Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT) back issues from October 2007:
UConn President Gets A Hand.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Grace E. Merritt Oct. 1--STORRS -- In a move starting to catch on in higher education circles, the University of Connecticut has hired a management consulting firm to help smooth the transition for the university's new president, at a cost of $177,000 for 120 days. ...
Break Comes At Right Time.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Shawn Courchesne Oct. 1--EAST HARTFORD -- The excitable side of UConn linebacker Danny Lansanah didn't like the idea of taking a week off. After UConn's second consecutive rout Saturday, a 44-10 victory over Akron at Rentschler Field, Lansanah didn't like the ...
Hartford Life Head Office Will Remain In Simsbury.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Kenneth R. Gosselin Oct. 1--The Hartford will announce today that it is keeping the headquarters of its fast-growing life insurance and wealth management business in Simsbury and will purchase the Hopmeadow Street property when its lease expires in 2010. The ...
Scene Of Stabbing Known As Hangout: 18-Year-Old Died In Fight Saturday.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Kenneth R. Gosselin Oct. 1--EAST GRANBY -- A portion of the Metacomet Trail in East Granby where an 18-year-old man was stabbed to death Saturday is widely known as a spot for teenagers to hang out and party. "It's a big partying place," said R.B. Curtis, ...
UConn President Gets A Hand: Management Consulting Firm Easing The Transition For School's New Leader.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Grace E. Merritt Oct. 1--STORRS -- In a move starting to catch on in higher education circles, the University of Connecticut has hired a management consulting firm to help smooth the transition for the university's new president, at a cost of $177,000 for 120 days. ...
Death Ruled Homicide: 18-Year-Old Died In Fight Saturday.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Kenneth R. Gosselin and Hilda Munoz Oct. 1--EAST GRANBY -- An 18-year-old man who died after being stabbed Saturday during a fight at a popular teen hangout on the Metacomet Trail died of a stab wound of the chest, the medical examiner's office said today. ...
BRIEF: Foxwoods Names MGM Head.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Mark Peters Oct. 1--Foxwoods named a veteran of the hotel and gambling industries today to oversee its new $700 million resort casino, MGM Grand at Foxwoods. Gillian Murphy is the first senior vice president and general manager of the new property, overseeing ...
EDITORIAL: Inhumane Anti-Immigrant Plan.(Editorial)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Oct. 1--Connecticut Social Services Commissioner Michael Starkowski apparently didn't get the memo -- the one advising him that it is not right to put poor people at risk of freezing to death. Had Mr. Starkowski done so, perhaps he would have reconsidered his proposal to require ...
EDITORIAL: A Singular Writer.(Editorial)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Oct. 1--Editorials are unsigned because they represent the views of the newspaper, not the personal opinion of any single writer. Behind a great many of The Courant's best-written and best-reasoned editorials of the past quarter-century has been a singular writer. Robert K ....
EDITORIAL: Magnet School Merits New Site.(Editorial)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Oct. 1--Connecticut's education commissioner is right: A magnet school dedicated to the marine trades, aquaculture and boat building is a great idea. But it deserves a better location. Commissioner Mark McQuillan has been drawing flak lately for declining to provide state funds ...
Law Gives Teeth To Pet Protection.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Christine Dempsey Oct. 1--Riley, a golden retriever, is among the first beneficiaries of a new state law taking effect today that allows judges to issue protective orders on behalf of pets. On Sept. 24, a Superior Court judge in Manchester ordered that the ...
As The Surf Recedes: Couple Closing Block Island Icon After 51 Years.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: William Weir Oct. 1--With the Red Sox game murmuring in the background, Malcolm MacKay and Minotte Chatfield chew the fat in the lobby of the Surf Hotel. They certainly don't want for stories. Chatfield, 92, talks about fighting in the Battle of the Bulge ....
Ortiz, Red Sox Seem To Be In Good Shape.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Jeff Goldberg Oct. 1--BOSTON -- A year ago, David Ortiz was in the unpleasant position of having to make vacation plans for October. There was no postseason for the Red Sox in 2006 after a three-year run, something they knew was coming as early as August, making the ...
