could metamorphose into a controversy similar to the lights on the Green, the Board of Selectmen squashed the request for structural-type advertising by ...

No Special Favors for Developer   The Board of Selectmen last week stuck to its guns when it came time to grant a developer some perks in a formalized land use ...

Old Lyme Passes by Guilford Laxmen 13-10   Guilford boys’ lacrosse made its first Youth Day foray on April 25, inviting the town’s youth lacrosse players to its game against Old Lyme, a ...

Police Incident Report   The Guilford Courier publishes a Police Incident Report to inform residents of incidents, criminal activities, and police responses occurring in town. As those charged are ...

Sandy Palumbo: She’s a Keeper   As her team prepares the shoot-around before a recent game, Sandy Palumbo is all business. “Give me good shots, guys!” she yells. Then, as Coach ...

Turning Ideas into Action   On Sunday, April 27, nearly 150 enthusiastic residents showed up at Guilford High School for TEAMGuilford’s Community Forum. By the end of the day, seven ...

What’s the Story with…   EDC, short for the town’s Economic Development Commission, is hitting the pavement with fury these days as it launches a new website. Accessed through the ...

Harbor News
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5/8/2008
Clinton Votes May 14   Voters in Clinton will head to the polls in a few days to vote “yes” or “no” in favor of two different budgets: one for ...

Expert Audits Town Fiscal Procedures   The paperwork trail of performance bonds in the Treasurer’s Office is about to be unraveled. The initiative received financial support recently when the Boards of ...

Fishing Is All About the ‘Kid’—Or the Kid in Us   When it comes to fishing, there’s a little bit of kid in all adults and a little adult in all kids. The rush that overcomes ...

Morgan’s Gordon Scores All-Around Success   It’s hard to beat a sports career like the one Cat Gordon has had in her years at The Morgan School. Recognized in soccer, basketball, ...

Old Saybrook Boy’s Baseball Defeats North Branford 9-2   By Vin Amendola Special to the Harbor News The Old Saybrook boys’ baseball team made its way into the North Branford territory ready to play on April ...

OS Girls’ Lax Falls to Valley Despite Late-Game Offensive Attack   When the Valley Regional and Old Saybrook girls’ lacrosse teams faced off on May 1, both had something to work for: the Warriors wanted to ...

Planning for the Future   Faced with the need to fix a driveway undercut by a tough winter or to replace a roof that fails, many people struggle to find ...

Police Incident Report   April 23 to 29 The Harbor News publishes a Police Incident Report to inform residents of incidents, criminal activities, and police responses occurring in Clinton, Westbrook, ...

Police Incident Report   April 23 to 29 The Harbor News publishes a Police Incident Report to inform residents of incidents, criminal activities, and police responses occurring in Clinton, Westbrook, ...

Police Incident Report   April 23 to 29 The Harbor News publishes a Police Incident Report to inform residents of incidents, criminal activities, and police responses occurring in Clinton, Westbrook, ...

Utilities Come to Stanton House Rescue   After hearing about the financial woes besetting the town’s antique museum, two local utility companies have stepped up to the plate to volunteer their services ...

Words of Wisdom from Steven Murphy   Like many small businessmen, Steven Murphy and partner Ed Pianka toiled 10 to 14 hours a day, six days a week, for the first 10 ...

Wrong Way Driver, Combative Passenger Arrested   A man driving the wrong way on I-95 failed to shake police and was quickly apprehended before he could do any serious damage to innocent ...

A Life Filled with Music   Tonight, May 1, Carolyn Engle of Clinton will attend the finale concert of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra at Woolsey Hall. She will hear Mozart’s ...

Captain Morgan Forecasts a Good Fishing Season Ahead!   Slowly the tide climbed and the current picked up knots as the river rounded bends and cut through narrow channels. It was a chilly start ...

Health District Fee Up 25 Cents per Capita   The three towns served by the Connecticut River Area Health District (CRAHD) face a nominal increase of less than three percent to receive health district ...

New Board Hears Charter Report, Disbands Committee   In March 2007, the ad hoc charter study committee reported to the then-Board of Selectmen the results of its year-long study of the benefits and ...

Pendleton Takes Double Duty in Stride   With senior year winding down, Old Saybrook High School senior Brian Pendleton can look back on his sports career—and academic career—with pride. The soccer goalie ...

