http://www.yourstreet.com/news/university-of-connecticut YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us It should come as no big revelation that a careful, detailed study by the University of Connecticut shows that there is "overwhelming support" for continuing the new Route 7 from its end at Grist Mill in Norwalk all the way to Danbury. The report was commissioned by... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6721609/uconn-s-report-on-new-route-7-is-no-surprise Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:42:08 -0700 BRIDGEPORT -- A development team that includes former University of Connecticut basketball star Tate George has been selected by the city to build a commercial/retail complex on a nearly 16-acre http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6712661/commercial-complex-proposed-on-cartech-site Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:16:08 -0700 A teenager whose collapse and death spurred a reckless homicide prosecution of his coach likely had a temperature of 109 degrees when he went down, a heat stroke expert testified Thursday. Douglas Casa, an associate professor of heat and hydration issues at the... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6707695/expert-football-players-should-have-gotten-breaks Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:16:08 -0700 The University of Connecticut has released the 2009-2010 UConn Men's Basketball schedule.  WTIC NewsTalk 1080 will again carry the Huskies' action. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6709318/uconn-announces-2009-2010-men-s-basketball-schedule Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:31:08 -0700 The University of Connecticut today released the UConn Women's basketball schedule for 2009-2010. Once again,  the games will be broadcast on WTIC NewsTalk 1080 and wtic.com http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6709325/uconn-releases-women-s-basketball-schedule Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:51:08 -0700 Farmington Police say the woman pulled from an indoor pool at a home on Wentworth Park Sunday afternoon was pronounced dead late Sunday night at the John Dempsey Hospital at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington. She is identified as Paula... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6693442/farmington-woman-drowns-in-indoor-pool Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:53:08 -0700 East Lyme - Towns usually make plans that extend five years out to address how buildings will be maintained and what improvement projects will take place. But East Lyme is different. The town wants a 20-year plan. Later this month, the Vision Committee, made up of... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6686721/east-lyme-panel-looks-20-years-in-future Sun, 06 Sep 2009 04:07:16 -0700 News last week that a “spirit squad” is replacing cheerleaders at the University of Connecticut landed like a deflated basketball on a hardwood court - with a big thud. Cheerleaders are out at Gampel Pavilion and Rentschler Field. The rationale is to be... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6670909/hard-to-cheer-this-uconn-spirit-change Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:25:57 -0700 A Brooklyn, Conn., native and 2008 graduate of the University of Connecticut was arrested Monday in Virginia on charges related to child pornography, police said. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6670926/uconn-grad-faces-child-porn-charges Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:00:08 -0700 C.J. Leslie plans to schedule home visits soon and begin to create a list of five schools from which he will make his college decision. The 6-foot-9 basketball forward at Raleigh's Word of God Academy has plans for in-home visits with the coaches from the University... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6654343/leslie-plans-home-visits Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:25:08 -0700 Two officers and a police dog were injured during a struggle with a 21-year-old University of Hartford student at the University of Connecticut bookstore early Saturday morning, police said. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6651256/two-officers-hurt-during-struggle-with-uhart-student Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:00:08 -0700 The University of Connecticut says it's finalized an agreement with the University of Michigan for a home-and-home football series,  with the dates for the games now on the UConn calendar. The Big Ten powerhouse will host UConn Sept. 4, 2010,   at... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6579175/uconn-michigan-finalize-football-series,-set-dates Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:36:08 -0700 WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut agriculture officials say late blight has devastated tomato crops across the state this year. Jude Boucher, an educator with the University of Connecticut's Cooperative Extension System, says commercial growers have lost 25 to 50... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6567378/blight-devastates-conn-tomato-crop Mon, 17 Aug 2009 06:30:08 -0700 Jude Boucher, an educator with the University of Connecticut's Cooperative Extension System, says commercial growers have lost 25 to 50 percent of their tomato crops and have resorted to spraying powerful chemicals. Organic farmers appear to have been wiped out. READ... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6567247/ct-tomato-crop-devastated-by-late-blight Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:30:08 -0700 The year was 1972 when Karen Rogers graduated with a master's degree from the University of Connecticut and applied for a job. As it turned out, it was the only job she applied for, the first job she received, and the only job she's ever had in 37 years. Karen, who... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6540890/-apos-last-of-the-old-guard-apos- Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:04:34 -0700 HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- The University of Connecticut has self-reported 17 minor NCAA violations in its football and men's and women's basketball programs over the last five years. According to the Hartford Courant, such cases normally don't result in probation for... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6517471/uconn-self-reports-17-minor-ncaa-violations Sun, 09 Aug 2009 05:30:08 -0700 Michael Fago, a policeman at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington since 2006, has been complaining for about a year of alleged irregularities and improprieties in the public safety department of the state medical facility. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6516822/-whistleblower-cop-claims-retaliation Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:00:08 -0700 The University of Connecticut self-reported 17 minor NCAA violations in its three marquee sports over the last five years, the Hartford Courant reported on Saturday. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6514048/uconn-self-reports-17-minor-ncaa-violations Sat, 08 Aug 2009 18:21:08 -0700 Bail for Robert O. Morgan, the 24-year-old Vernon man charged with sexual assault and attempted sexual assault at the University of Connecticut, was raised to $3.5 million during his arraignment Wednesday at Superior Court in Rockville. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6496119/bail-increased-for-man-accused-of-sexual-assault-at-uconn Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:00:08 -0700 Connecticut police say they arrested a 24-year-old Vernon man after DNA evidence linked him to a rape and attempted rape at the University of Connecticut. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6492598/police-dna-links-fed-ex-driver-to-rape-at-uconn Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:52:08 -0700