Lia Clinches Modified Title.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Shawn Courchesne Oct. 1--STAFFORD -- When news spread over the winter that Whelen Modified Tour driver Donny Lia and longtime car owner Bob Garbarino would team up for the 2007 season, many around the local racing scene couldn't believe it. As a Modified team ...
Patriots Well Aware They're In For Shootout.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: David Heuschkel Oct. 1--FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Bengals coach Marvin Lewis knows his team could just as easily be 3-0, although it wouldn't have come quite as easy as Bill Belichick's Patriots have made it look. The Bengals offense is not the reason they are 1-2 ....
Little Airport That Could: Brainard Sealed Deal For Big Convention.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Eric Gershon Oct. 1--For this jackpot, Hartford has Brainard Airport to thank. The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association -- the world's largest pilots group -- originally planned to hold its 2007 convention in Atlantic City. But when New Jersey's seaside ...
BRIEF: Pedestrian Struck By Pickup.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Hilda Munoz Oct. 1--WEST HARTFORD -- A 63-year-old pedestrian is recovering from injuries she suffered when she was hit by a pickup truck this morning, police said. Patricia Wright of West Hartford is in stable condition at Hartford Hospital. She suffered ...
BRIEF: Home Invasion Reported In Meriden.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: By Hilda Munoz Oct. 1--MERIDEN -- Police are looking for a man who broke into a home on North Colony Road Sunday morning, beat the resident and stole his wallet and car, police said. The victim was treated at MidState Hospital for non life-threatening ...
Out Of The Running To Be 'Bachelor' Belle.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Roger Catlin Oct. 1--Blink, and you might have missed Kim Hessel from Woodbridge last week in the premiere of ABC's "The Bachelor." After all, 25 women were pouring out of a fleet of limos, all vying to meet Brad Womack, a bar owner who is the bachelor in the ...
BRIEF: Muslim Visitor Anchors Series.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Roger Catlin Oct. 1--The portrayals of Muslims on American network TV has largely been confined to bad guys on shows like "24" and in the exaggerations of professional wrestling. There was a positive depiction, ironically, in the Showtime series "Sleeper ...
1st Anchor Set To Drop.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Daniel P. Jones Oct. 1--WEST HARTFORD -- When Crate & Barrel opens its first full-fledged Connecticut store this month in Blue Back Square, the Illinois-based home decor retailer will be relying on a built-in customer base. Nearly 4,000 people have bought goods there in ...
BRIEF: West Haven Shooting Victim Stable.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: By Hilda Munoz Oct. 1--WEST HAVEN -- A 24-year-old man who was shot multiple times early Sunday morning is in stable condition at Yale-New Haven Hospital and is expected to recover, police said. The victim, who police have declined to identify, was among a ...
UConn Recruit Doty Bouncing Back From Knee Injury.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: John Altavilla Oct. 1--When Geno Auriemma and Chris Dailey conducted their home visit with guard Caroline Doty on Saturday in Pottstown, Pa., they discovered she was long over the frustration and self-pity that resulted from tearing her right anterior cruciate ligament ...
Airbus 'Superjumbo' Will Land At Bradley: A380 To Stay Overnight In U.S. Tour.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Eric Gershon Oct. 1--Spectators will have to gawk from afar Tuesday morning when the world's biggest passenger plane lands at Bradley International Airport. The landing of Airbus A380 No. 009 will be open only to aviation industry VIPs and other invited guests. ...
Kasparaitis Keeps Head In Game.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Bruce Berlet Oct. 1--CROMWELL -- Ken Gernander completed his first training camp as a head coach Sunday with an appreciation for his Wolf Pack team's work ethic, its adherence to details and the outcome of the last two exhibitions. Gernander especially took ...
EDITORIAL: Yale, Peru Agree On Artifacts.(Editorial)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Oct. 1--TIMES CHANGE -- slowly perhaps, but they change. Large nations have not always respected the cultural heritage of smaller countries that were defenseless to protect their treasures from theft. That's changing. It's encouraging to find that Yale University has ...
