Archive for November 17th, 2009
by: Staff Writer
November 17, 2009

University of Connecticut officials have almost completed the design portion of a project that will realign Mansfield Road at the intersection of Route 195.
Mansfield Road is one of the major entrances to the university and connects to the center of campus near Mirror Lake. It is located next to the university’s Music Building.
According to UConn [...]
by: Staff Writer
November 17, 2009

Have a good idea to fight homelessness and poverty in the Windham Region but need funding to carry out the idea?
The Access Agency Inc., a nonprofit community action agency, is looking to distribute 10 grants worth $10,000 each for a total of $100,000.
The funding is Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) provided through the American Reinvestment [...]
by: Staff Writer
November 17, 2009

Edward Francis Boyle is beginning his return into society and one former area resident said women everywhere should be concerned.
Boyle is being released today from the Osborne Correctional Institution in Somers, a medium-security state prison, after serving a five-year prison sentence for two counts of second-degree sexual assault.
Boyle, now 48, was convicted of having intercourse [...]
by: Staff Writer
November 17, 2009

Hebron selectmen will conduct a special meeting Tuesday to elect new officers.
As a result of the November elections, there is one new member on the board of selectmen.
Traditionally after elections, the board votes on a new chairman and a new vice-chairman and re-assigns the board members who act as liaisons to the other town boards.
The [...]
by: Staff Writer
November 17, 2009

A special district meeting has been scheduled in Regional School District 8 to decide the distribution of $218,000 in funds remaining from a settlement linked to a new school’s floors.
The special district meeting will accordingly be held on Nov. 30 at the school.
After construction of the new RHAM High School was completed in 2003, floor [...]