Archive for October, 2009
by: Submitted Press Release
October 31, 2009

The annual “Trick or Treat on Main Street” in Willimantic will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. Main Street area merchants and businesses distribute candy to children for a safe and fun Halloween. Main Street will be closed at this time. Free. Sponsored by the Town of Windham and Windham Chamber of Commerce.
by: Submitted Press Release
October 30, 2009

The paranormal highlights a spooky program from 6 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Elks Lodge, Pleasant Street, Willimantic. Participants can join paranormal enthusiasts to examine findings of paranormal investigations conducted at the Textile Museum, The Railroad Museum, the Haunted Church and the Elks Club. To benefit the Windham Textile and History Museum, the New England Railroad [...]
by: Caitlin E. Dineen | Staff Writer
October 30, 2009

STORRS — University of Con-necticut police made a fourth arrest in their continuing investigation of the stabbing death of football star Jasper Howard.
UConn student Christopher J. Mutchler, 18, of 392 Highland St., Wethersfield, was arrested Thursday for “empty threats” he wrote on various web sites.
According to police, Mutchler made several “posts” to a Face-book group [...]
by: HTNP.com Staff
October 29, 2009

This Friday, the public is invited to join paranormal enthusiasts to investigate Halloween haunts across town.
Paranormal Researchers Of Odd Findings, or PROOF, will conduct a presentation and investigation spanning the Elk’s Lodge, The Windham Textile & History Museum, the Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum and the Haunted Church.
The evening - which is being sponsored by the [...]
by: Caitlin E. Dineen | Staff Writer
October 29, 2009

Troylyn Grimes, mother of John W. Lomax III and Alfonzo Stokes, a family friend acting as a spokesman, leave Rockville Court Wednesday morning after the arraingment.photo by Roxanne Pandolfi
All the benches in Rockville Superior Court’s Courtroom D were full Wednesday as the two men University of Connecticut police have connected to the death of football [...]
by: David Hinchey | Staff Writer
October 28, 2009

The board of finance has authorized the payment of up to $25,000 for planning and design funds to study senior center options.
Town Finance Director Thomas Pesce said this morning the funding would come from a capital improvement account and would go toward planning, design and developing cost estimates.
It is to “see what they need,” Pesce [...]
by: David Hinchey | Staff Writer
October 28, 2009

A noise ordinance that required state Department of Environmental Protection approval has been sent back to the town, with the state saying it needs revisions.
Changes recommended for the noise ordinance include removing some portions of the ordinance, while the DEP requires changing the language in others.
The town received correspondence Oct. 20 from Tracy Babbidge, director [...]
by: HTNP.com Staff
October 27, 2009

Insulin-dependent diabetes (commonly known as Type 1 or juvenile diabetes) is traditionally diagnosed in children and young adults and occurs when the pancreas does not release insulin. Insulin plays an integral role in regulating and storing blood glucose (blood sugar), the primary source of fuel used in the body. Without proper insulin, cells cannot receive [...]
by: Caitlin E. Dineen | Staff Writer
October 27, 2009

The attorney representing a suspect in the Jasper Howard murder probe said late this morning his client will be charged with killing the University of Connecticut football star.
Hartford attorney Deron Freeman, who was out of town and unable to be at the press conference, identified the murder suspect as John William Lomax from Bloomfield.
Freeman said [...]
by: David Hinchey | Staff Writer
October 26, 2009

City police are still investigating a Saturday night car-versus-pedestrian accident that left a local man in critical condition.
Willimantic Police Lt. Mary Beth Curtis said the accident occurred just after 8:06 p.m. on Main Street (Route 14) near Mayo Street.
“Right now, it’s under investigation,” Curtis said, adding police were attempting to notify the male victim’s relatives [...]