Tolland and Windham Region

Our Tolland and Windham Region coverage includes stories about all the towns in the Tolland and Windham Counties, ranging from Somers and Hebron to Thompson and Sterling.

Day Kimball, Hartford HealthCare Mull Affiliation

By Associated Press • Jul 16, 2015

Day Kimball Healthcare and Hartford HealthCare have announced they are considering an arrangement for the Putnam health system to become a member of the Hartford HealthCare network.

Willimantic Celebrates 30th Year of Its Boom Box Parade

By Rob Dozier • Jul 2, 2015

Willimantic's unique Independence Day "Boom Box" parade is celebrating its 30th anniversary.

Dial-A-Ride Buses Navigate Rural Connecticut for the Carless

By Ryan Caron King • Jun 19, 2015

Connecticut’s dangerous, winding roads usually restrict Nutmeggers to their cars when they’re getting around rural parts of the state. So, when it comes to the carless -- the elderly, the disabled, and the poor -- how are they able to get where they need to go?

Windham Charter School Teachers Unionize

By David DesRoches • Jun 18, 2015

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Teachers at Path Academy Windham are now represented by the American Federation of Teachers, the state’s second-largest teachers union. Last week, the teachers signed a two-year agreement with the school and its management organization, a Hartford-based group called Our Piece of the Pie, one of many organizations that run charter schools in Connecticut.

Connecticut Blues Icon Remembers Longtime Friend B.B. King

By Ray Hardman • May 18, 2015

Blue legend B.B. King died Thursday at the age of 89. Connecticut blues singer and former club owner David Foster had a decades long friendship with King, and played with him as recently as last year.