http://www.yourstreet.com/news/allentown-ct The latest Allentown, CT news updated hourly from thousands of sources. To see this news on a map, visit YourStreet.com. en-us As the college basketball season moves into December, there is only one women's coach personally acquainted with the nation's top two teams, No.1 UConn and No.2 North Carolina. http://www.yourstreet.com/4768510/coale-impressed-by-uconn-s-transition-game We knew Eric Holder, soon to be the United States' first black attorney general, was from Elmhurst, Queens and graduated from Stuyvesant. Apparently, he also once owned a 1971... http://www.yourstreet.com/4770860/new-attorney-general-eric-holder-will-serve-barack-obama PLYMOUTH, Conn. -- No animals died in a fire that seriously damaged an animal shelter in the Terryville section of Plymouth. http://www.yourstreet.com/4717945/animals-rescued-from-shelter-fire About 677,300 IKEA and Green Mountain Vista window blinds and shades were recalled in the United States on Thursday after a young child choked to death. The Consumer Product... http://www.yourstreet.com/4690026/death-prompts-window-blind-recall Warning that education in Connecticut's cities faces impending disaster, the chief of the Bristol school system is calling on state lawmakers to suspend standardized testing,... http://www.yourstreet.com/4687481/bristol-official-warns-of-fiscal-disaster-for-urban-schools WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) _ Waterbury police say a 24-year-old city man has been killed in a drive-by shooting. Police say Tremaine Williams was driving on Wolcott Street at about 2... http://www.yourstreet.com/4661254/one-killed-in-waterbury-drive-by-shooting Waterbury police say a 24-year-old city man has been killed in a drive-by shooting. Police say Tremaine Williams was driving on Wolcott Street at about 2 a.m. Sunday when he was... http://www.yourstreet.com/4658463/man-killed-in-waterbury-drive-by-shooting In what coach Mike Tyler called "a lackluster performance," the Indians were beaten 27-26 at St. Paul-Bristol. That came on the heels of a 29-9 loss to Xavier-Middletown on... http://www.yourstreet.com/4643686/northwest-rebounds-from-0-2-start Bristol, Conn., may be home to the international headquarters of ESPN, but it may soon be forced to forego its only daily newspaper. http://www.yourstreet.com/4631926/state-papers-in-danger Western Carolina coach Larry Hunter hopes his players enjoy a trip to Connecticut that begins today with a flight, a tour of the ESPN studios in Bristol and a late-afternoon... http://www.yourstreet.com/4631905/western-carolina-hits-the-road-running A few days prior to Tuesday's news that the Journal Register Co. may be shutting down its daily newspapers in New Britain and Bristol, another daily newspaper in Connecticut... http://www.yourstreet.com/4621455/news-industry-takes-a-hit Associated Press - November 11, 2008 11:55 AM ET BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) - Former Texas Tech men's basketball coach Bob Knight will be putting a full-court press on college... http://www.yourstreet.com/4615836/knight-becoming-daily-fixture-on-espn More awful news on the newspaper front: According to a story in the Courant, the Journal-Register newspaper destruction company will shut down the New Britain Herald and the... http://www.yourstreet.com/4613980/herald-bristol-press-could-shut-down Journal Register Co., owner of five daily newspapers in Connecticut, plans to close The Bristol Press and The Herald of New Britain by January unless buyers emerge. http://www.yourstreet.com/4613110/absent-buyers-new-britain-bristol-papers-to-close About 275 people gathered to honor city veterans and celebrate Veterans Day. photo by David Molnar / The Republican Pastor E. Gage Hotaling, 92, a retired WWII Naval Chaplain... http://www.yourstreet.com/4601070/west-side-salutes-veterans Dr. Christine Joyce Yu and Dr. Jeffrey Lin were married Saturday. The Rev. John J. McCartney officiated at St. Matthew Roman Catholic Church in Dix Hills, N.Y. http://www.yourstreet.com/4599124/christine-yu-jeffrey-lin Glastonbury (8-0, 2-0) at Southington (6-1, 3-0) New Britain (7-1, 2-0) at Simsbury (6-2, 1-2) Weaver-Hartford (6-2, 3-0) at Windsor (6-2, 2-1) St. Paul/Goodwin Tech/Lewis Mills... http://www.yourstreet.com/4569941/week-9-five-high-school-games-to-watch Massachusetts is written off by presidential candidates. It’s a sure thing. But there are a series of state elections that your vote does matter…and can have a huge impact on... http://www.yourstreet.com/4619569/your-vote-does-matter-tomorrow-well-some-of-them Burlington, Essex and Rutland will be the sites for the 2008 Vermont high school football championships next weekend, Vermont Interscholastic Football League representative Mike... http://www.yourstreet.com/4547566/championship-sites-tabbed-for-football Five Star General John Walsh, Chair of the Massachusetts Democratic Party, via the John