Superintendent Susan Viccaro didn't flinch when she looked at how many students were absent in the Region 13 school district recently - 31 percent were out at the middle school, 25 percent at the high school.
School Stuff Submitted by Julia Kleederman, Independent Day School, on 2009-11-11.   Last week, the IDS third grade concluded their unit on the early contact period and European settlement in New England.
MEDICARE recipients, it's your turn. An informational bus helped Medicare recipients go over their health insurance options Wednesday in Middlefield, Conn.
Should the swine flu curb your Halloween festivities? Between Halloween parties, trick-or-treating and sharing candy, the season seems fraught with germ-spreading opportunities.
Hundreds of parents pre-registered their children to make sure they got the swine flu vaccine at Thursday's clinic held at the Middletown Municipal Building.
For the second time in two years, a fire has destroyed a Middlefield barn. Firefighters were called to the barn on Jackson Hill Road around 7:00 p.m. Monday.
The city will host its first H1N1 flu clinic for children on Thursday, Oct. 15, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the council chamber of the city's municipal building.
The Midstate Regional Planning Agency will hold a household hazardous waste collection day for the residents of Cromwell, Middletown , East Hampton, Middlefield and Durham.