Connecticut's Budget Deficit is Growing
Connecticut's budget deficit is increasing, taking a perilous plunge on Friday that is pushing it toward the $300 million mark, the Connecticut Mirror reports. While the website questions whether the...
View ArticleObituaries: Little, Paquette
Louise D. (Dentamaro) Paquette, of Enfield, Thursday, November 8, 2012. Dorothy E. (Brooke) Little, of Enfield entered into eternal rest on Friday, Nov. 9, 2012.
View ArticleEnfield Police Blotter: Nov. 9-11
The following public information from the Enfield Police Department is accurate as of November 12, 2012. Items on this list reflect charges filed, not convictions. It is not the policy of Enfield Patch...
View ArticleWhat's on Tonight: Raising Hope, Million Dollar Decorators, Total Blackout
Raising Hope, 8 p.m., FoxWhy I love this show: “When Jimmy learns his parents briefly gave him up for adoption, he asks Sabrina to help him befriend the man who would have been his brother; Burt and...
View ArticleRunners Themselves Solved the New York City Marathon Dilemma
Even before the wrath of Hurricane Sandy devastated parts of New York with wind and water, I knew there was going to be trouble. I heard through the grapevine from a friend of a friend in New York that...
View ArticleCandlelight Vigil to Mark 10th Anniversary of Fatal Hit-and-Run in Enfield
Family and friends of Jonathen Stewart will be holding a candlelight vigil Saturday night at the spot the Enfield teenager was discovered after being struck by a hit-and-run driver exactly 10 years...
View ArticlePatch's Poll: How Do You Use Twitter?
According to Will Farrell, people use Twitter "because updating 100 times a day on Facebook is not socially acceptable." But people use Twitter for a lot of reasons that go beyond the social. It's now...
View ArticleEnfield Police Post Most Recent Wanted List
The Enfield Police Department is looking for the public's help in locating more than a dozen suspects wanted in connection with various crimes. A tab on the department's web site entitled "Enfield's...
View ArticleDirectory Spotlight - David Potter's Dance Studio
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 ArticleLinda McMahon Says She Was 'Stunned' by Her Loss
Linda McMahon was sitting alone, going over her acceptance speech, when she learned she'd lost, for the second time in as many years, her expensive and hard-fought battle to join the U.S. Senate. In an...
View ArticleObituaries: Grob, Little
Walter F. Grob, 83, of Enfield, in the arms of our Lord on Friday, November 9, 2012. Dorothy E. (Brooke) Little, of Enfield entered into eternal rest on Friday, November 9, 2012.
View ArticleWhat's on Tonight: Whitney, Nashville
Whitney, 8 p.m., NBCNo. It cannot be. How can this be back? Like some sort of sitcom version of The Walking Dead – it won’t stop until it fully eats our brains with its stupidity and not-funniness....
View ArticleUnderstanding Executive Function Disorder
Are you chronically late, take forever to process new information, take disorganization to a whole new level, and can never find what you need at that moment, but inevitably find while searching...
View ArticleWinter Farmers' Market Opens Friday
The winter version of the Ellington Farmers' Market will begin its first winter season on Friday. The market will run from 4 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. in the lobby of the Indian Valley YMCA. You don't need...
View ArticlePatch's Poll: How Much Do You Help Your Kids with Their Homework?
As competition continues to increase for spots in top colleges and schools work to teach a more challenging curriculum, the pressure may be growing for parents to step in and help a student with...
View ArticleThe Winner of Patch's Best Halloween Costume in America Contest is...
Ashley Playford dressed up as a pirate carrying a mermaid this Halloween. Well, actually, she dressed up as the mermaid. Her creativity has earned her the title of Patch's Best Halloween Costume in...
View ArticleDirectory Spotlight - Tyler & Tyler
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 Defense Industry Watching For Potential Federal Cuts
With some $12.7 billion at stake, and an employee workforce of tens of thousands in Connecticut, defense contractors are warily awaiting Congress' action on the looming fiscal crisis. Industry leaders...
View ArticleObituaries: Akey, Powers
William E. "Bill" Akey, Jr., 78, of Enfield, entered into eternal rest on Monday, November 12, 2012. James F. Powers of Enfield entered into eternal life at the age of 87 on Friday, Nov 9, 2012.
View ArticleEnfield Police Blotter: Nov. 12 - 13
The following public information from the Enfield Police Department is accurate as of November 14, 2012. Items on this list reflect charges filed, not convictions. It is not the policy of Enfield Patch...
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