Police Incident Report   April 16 to 22 The Harbor News publishes a Police Incident Report to inform residents of incidents, criminal activities, and police responses occurring in Clinton, Westbrook, ...

Police Incident Report   April 16 to 22 The Harbor News publishes a Police Incident Report to inform residents of incidents, criminal activities, and police responses occurring in Clinton, Westbrook, ...

Police Incident Report   April 16 to 22 The Harbor News publishes a Police Incident Report to inform residents of incidents, criminal activities, and police responses occurring in Clinton, Westbrook, ...

Rusting Railcars Removed   With a clang and metal clacking of rail wheels, eight old railcars and locomotives left the Bokum Road rail siding where they had been parked ...

State Comes Through on Install Funds   Last winter when the town learned it was the recipient of a “free” emergency power generator, everyone was thrilled–until they realized that the cost to ...

Volunteers, Anyone?   Anyone interested in volunteering for the town? The Board of Selectmen (BOS) is forming two new commissions and, as of last week, there are five ...

WB Softball Falls to Valley   If you had both Valley Regional and Westbrook’s team stat sheet and compared them, you’d hardly see much difference. Both have had their ups and ...

North Haven Courier
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5/8/2008
Boys’ Tennis Drops 4-3 Decision to East Haven   The April 30 match between the East Haven and North Haven boys’ tennis teams was such a closely contested battle that it was shame that ...

Cullen Plays Through Injury to Aid Mount Ida Men’s Lacrosse   Will Cullen joined the men’s lacrosse program at Mount Ida College as a freshman and the Indians’ alum immediately experienced success as he worked his ...

Fishing Is All About the ‘Kid’—Or the Kid in Us   When it comes to fishing, there’s a little bit of kid in all adults and a little adult in all kids. The rush that overcomes ...

MADD’s New Message   By Sean Fogarty Courier Staff Writer MADD Connecticut announced last week that it has teamed up with Mobile Messaging and Stratton Faxon to take a more progressive ...

Patti White: The Child Whisperer   For Patti White, teaching science isn't about forcing education, it's about gentling children and young adults into an understanding of a world filled with the ...

Planning Ahead   By Sean Fogarty Courier Staff Writer The renovation plans for the Joyce C. Budrow Senior were revealed to the eager eyes of seniors at a public hearing ...

Police Incident Report   The North Haven Courier publishes a Police Incident Report to inform residents of incidents, criminal activities, and police responses occurring in town. As those charged ...

Town Reaches out to Displaced Quebecor Employees   The national economic crisis hit home for residents last week as Quebecor/Northeast Graphics announced it will close its North Haven facility on June 30. Quebecor ...

Alec Lynch: Natural Born Actor   Spencer Tracy said of professional acting, Know your lines and don't bump into the furniture. Alec Lynch, who will turn 10 in June, has mastered ...

Captain Morgan Forecasts a Good Fishing Season Ahead!   Slowly the tide climbed and the current picked up knots as the river rounded bends and cut through narrow channels. It was a chilly start ...

Indians’ Baseball Rallies for 6-5 Win Versus Notre Dame   It’s been a different kind of spring for the North Haven baseball team as the Indians entered this season as an inexperienced group which was ...

IWC Postpones Hearing Appeal on Activity at Tire Pond   Hopes of smoothing the latest wrinkle in the “Tire Pond” saga were stymied last Wednesday when the Inland Wetlands Commission (IWC) postponed meeting with representatives ...

Police Incident Report   The North Haven Courier publishes a Police Incident Report to inform residents of incidents, criminal activities, and police responses occurring in town. As those charged ...

Senior Center Needs Public Support   By Sean Fogarty Courier Staff Writer Judy Cormier, manager of the North Haven Senior Center, has a birthday this week, but she doesn’t want a gift from ...

Summer Haze, Summer Days   By Sean Fogarty Courier Staff Writer Children, parents, and grandparents will all find fun things to do as the weather warms up in the North Haven Recreation ...

Warner Returns to Track, Breaks Indians’ 3,200 Record   Christine Warner was a hurdler for the North Haven girls’ outdoor track team as a freshman, but then spent her sophomore and junior springs playing ...