Your Take: Are You Planning A Summer Vacation?
April is around the corner, which means summer is just down the block. Have you made your summer vacation plans yet? Are you traveling? Do you have a place you go to year after year? Or do you stay...
View ArticleDirectory Spotlight - Ayten's Alterations
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 in 2013: Year of the Snake
State environmental officials want you to learn to like snakes. No, really. Even if the squirming, cold-blooded, legless reptiles make your skin crawl the state's Department of Energy and Environmental...
View ArticleLIVE LUNCH CHAT: Talk Study Skills with Academic Coach Susan Schaefer
Is homework a daily struggle in your house? Or does your child have trouble planning for final exams? Academic Coach Susan Schaefer will be taking your study skill and student advocacy questions in a...
View ArticleEnfield Police Blotter: March 25-26
The following public information from the Enfield Police Department is accurate as of March 27, 2013. Items on this list reflect charges filed, not convictions. It is not the policy of Enfield Patch to...
View ArticleState Police Charge Enfield Man With Computer Sex Crimes
An Enfield man has been arrested by state police in connection with an attempt to arrange a sexual meeting with what he believed to be a juvenile female. Jeffrey Moran, 59, of 15 Dover Rd., was...
View ArticleYour Take: How Much Of The Newtown Investigation Should Be Made Public?
At midnight Wednesday, four search warrants obtained by Connecticut State Police in the immediate aftermath of the Sandy Hook School shootings were unsealed. A few pieces of information, including the...
View ArticleDirectory Spotlight - Tony's Haircutting
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 ArticleCourt Documents Detail Evidence in Sandy Hook School Shooting
[Editor's note: The following report is based on court documents released today by the State of Connecticut Judicial Branch. All five documents released are attached to this article as PDFs. The...
View ArticleConnecticut Workers Get $2.1 Million For Not Participating in Wellness Program
Connecticut spent $2.1 million in the latter part of 2012 paying out $100 each in incentives to some 21,344 state workers, money the employees were promised to participate in a wellness program that...
View ArticleMichael Crowley of Enfield High School Receives Scholar-Athlete Recognition
Michael Crowley, a senior at Enfield High School, has been chosen a scholar-athlete by the Northern Connecticut Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame. Crowley will be...
View ArticleWant to Ask Gov. Malloy a Question? Here Is Your Chance
State Rep. David W. Kiner, who represents parts of Enfield and East Windsor in the 59th District of the Connecticut General Assembly, will be hosting Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on "Kiner’s Community" on...
View ArticleThe Candy Ninja's Easter Guide to Jelly Beans
Kids, there ain’t nuthin’ better than jelly beans. Not even the Indy 500. (That’s a Platoon reference, for you young ‘uns. If you haven’t seen the movie, stop reading this column, go rent it off...
View ArticleYour Take: Say Thank You For A Small Act Of Kindness
Often this space asks a question that brings about strong, passionate and yes, divisive answers. Patch believes that healthy debate of issues big and small in a public forum is a great way to solve...
View ArticleWho's Coming and Who's Going: Enfield Home Sales
The following real estate transfers were recorded in the Enfield Town Clerk's office through March 28, 2013. 33 Betty Road - $231,000Buyers: Travis McDonald and Marie CaronSellers: Jeff and Michele...
View ArticleDirectory Spotlight - Bright Beginnings
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 ArticleCL&P Wants Customers to Pay $414 Million For Storm Cleanup
CL&P wants its customers to pay $414 million toward the company's costs of restoration efforts after several major storms in recent years, including Hurricane Irene in 2011, Hurricane Sandy in...
View ArticlePolice Charge Enfield Man in Connection With Aug. 2012 Bank Robbery in Somers
State police have charged an Enfield man in connection with an Aug. 25, 2012 robbery at the Webster Bank branch on Main Street in Somers. Gregory M. Orton, 28, who is last know to have resided on...
View ArticleEnfield Police Blotter: March 27-28
The following public information from the Enfield Police Department is accurate as of March 29, 2013. Items on this list reflect charges filed, not convictions. It is not the policy of Enfield Patch to...
View ArticleEnfield Police Investigating Discovery of Dead Body
A pair of walkers strolling near a wooded area behind the Enfield Commons Mall discovered the body of an unidentified person Friday afternoon, police said. The discovery was made shortly before 2:30...
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