West Hartford Video and Articles

Conn. doctor gets Cundiff's shanked ball

24 Jan 2012

…Connecticut doctor who learned to play football in his hometown in Massachusetts came up with the loose ball. Dr. Terry Oder of West Hartford, Conn. was at the game with three lifelong friends from Gloucester. The ball bounced off friend Robert Bouchie (BUSH… ...

Fighting the Seasonal Blues and Blahs

17 Jan 2012

…and summer to fall and winter, and it got worse as I got older,” Rick Bach, 54, a painter who owns a hair salon in West Hartford, Conn., told The New York Times last November. To combat his blues, Bach tries to spend every January in Puerto Rico… ...

Parents Look to Autism-Friendly Santas

21 Dec 2011

…the mall Santa scene, but this isn't even dreading. It's just literally un-doable for us," said Darlene Borre of West Hartford, Ben's mother. Ben, a nonverbal fourth-grader, is among the up to 1.5 million Americans living with autism spectrum… ...

East ticks off school days lost to snow

03 Nov 2011

…vacations to make up for the lost days. In West Hartford, the school year began later than…
…winter with five days already gone. West Hartford Assistant Superintendent Tom Moore…
…their favorite colleges. Beth Bye, a West Hartford resident and state senator, put her… ...

List of closed Friendly's Locations

05 Oct 2011

…Storrs Rd./University Plaza Storrs CT E. Main St. Torrington CT Waterbury Shopping Plaza Waterbury CT South Main St. West Hartford CT SR 64 East Bradenton FL Citrus Tower Blvd. Clermont FL Eustis Plaza Eustis FL S. Babcock St. Melbourne FL Collegiate… ...

Yale Prof Sued Over Mexican Massacre

21 Sep 2011

…The lawsuit against Zedillo was filed by the Miami-based law firm of Rafferty, Kobert, Tenenholtz, Bounds & Hess and West Hartford attorney Matthew Dallas Gordon. Lawyers say the plaintiffs don't want their names revealed because they're scared for… ...

Suspect in $7M Heist Isolated in Jail

01 Jul 2011

…somebody kills you." Gonzalez is accused of aiding the 1983 robbery of $7 million from a Wells Fargo armored car depot in West Hartford that was orchestrated by Los Macheteros, a group that claimed responsibility for robberies, murders and bombings in the… ...

Man Stabs Wife, Self With Wedding Knife

13 Feb 2011

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. -- A Connecticut man was in the hospital under police guard…
…d been married for some time," said Lt. Ted Stoneburner with the West Hartford Police Department. This wasn't [happening] at the wedding reception… ...

Charges against 2 dropped in Uzi case

18 Jan 2011

…motions to drop the charges were filed Tuesday in the cases of Domenico Spano of New Milford, Conn., and Carl Giuffre of West Hartford, Conn. Christopher Bizilj of Ashford, Conn., died in October 2008 after an Uzi submachine gun he was firing kicked back… ...

Man Who Lost Arm Getting New Furnace

14 Jun 2010

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — An energy company has donated a new furnace to a Connecticut man who cut off most of his left arm after it got stuck in his home's boiler. ...

Man Who Tried to Sever Arm in Recovery

11 Jun 2010

…situation," said his father, Paul Metz, 70. A Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center spokeswoman said the 31-year-old West Hartford resident was awake, alert and speaking after undergoing 2 1/2-hour muscle flap surgery Friday morning. Doctors said… ...

Trapped man attempts to sever his arm

10 Jun 2010

…rescued Wednesday after three days in his West Hartford basement when worried friends called…
…replace the fins on his furnace in his West Hartford basement Sunday when his arm became…
…normally used to take the door off a car, West Hartford Fire Chief Matt Stuart said. Once… ...

Man targets neighbor in fake sex ad

22 Apr 2010

…rowdy orgy with a soccer mom. Philip James Conran, 42, is scheduled to appear Thursday in Hartford Superior Court. The West Hartford man is charged with reckless endangerment, harassment and other offenses. Police said he posted a Craigslist ad on April… ...