EDITORIAL: Trolley Brightens Park Street.(Editorial)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Oct. 1--Although Hartford's Park Street is still a few pieces short of becoming the Latino wonderland that merchants and property owners envisioned it would be six years ago when they proposed converting it into New England's Hispanic main street, the commercial strip is light years ahead ...
Mohegan Chief Dies.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Oct. 1--Mohegan Indian Chief Ralph W. Sturges, who led his tribe through the federal recognition process and the birth and growth of the highly profitable Mohegan Sun Casino, has died. He was 88. Sturges died Sunday night at Lawrence & Memorial Hospital, said the tribe's chief of staff ...
Look For The Fonz At Goodspeed.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Frank Rizzo Oct. 1--"Happy Days" will be here again at Goodspeed Musicals. The musical version of the popular television show received a workshop production in August at Goodspeed's Norma Terris Theatre in Chester. It will open the 2008 season at the larger ...
Wadsworth May Nix Expansion.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Jeffrey B. Cohen and Matt Eagan Oct. 1--The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art's plans for a $15 million expansion into the old Hartford Times building are all but off and the museum is working to get out of its lease with the state for the building, sources familiar with ...
Dodd Raises $1.5 Million.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: David Lightman Oct. 1--WASHINGTON -- Sen. Christopher J. Dodd raised $1.5 million this summer for his presidential campaign, less than half his total for the second quarter and well behind other major candidates. However, Dodd reported $4 million on hand ....
BRIEF: UTC Company Buys Energy Consulting Firm.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Oct. 1--UTC Power of South Windsor today announced the acquisition of a national consulting firm that specializes in improving the energy- efficiency of commercial buildings. The purchase of Dome-Tech Group of Edison, N.J., complements the current products of UTC Power, a ...
BRIEF: Trainer: New Haven's Dawson To Fight Antonio Tarver.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Tom Puleo Oct. 1--Chad Dawson's public campaign to get Antonio Tarver in the ring appears to have worked. Tarver has agreed to fight Dawson, according to Mike Criscio, Dawson's trainer. Criscio said today that the two camps are talking with the ...
BRIEF: Delle Donne To Play Volleyball.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Oct. 1--Elena Delle Donne, the plumb of UConn's Class of 2008, has decided to play for Ursuline Academy's volleyball team after not partipicipating in the sport since the fourth grade. Delle Donne joined the team last week and will play in her first match after completing compulsary ...
BRIEF: Airport Prepares For A380 Arrival.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Eric Gershon Oct. 1--Where do you park the world's biggest airliner when it comes to your hometown airport? A Bradley International Airport official said today that the question won't be decided until Aribus' 555-seat, double-decker A380 arrives Tuesday ...
Red Sox Rotation, Series Schedule Announced.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Oct. 1--Red Sox manager Terry Francona today announced the team's pitching rotation for the first three games of the American League Division Series against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. As expected, 20-7 Josh Beckett will start Game 1 at Fenway Park Wednesday against 19-9 ...
'Magic' by Bruce Springsteen.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Eric R. Danton Oct. 1--Bruce Springsteen is responsible for at least five classic albums since 1975. "Magic" is not one of them. That said, Springsteen's latest is very good, and a handful of tunes approach the level of urgency and raw desperation that made ...
Stabbing Victim Identified.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Kenneth R. Gosselin and Hilda Mu Oct. 1--EAST GRANBY -- An 18-year-old man who died after being stabbed Saturday during a fight at a popular teen hangout on the Metacomet Trail was identified today as Christopher Jensen of Enfield. He died of a stab wound to ...
Tractor Rider Makes A Pit Stop.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Tracy Gordon Fox Oct. 2--COLCHESTER -- When Tony Gargano saw on television that some guy was riding a lawn tractor across the country his first thought was: He'll never make it. Gargano, manager of Gano's Power Equipment, knows lawn mowers, and he couldn't ...
