The town and the Colchester Land Trust are nearing the closing on a 32-acre parcel adjacent to the 117-acre Ruby and Elizabeth Cohen Woodlands Estate.

The Sullivan County Sheriffa TMs office has notified the U.S. Marshals Service and the Connecticut State police about 45-year-old Robert Hale III, discovered missing from the Sullivan County Jail in Unity early Thursday.

The Putnam contractor that received a $1 million state transportation contract, despite being barred from some public construction work in Massachusetts , has been fined $3,000 by the Connecticut Department of Labor for a wage-law violation.

Bavarian Dinner And Concert Clubs & Organizations Submitted by Ron Dabkowski on 2009-11-16.   St Andrew Church Choir, 128 Norwich Ave., Colchester, will presents it annual Christmas-time Gala on Dec.

State lawmakers today blasted the Department of Transportation for awarding a $1 million bridge contract to Barr Inc., a Putnam firm disqualified from doing public building construction in Massachusetts and under investigation by the Connecticut Department of Labor.

The Quaker Hill residents were out in force Tuesday night, anxious to solve a serious problem: speeders, drunken speeders, lost speeders and the worst of all - lost, drunken speeders.

Carol Conklin and Janet Peck of Colchester have been together for 32 years. They knew each other in high school and reconnected after college.

The Charter Oak Music Festival Concert will be held at East Hampton High School on Thursday, Nov.

School Stuff Submitted by Nicole Rasmussen on 2009-11-05.   The Bacon Academy Guidance Department is excited to present the Fourth annual "College Knowledge Night" on Monday, November 16, 2009 from 7-9 p.m. at Bacon Academy.

This letter is to ponder why the state of Connecticut had been procrastinating, or perhaps even giving us a nontruth, about finishing Route 11 from Colchester to Route 85 near Interstate 395 in Waterford.

Beaver Brook Farm Cows, goats and sheep. Oh my! In my opinion, cheese in America has come a long way from the over-processed, plastic- wrapped, orange stuff.

At The Library Submitted by Sylvina Rollins on 2009-10-29.   During the month of November, local Artist Sylvina Rollins will exhibit her paintings in the Cragin Memorial Libraries Norton Room.

How big is your heart? Is it big enough for Grace, an American bulldog who was so relentlessly overbred by the now-deceased pet shop owner who had her in Colchester that she is now, at the age of 6, unable to gain enough weight to hide her ribs? Grace, who was kept in a cage so much that when her paws encounter grass, she isn't quite sure what to ...

State environmental police are investigating the shooting death of a dog in Colchester.

Parks & Recreation Submitted by Josselyn Salafia on 2009-10-20.   Join the Parks & Recreation Departments of Colchester, East Hampton, Marlborough and Hebron along with the CT DEP for the Seventh Annual Ghost Run.