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ANSONIA -- Farrel Pomini, a worldwide giant in the plastics and rubber manufacturing industry, is celebrating its 175th year of doing business. The company has been around so long that it supplied bayonets and cannon barrels to the Union during the Civil War. Today, the company specializes in
SOUTHBURY -- A hearing is scheduled for Oct. 19 on a proposed ordinance that would establish the powers and responsibilities of an independent police department, a document that would become active only if voters approve going independent in a Nov. 7 referendum.The 7 p.m. hearing will take place at
WATERBURY -Tools Plus will close its doors for good by the end of this year, ending a 44-year run as the area's go-to retailer for the industry's top tool brands.The company served do-it-your-selfers and professional contractors alike, operating since 1988 from its 9,000 square-foot brick and mortar
NEW BRITAIN - A record number of Connecticut teenagers will now be eligible to earn their associates degree while still in high school, and at a fraction of the cost, as part of the state's ever-expanding dual-enrollment program designed to give young people a head start on their secondary education
WOODBURY -- An empty chair of honor symbolizing U.S. soldiers missing in action served as the backdrop for Friday's ceremony marking POW/MIA Recognition Day.The lone chair sits fixed in concrete near the entrance of the football field at Nonnewaug High School. Junior Andrew Grivner installed the mon