Speaking Out In Silence: Having failed to prevent the U.S. military from recruiting at Yale, law school students stage a demonstration Monday against the military's policy toward gay people.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Jesse Hamilton Oct. 2--NEW HAVEN -- The Marriott is an unlikely battlefield. But to this spot, just off the edge of the Yale campus, a little army marched Monday. More than 40 students from Yale Law School gathered to protest the actions of another group -- ...
Senator's Condo Plan Makes Waves: Official Actions Appear To Aid Controversial Project.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Kim Martineau Oct. 2--A state senator's plan to build waterfront condos in East Haven has stirred objections from residents and regulators and raised questions about whether the ranking Republican is using his influence for personal gain. The proposed ...
BRIEF: Good Video Hunting: 'Beyond the Gates'.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Larry Williams Oct. 2--The Rwandan genocide of 1994 has been the subject of several excellent movies. Add "Beyond the Gates" (Fox, 2005) to the list. Its British title, "Shooting Dogs," may have hindered its theatrical release in the United States, but it signals what a ...
Psychiatric Patients Challenge Smoking Ban: Lawsuit Alleges Civil Rights Violation At CVH.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Kim Martineau Oct. 2--MIDDLETOWN -- Smoking may be banned from Connecticut bars and restaurants, but patients at Connecticut Valley Hospital won't give up their smokes without a fight. A ban set to take effect Monday at the state's largest psychiatric ...
Questions Asked On Prisons: Answers Frustrate Lawmakers.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Mark Pazniokas Oct. 2--With the state's prison population at a record high after Gov. M. Jodi Rell's recent restrictions on parole, legislators futilely pressed Monday to learn how many more inmates can be safely confined. Correction Commissioner Theresa ...
Teens Visit Killing Site: Trail Was A Refuge, But Became Scene Of Fatal Strife.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Loretta Waldman Oct. 2--EAST GRANBY -- For Chris Jensen, the clearing atop a rugged section of the Metacomet Trail was a sort of Eden -- a riverside getaway where he and his buddies could go to grill kielbasa, drink beer and sleep under the stars on weekends. ...
DOT Administration Will Get An Overhaul.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Gary Libow Oct. 2--Gov. M. Jodi Rell on Monday approved the reorganization and consolidation of the state Department of Transportation's fiscal and administrative functions. Creation of the DOT bureau of administrative and financial services will result in ...
Small Town's Worries Wane After Property Deals.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Robin Stansbury Oct. 2--The small-town feel of small-town Warren will remain -- at least for now. Residents of this Litchfield Hills community of just over 1,200 have fretted for the past year about what would happen when the owner of the town's commercial ...
EDITORIAL: Magnet School Merits New Site.(Editorial)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Oct. 2--Connecticut's education commissioner is right: A magnet school dedicated to the marine trades, aquaculture and boat building is a great idea. But it deserves a better location. Commissioner Mark McQuillan has been drawing flak lately for declining to provide state funds ...
EDITORIAL: Keep It Down.(Editorial)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Oct. 2--There's nothing quite as annoying as being awakened by the blasting noise of a motorcycle, a "boom car" with massive speakers, a loud car alarm or some other source of unwanted sound. For too long, communities have accepted loud noise as an annoyance or nuisance, an ...
The Ruder, The Cruder, The Better?
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Joann Klimkiewicz Oct. 2--In the current issue of Us Weekly, comedian Sarah Silverman tells the celebrity glossy she can't understand the public fuss over the biting monologue she gave moments after Britney Spears' now-infamous performance at the most recent MTV Video ...
New Spin On Rotation: Dice-K Gets Game 2 Start.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Jeff Goldberg Oct. 2--BOSTON -- Daisuke Matsuzaka started the night the Red Sox clinched a postseason berth Sept. 22, then started the night they clinched the American League East title Friday. And should the Division Series against the Los Angeles Angels go ...
Eastern Tops Glastonbury.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: William Schubert Oct. 2--BRISTOL -- Bristol Eastern coach Stacy Rivoira would like to see better passing. A consistent second offensive threat would be nice, too. But Eastern's first option is still the envy of most of its opponents. Senior ...
