Even alleys and gutters get the glamorous touch at Foxwoods

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:13:23 -0700

Mashantucket - They're building something rare behind the drawn curtains near the Grand Pequot Hotel lobby at Foxwoods Resort Casino: a gilded bowling alley. "We wanted to do something that was

Other days

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:10:44 -0700

100 YEARS AGO Sept. 9, 1910 Acting Mayor Stratman yesterday sent a communication to Superintendent of Public Works Kingsley regarding the advisability of covering the open gutters that cross East Fifth street.

Work to start soon on Hulman Street gutters

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:08:19 -0700

Property owners along Hulman Street near Fruitridge Avenue this week will receive “door tags” announcing the start of a project to improve storm drainage.

Stop feeding the rats: doctor

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:02:20 -0700

PETALING JAYA - MEDICAL microbiologist Prof Dr Jamuna Vadivelu warned that Malaysians must improve on their hygiene to reduce the risk of getting infected with leptospirosis. Dr Jamuna, from Universiti Malaya, said the throwing of food and rubbish into gutters attracts rats. 'Special attention should be given to hawker centres and recreational areas where the bacteria from rats' urine and faeces ...

State Hospital Just Left To Rot

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:08:17 -0700

The abandoned Norwich State Hospital campus has become popular with ghost hunters, who say it is haunted. I don't have a pipeline to the spirit world, but I'm certain the majestic, decaying complex is haunted — by incompetence, neglect and lack of imagination.