EAST HARTFORD

Foodshare will continue to distribute food to the Greater Hartford community through a drive-thru at Rentschler Field in East Hartford through the month of July. Foodshare said it has served more than 75,000 households and distributed more than two million pounds of food at this emergency distribution site alone. Food distribution is done on weekdays, from 8:30 a.m. to noon….

Throughout the state, many organizations are working together to help families struggling to put food on the table. These two organizations are the latest to join forces and help veterans and their families.

As Foodshare’s supplemental operation at Rentschler Field nears the end of it’s fourth week, the need for food in Connecticut continues. Foodshare’s logisitcs manager, Dom Piccini, said volunteers have been serving about 12 people per minute. “This is my little army. We couldn’t do it without them,” he said, referring to the Foodshare “soldiers,” made up of staff members...

As Foodshare’s supplemental operation at Rentschler Field nears the end of it’s fourth week, the need for food in Connecticut continues.

First responders from East Hartford will participate in a parade for staff at the Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center. The parade is taking place at 1 p.m. Mayor Marcia Leclerc, the East Hartford Police Department, the East Hartford Fire Department, the East Hartford Public Works Department and Ambulance Service of Manchester are all expected to participate.

Standing in line outside East Hartford’s Mayberry Elementary School Friday, Omyra Wilson whispered instructions in her young daughter, Naomi’s ear. With a confident smile, Naomi walked away, toward a table lined with dozens of brown paper bags. Before grabbing one, Naomi did as her mother instructed, handed a card and gift to those who packed it. May 1 is...

Foodshare, a regional foodbank, is extending its free drive-through food distribution operation at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, which was launched  to help families in Hartford and Tolland counties during the COVID-19 pandemic. The program was scheduled to run April 20-24 and Foodshare said it will continue the drive-thru for the next two weeks because of the overwhelming response...

Foodshare, a regional foodbank, is extending its free drive-through food distribution operation at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, which was launched to help families in Hartford and Tolland counties during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cars lined up hours early for the second day of Foodshare’s drive-thru food distribution for the Greater Hartford community amid the coronavirus pandemic. A line of cars began waiting for food at Rentschler Field in East Hartford around 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday. Sal Cianzi of Wethersfield made sure to get to Rentschler Field by 6 a.m. Tuesday morning after...

Cars are already lining up for the second day of Foodshare’s drive-thru food distribution for the Greater Hartford community amid the coronavirus pandemic.

People waited in line up to three hours today for food items at Rentschler Field.

Foodshare has launched a drive-thru food distribution for the Greater Hartford community amid the coronavirus pandemic. Monday, April 20, through Friday, April 24, free food will be distributed at Rentschler Field in East Hartford to residents of Hartford and Tolland counties. A line of cars started forming a couple of hours before food was to be passed out in the…

Foodshare has launched a drive-thru food distribution for the Greater Hartford community amid the coronavirus pandemic. A line of cars started forming a couple of hours before food was to be passed out in the parking lot of Rentschler Field. The free food will be distributed in a drive-thru format each day from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Connecticut residents will be required to wear a cloth face covering in public spaces beginning April 20 if they cannot maintain a safe social distance, according to a new executive order from Governor Ned Lamont.

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue addressed the media on Wednesday and said the country has enough food for citizens but the supply chains needed to be reworked due to the coronavirus pandemic.

A police investigation is underway in East Hartford after a man was found dead near a sidewalk on Sunday morning. Officers said a citizen passerby notified them of an adult man laying near the sidewalk on Tolland Street around 7:00 a.m. The man was determined to be dead. He had no obvious trauma, authorities said. Investigators are working to determine…

Connecticut’s food banks are trying to keep their shelves stocked as demand has increased during the coronavirus crisis.

Police have identified the woman who was taken into custody on Interstate 84 in Waterbury on Friday after officers said she hit a police officer in East Hartford and fled. An officer was called to investigate a suspicious vehicle on St. Regis Street in East Hartford. Police said a woman, later identified as 33-year-old Catherine Davila, was lying down in…