BRIEF: AT&T Applies For Certificate To Run Video Service In State.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Oct. 2--AT&T filed an application Monday with the state Department of Public Utility Control under a new law that regulates TV service competition in Connecticut. The request was made under a law that took affect Monday requiring new video service providers to get a certificate ...
Release Of The Week: '1408'.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Susan Dunne Oct. 2--"1408," about a hotel room where people check in but nobody checks out, is full of haunted-house cliches: blood-dripping walls, radios and TVs that turn on and off and windows that open and shut on their own, a ghostly crying baby, a doorknob that ...
Ride Of The Yankees: Roller Coaster Year Included Slumps, Injuries And A-Rod.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Dom Amore Oct. 2--It was May 27, not even a third of the way into a 162-game season, but for the Yankees, it was no longer early. They had just been swept at home by the Angels and were 121/2 games behind the Red Sox in the American League East. The wild card contenders ...
Montoya Reassigned To Pack.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Bruce Berlet Oct. 2--The Rangers' final four roster moves Monday provided the Wolf Pack with help in every area. The Rangers got to the 23-man limit by reassigning goalie Al Montoya, forwards Nigel Dawes and rookie Artem Anisimov and defenseman Andrew ...
Optimistic Doty Looks Ahead.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: John Altavilla Oct. 2--When Geno Auriemma and Chris Dailey visited guard Caroline Doty on Saturday at her home in Pottstown, Pa., they discovered she was over the frustration and self-pity that resulted from tearing her left ACL playing high school soccer Sept. 7. ...
Community Part Of UConn Game Plan: Team Gets Involved At Middle School.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Shawn Courchesne Oct. 2--EAST HARTFORD -- With his dreadlocks tied back, bobbing as he went upstairs, Larry Taylor blended right in with the East Hartford Middle School students surrounding him as they made their way through the hallways Monday afternoon. The ...
Big East On Notice: Cincinnati (5-0) Can't Be Ignored.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Desmond Conner Oct. 2--The Cincinnati Bearcats might not have gotten much respect from those who covered Big East media day in July in Newport, R.I., but there's no ignoring them now. Even the folks the program has tried to reach in the city -- their ...
$146 Million Facility For Hartford Life Rising In Windsor.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Kenneth R. Gosselin Oct. 2--WINDSOR -- The Hartford will keep the headquarters of its fast-growing life insurance and wealth management business in Simsbury, but there are other big pieces of the insurer's Greater Hartford real estate puzzle yet to fall into place. ...
Short Takes: 'Severance,' 'Day Night Day Night,' 'Zoo,' 'Being Caribou,' 'Reeker'.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Larry Williams Oct. 2--SEVERANCE (MAGNOLIA, 2006) -- On one of those corporate team-building outings, employees of an arms manufacturer find their weapons turned upon them when they check in at the wrong lodge in the woods. You hear a lot about horror movies going for ...
Pats Keep Pace: Moss Scores 2 More TDs As Injured Maroney Sits.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: David Heuschkel Oct. 2--CINCINNATI -- There were no deep passes or quick strikes. The Patriots combined an effective running and passing attack Monday, taking their time to dismantle another opponent. The Patriots were able to move the ball at will in a 34-13 ...
Mella Takes Coaching To New Level: Brings Some College Style To 3-0 Southington.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Tom Puleo Oct. 2--Southington High football under coach Bill Mella is something beyond high school but not quite college. "Division Four," Mella quips, gathering his starters on a recent weekday for a drill called Mayday. "Two minutes on the ...
EDITORIAL: A Poor Climate For Change.(Editorial)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Oct. 2--Once again, leaders of the world's industrialized nations met at the United Nations to lay the groundwork for meaningful strategies to tackle global warming. And instead of taking center stage, the Bush administration opted for the wings, holding parallel meetings and generally ...
EDITORIAL: Firebrands At The U.N.(Editorial)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Oct. 2--The United Nations isn't meant to be a club for like-minded people. This is worth remembering after the visit to the world organization by yet another highly provocative leader. Many Americans found the presence of Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on their soil ...