Glastonbury

If the bitter cold wasn’t bad enough, whipping winds caused power outages, making for a miserable morning for some this Saturday.  “We woke up kind of cold. Eventually we woke and went to my wife’s office,” said Steve Harrington of Glastonbury.  According to Eversource, strong winds left more than 300 people in Glastonbury without power. It happened around midnight,...

If the bitter cold wasn’t bad enough, whipping winds caused power outages, making for a miserable morning for some this Saturday. 

Crews spent hours cleaning up a large diesel fuel spill on route 2 in Glastonbury Thursday afternoon. The state Department of Transportation said the right lane of Route 2 East was closed between exits 9 and 10, but has since reopened. Environmental Services, Inc., which is a privately held environmental services company, said their hazmat team responded to the scene….

An illness should not rob a kid of their childhood. CoachArt, a nonprofit serving kids in Connecticut, is now working to make sure it doesn’t. CoachArt matches children who have chronic illnesses with volunteers who can teach them arts or athletic skills. It has changed the life of one girl in Glastonbury. “This is my diabetes kit so when...

The nonprofit pairs up volunteer coaches with children battling serious illnesses so that those kids can learn arts and sports skills.

Trader Joe’s is coming to Glastonbury and it will open on Feb. 2. The store will be at 400 Hebron Ave. and it will open at 8 a.m. that Thursday morning. This will be the ninth Trader Joe’s in Connecticut. Danbury, 113 Mill Plain Road Darien, 436 Boston Post Road Fairfield, 2258 Black Rock Turnpike Manchester, 1510 Pleasant Valley Road…

Three Kings Day is Friday and for many families across Connecticut, especially in Latino households, it is a day of gifts, tradition and celebration. The holiday commemorates the day that the Maji brought gifts to baby Jesus. The festivities got underway early in Glastonbury, where the Department of Children and Families (DCF) held a party Thursday night at their pop-up…

The festivities got underway early in Glastonbury, where DCF held a party Thursday night at their pop-up Olive Branch Toy Shop.

As many people think about physical fitness in the new year, what about working out for a cause? That’s the objective of Glastonbury resident Eddie Esteves, who’s on a mission to do 1,000 pull-ups, raising money to build playgrounds in the country of his birth: Cape Verde.

As many people think about physical fitness in the new year, what about working out for a cause?  That’s the objective of Glastonbury resident Eddie Esteves, who’s on a mission to do 1,000 pull-ups, raising money to build playgrounds in the country of his birth: Cape Verde. “I figured I would take a task that was very difficult, which...

The shop, called the Olive Branch Toy and Gift Shop, is run by the Department of Children and Families. More than 1,000 toys were donated by community members.

One person has serious injuries after a crash on Route 2 east in Glastonbury on Sunday. State police said an East Hartford man was traveling near exit 12 when he lost control of his vehicle. The vehicle entered the grassy median, went up an embankment, collided with trees and then landed upright among the trees in the median, troopers added….

Some little kids are carrying out big acts of kindness. Preschoolers at The Learning Experience in Glastonbury are learning how to give back through one-of-a-kind curriculum created to teach them about philanthropy. “I wrote I love you,” 4-year-old Liam Cocuzza said, showing a card he made. Just as important as the ABCs or the 1-2-3s, little students are learning...

Children at The Learning Experience organize events to get donations for nonprofits and learn about being polite and sharing.

A man who was reported missing from East Hartford last week was found dead in Glastonbury over the weekend. East Hartford police issued a Silver Alert for 79-year-old Howard Wilmes, who had been reported missing by his family on Friday. Glastonbury police said they began searching the 157-acre Longo Open Space for Wilmes on Saturday around 10:15 p.m. According to…

Police have arrested a Hartford man accused of breaking into multiple cars in the parking lot at The Edge Fitness Clubs in Glastonbury. After a months-long investigation, officers said they arrested Tajay Hunter for breaking into vehicles between February and July 2022. Authorities served Hunter two arrest warrants on Nov. 4 after being initially taken into custody in August. Manchester…

A high school senior from Glastonbury picked up a new skill during the pandemic: chess. Samantha Tischler taught herself how to play. Now, she is teaching others through a free program at the YMCA of Greater Hartford, which aims to get more girls involved in the game. “Can you girls both tell me one thing that you love about yourself?”…

Glastonbury High School senior Samantha Tischer taught herself how to play chess and now, she’s teaching others.

Jeff Harrigan, of Glastonbury, will be part of the USA wingsuit team in the Skydiving World Cup in Europe.

For the seventh straight year, Oliver Koenig-Paquin is collecting pajamas for children in need. In preschool, the 10-year-old from Glastonbury learned not every child has warm pajamas to wear to bed, and he felt that wasn’t right. So Oliver’s Pajama Project was born, and the number of kids he helps grows. “It makes me feel really good that all...