Patch Live Blogs The Vice Presidential Debate
Welcome to Patch's Connecticut-wide live blog of the only vice presidential debate of the 2012 election season. Feel free to chime in by typing a comment in the Cover It Live module above. If you...
View ArticleSuffield Players Present A Comedy About Marriage and Mania
The curtain goes up Thursday at 8 p.m. in Mapleton Hall for the Suffield Players' production of the contemporary comedy, Regrets Only. The play features two veteran Suffield Players cast members:...
View ArticleWhat Time is the Vice Presidential Debate?
The first and only vice presidential debate between Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan is set for 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11. Check below for more information on that debate and the...
View ArticleCT Higher Education President Suspends Pay Raises For Staffers
The president of the state’s higher education system has suspended large pay raises he gave to some of his top staffers and has apologized for them. Robert A. Kennedy’s decision to suspend the...
View ArticleDirectory Spotlight - CubeSmart Self Storage
Many of you may not know this, but there are descriptions and photos of nearly 900 businesses and organizations on Enfield Patch. Under the "Directory" heading at the top of our home page, you will...
View ArticleObituaries: Helen H. Dobitsky
Helen H. (Shlatz) Dobitsky, of Enfield, entered into eternal life at the age of 87 on Wednesday, October 10, 2012.
View ArticleVisions For Vacancies: What Business Should Go Here?
Every other week, we present a new vacant building and ask you to tell us what you think would be the best use. Forget what zone it's in, ignore setback regulations, dump lot coverage rules and all...
View ArticlePatch's Poll: Have You Turned on Your Heat Yet?
Unless this winter duplicates last year's near-record warmth, we can all expect to use more fuel to heat our homes, which means the cost will go up from the 2011-2012 season. In Connecticut, where...
View Article50 Years Ago This Week: A Trip to the 1962 World Series at Yankee Stadium
The 1962 baseball season was memorable for several reasons. The New York Mets opened their first season with an abysmal record of 40-120, setting a record for the most games ever lost by a major...
View ArticleWho Won the Vice-Presidential Debate?
Often acting as surrogates for their running mates, Joe Biden and Paul Ryan squared off on international affairs, taxes and abortion, among other topics, in the only vice-presidential debate of the...
View ArticleMcMahon, Murphy Spar in U.S. Senate Debate
Former World Wrestling Entertainment executive Linda McMahon and U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy traded jobs plans and jabs in a spirited debate Thursday at the University of Connecticut. The debate, held at...
View ArticleWhat's on Tonight: Yukon Men, Say Yes to the Dress, Secret Princess
Yukon Men, 10 p.m., Discovery“The people of Tanana rush to stock up on salmon for the winter.” You always want to beat the rush. Say Yes To The Dress: Atlanta, 9 p.m., TLCTonight, perhaps in honor of...
View ArticleFLASHPOLL: CT Political Insiders Split on VP Debate Winner
This time, there was no slam-dunk debate winner. In a Patch FlashPoll of influential Connecticut politicos taken in the hours after the first — and only — vice-presidential debate in Danville, KY,...
View ArticleSuffield Maintains Share of NCCC Lead With 2-0 Win at Enfield
For 78 and a half minutes Thursday, the Enfield High School boys soccer team hung right with NCCC co-leader Suffield. The exception was an 84-second stretch early in the second half, when the Wildcats...
View ArticlePlaza In Scitico to Close Saturday for Paving Work
The Angelina's Plaza in the Scitico section of Enfield will be closed on Saturday, Oct. 13. Paving work in the parking lot is the reason the plaza will be closed, according to Annie Strouth, owner of...
View ArticleWho's Coming and Who's Going: Enfield Home Sales
The following real estate transactions were recorded in the Enfield Town Clerk's office through Oct. 11, 2012. 29 Windham Road - $245,000Buyers: Sean and Stephanie DugganSellers: Francis and Mary...
View ArticleWhen Pro Sports Lost its Superhero Cape
Growing up, I was the kid who loved listening to music and watching professional sports. I was obsessed with both. When an album from a favorite artist was released, I’d study the liner notes and read...
View ArticleFormer Warehouse Point Firefighter Pleads Guilty to Arson Deaths
A former Warehouse Point firefighter pleaded guilty Thursday, to starting a 1986 house fire that killed an East Windsor couple.Peter Waraksa, 50, was sentenced to eight years and eight months in...
View ArticleDirectory Spotlight - People's United Bank
Many of you may not know this, but there are descriptions and photos of nearly 900 businesses and organizations on Enfield Patch. Under the "Directory" heading at the top of our home page, you will...
View ArticleConnecticut Can Tax Scholastic Book Club Sales
Scholastic Book Clubs, the company that for decades has sold books to school children in classrooms across Connecticut, must pay the state $3.2 million in uncollected sales taxes on those sales....
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