Kerry email system, lays out key local races where your help can make a real difference.... http://www.yourstreet.com/4540076/key-races-in-ma-need-volunteers As Week 8 of the high school football season came to a close, Glastonbury, No. 1 in The Courant's area ratings and No. 6 in the state, improved to 8-0 with a 48-0 win over... http://www.yourstreet.com/4536001/saturday-football-roundup Margaret Rose (Rutz) Kalisz, 80, of Plainville, CT, died Friday (October 17, 2008). Memorials may be made to Bristol Hospital Home Care/Hospice, PO Box 977, Bristol, CT 06011. http://www.yourstreet.com/4533363/margaret-kalisz Windsor considers scaling back a firehouse renovation and delaying a $450,000 road widening project, Bristol puts off building two long-planned schools, Simsbury looks at... http://www.yourstreet.com/4518725/connecticut-towns-and-cities-cut-back-on-spending Xavier High of Middletown was the big winner early as Week 7 of the high school football season got rolling. The Falcons, No. 6 in The Courant's area ratings, won their fifth... http://www.yourstreet.com/4477784/friday-football-roundup BRISTOL - In a continuing effort to provide the best wireless service for local residents in Hartford County, Verizon Wireless has activated a new cell site. http://www.yourstreet.com/4474139/verizon-wireless-to-aid-upstate-residents There was a debate about the proposed constitutional convention at the Hartford Public Library last night. The suicide of a popular state representative candidate in Bristol... http://www.yourstreet.com/4460395/open-forum Derek Jerome Sr., the Republican candidate running to unseat State Rep. Frank Nicastro of Bristol, was found dead late Tuesday, in what police are calling an apparent suicide.... http://www.yourstreet.com/4459128/briefly-state-house-candidate-dead-in-apparent-suicide HARTFORD (AP) - A Republican businessman who was a candidate for a Connecticut General Assembly seat in next month's election apparently killed himself Tuesday at his Bristol home. http://www.yourstreet.com/4450465/police-candidate-s-death-likely-suicide HARTFORD (AP) - A Republican businessman who was a candidate for a Connecticut General Assembly seat in next month's election apparently killed himself Tuesday at his Bristol home. http://www.yourstreet.com/4454691/police-candidate-s-death-likely-suicide Associated Press - October 22, 2008 10:33 AM ET BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) - Police in Bristol, Conn., are investigating the death of a candidate for the state's General Assembly as... http://www.yourstreet.com/4449296/police-conn-candidate-s-death-was-likely-suicide Police in Bristol, Conn., are investigating the death of a candidate for the state's General Assembly as an apparent suicide. http://www.yourstreet.com/4449284/police-conn-candidate-s-death-was-likely-suicide Police in Bristol, Conn., are investigating the death of a candidate for the state's General Assembly as an apparent suicide. Investigators say Derek Jerome Sr. was found dead... http://www.yourstreet.com/4450946/police-conn-candidate-s-death-was-likely-suicide Bristol (AP, Oct. 22, 2008 9:30 AM) -- Police say a man running for a Connecticut General Assembly seat has been found dead at his Bristol home. http://www.yourstreet.com/4449139/bristol-politician-found-dead-in-home Police say a man running for a Connecticut General Assembly seat has been found dead at his Bristol home. http://www.yourstreet.com/4456969/police-conn-candidate-s-death-is-likely-suicide A Republican businessman who was a candidate for a Connecticut General Assembly seat in next month's election apparently killed himself Tuesday at his Bristol home. http://www.yourstreet.com/4458188/police-conn-candidate-s-death-is-likely-suicide A Republican businessman who was a candidate for a Connecticut General Assembly seat in next month's election apparently killed himself Tuesday at his Bristol home. http://www.yourstreet.com/4452189/police-conn-candidate-s-death-is-likely-suicide HARTFORD By STEPHANIE REITZ Associated Press A Republican businessman who was a candidate for a Connecticut General Assembly seat in next month's election apparently killed... http://www.yourstreet.com/4454119/police-connecticut-gop-candidate-s-death-is-likely-suicide HARTFORD By STEPHANIE REITZ Associated Press A state law requiring Connecticut couples to take parenting education courses as a condition of their divorce cases is... http://www.yourstreet.com/4437656/court-mandatory-parenting-courses-allowable Wolcott (WTNH, Oct. 19, 2008 3:55 PM) -- An accident on 143 Boundline Road claims a driver's life early Sunday morning. http://www.yourstreet.com/4427645/car-wraps-around-tree-in-wolcott The "move over" bill would require drivers to slow down and give a wide berth. The Associated Press BOSTON (AP) -- Some lawmakers are calling for a new law to protect state... http://www.yourstreet.com/4427124/lawmakers-call-for-new-law-to-protect-troopers