With high winds and heavy rain pedestrians on Main Street in Hartford fought to keep their umbrellas open and over their heads Tuesday afternoon April 15.
With high winds and heavy rain pedestrians on Main Street in Hartford fought to keep their umbrellas open and over their heads Tuesday afternoon.
Students at Manchester’s East Catholic High School gathered in the school gymnasium to make 40,000 healthy meals for Feeding Children Everywhere, a non-profit social charity.
East Catholic High School students Charlie Riordan, 16, left, of Coventry gives a high five to a classmate over fellow sophomore Ashley Balfour, 15, of Windsor after their team finished filling a box of packaged lentil casseroles. The students are part of a school wide effort to package 40,000 meals for Feeding Children Everywhere.
Flames engulfed the third floor of a empty three family home on Zion Street near the intersection of Summit Street in Hartford Thursday afternoon April 10. Fire Chief Carlos M. Huertas said that given the intensity of the wind the threat to the neighborhood was significant and he credited firefighters for their tactical move of spraying down the adjacent buildings to keep the fire from spreading. “This could have been a lot worse,” he said. The two adjacent buildings were evacuated. No one was injured in the blaze, the chief said.
A firefighter climbs a chain link fence to get to a house as flames engulf the third floor of a empty three family home on Zion Street near the intersection of Summit Street in Hartford Thursday afternoon.
The UConn women’s basketball team was honored with a victory lap around campus on Wednesday after winning its ninth national championship and completing a 40-0 season Tuesday night with a 79-58 win over previously unbeaten Notre Dame in Nashville.
Senior Bria Hartley, left, carries the NCAA trophy through the crowd as the UConn Women returned to campus Wednesday afternoon. Behind her is Stefanie Dolson.
