March 6, 2014byJohn Woike It’s been an emotional ride for the Shabazz Napier, Niles Giffey and Tyler Olander, three of the five players honored on Senior Night at Gampel Pavilion Wednesday night. For those three their career began with head coach Jim Calhoun and they experienced the joy of winning a National Championship together… …they also experienced the heartache [...]
March 3, 2014byJohn Woike On Saturday the UConn men avenged a 63-58 loss to the Bearcats at the Fifth Third Arena on February 6 in Cincinnati with a tenacious defensive effort at the XL Center resulting in a 51-45 Husky victory. The Huskies forced 20 twenty turnovers including 4 steals by Ryan Boatright setting the tone of the game. [...]
February 27, 2014byJohn Woike It’s that time of year again, Maple sugaring. Problem is, it has been so cold lately that the trees haven’t been able to produce much. Cold nights is necessary but they need warm days to get the sap flowing and with the below normal temperatures we’ve had recently during the day it has delayed production [...]
January 31, 2014byJohn Woike Bill Covitz didn’t know where he would wind up after graduating from the Culinary Institute of America in 1991 with the desire to be a chef but for the past 14 years he has mastered the art of carving ice. VIEW MORE:
January 27, 2014byJohn Woike The Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks will play for the NFL Championship at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, February, 2, 2014. The week leading up to big game turns into a media circus and for the football fan the NFL has created the largest “Fan Festival” by blocking off over a dozen city blocks in Times [...]
January 13, 2014byJohn Woike The Bristol Planning Commission held a public walk-through of the Memorial Boulevard School Monday afternoon and will hold two public hearings later this month to get ideas on what to next with the property. What should the city do with the historic school building near downtown that it closed in 2012? Political leaders have debated [...]
January 7, 2014byJohn Woike Hartford – Louis Sanzaro IV looked around his wrecked office Tuesday morning in a warehouse destroyed by fire the night before. It reminded him of his seven months in Iraq. “It was just like Fallujah or something” he said later. “That’s what it looks like.” Sanzaro got a call about the fire about 11:40 p.m. [...]
January 1, 2014byJohn Woike Mayor Toni Harp was sworn in Wednesday, becoming the city’s first female mayor and the first new mayor elected in 20 years. Harp, a Democrat, served 11 consecutive terms in the state Senate, beginning in 1992. She defeated Justin Elicker in the Nov. 5 election last year to become mayor. VIEW MORE:
December 18, 2013byJohn Woike We all have “Bucket Lists”, mine included Cameron Indoor Stadium, home of the “Cameron Crazies”, which open in 1940 on the West Campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. It has been the site of many memorable basketball games, Tuesday night pitted the #1 UConn Huskies women’s basketball team against #2 ranked Duke. When [...]
December 5, 2013byJohn Woike Every five years the National Trust carries out a census of the islands’ population of puffins, and this year’s survey showed there were almost 40,000 nesting pairs on the islands – an 8 percent rise from 2008. The islands also host some 23 species of seabird, as well as a substantial colony of grey seals, [...]
November 21, 2013byJohn Woike On Thursday morning twenty parents were awarded for their active participants in children’s education at the State Capitol, the awards are presented by the State Education Resource Center and the CT Parent Information and Resource Center. VIEW MORE:
November 12, 2013byJohn Woike STORRS — Most times, it happens just once a season. But for some strange reason, the sight of Stanford-UConn doesn’t seem to generate the kind of national excitement it seemingly should. Then again, sometimes in the midst of a hard-fought game between two elite programs, the fire and joy of what transpires is overshadowed. Not [...]
November 6, 2013byJohn Woike Last week, the Conard and Hall field hockey teams — crosstown rivals — played to a tie. That was unsatisfying to both teams. They got another chance to face each other Wednesday night in a first-round game in the Class L state tournament, this time with no chance to tie. But ninth-seeded Conard didn’t want [...]
October 28, 2013byJohn Woike Berlin struck first after Michael Lathrop scored with 11:25 remaining in the first period against Farmington at Middletown high School Monday evening during their CCC soccer semifinal. Colin Cheesman scored the tying goal with 4:20 left and then struck the winning goal for Farmington with 34 seconds remaining in the second period for a 3-2 [...]
October 21, 2013byJohn Woike More than a month after Norwalk native Peter Willcox was arrested by Russian authorities on a piracy charge during a Greenpeace protest in the Arctic, his wife, Maggy Willcox, talked to him on Monday for the first time since the ordeal began. “He sounded strong and positive,” she said of her husband, the 60-year-old captain [...]
October 20, 2013byJohn Woike Ann R. McLaughlin started the “Yellow Ribbon” ceremony a few years back when her grandson left for a tour in the middle east and then eventually when he came home, and now she does it for all of the East Hampton kids that are serving in the military. They put yellow ribbons on a small [...]
October 16, 2013byJohn Woike Wickham Park in Manchester was the setting for the CCC Cross Country championships Wednesday afternoon. Hall’s Ari Klau helped the boy’s team to the title and Tolland took home the girls. ”We came here to have fun today and not worry too much about winning,” said Tolland coach Judi Lafontaine. “My girls are fighters and they don’t [...]
October 13, 2013byJohn Woike Woolsey Hall was the setting for the Inauguration of Peter Salovey, PH. D., as the 23rd President of Yale on Sunday afternoon. A block party was held on Hillhouse Ave after the event as students and their families, faculty members and friends joined in the celebration. VIEW MORE:
October 9, 2013byJohn Woike Slacklining is a practice in balance that typically uses nylon or polyester webbing tensioned between two anchor points. Many people suggest slacklining is distinct from tightrope walking in that the line is not held rigidly taut (although it is still under some tension); it is instead dynamic, stretching and bouncing like a long and narrow [...]
October 6, 2013byJohn Woike Beardsley Park in Bridgeport was the site for the 2013 North American Sieger Show where more than 200 World Class German Shepherds from all over the U.S. and foreign countries competed in a European-Style Ring Show. The three day event was held rain or shine. VIEW MORE:
October 1, 2013byJohn Woike T.J. Weist, who was introduced at a 4 p.m. news conference Monday, was named the interim coach for the rest of the season after UConn athletic director Warde Manuel decided to fire head coach Paul Pasqualoni, who was 10-18 in two-plus season and whose team sits at the bottom nationally in just about every offensive category. [...]
September 29, 2013byJohn Woike Connecticut craft breweries have been popping up all over the state, to the delight of local beer lovers. Beermakers are exhibiting their brews at facilities around the Nutmeg State, offering tastings and tours and filling growlers for eager drinkers, Two Roads Brewery in Stratford is just one of them. VIEW MORE
