Molly Kiernan and Samantha Berns, co-presidents of Avon High School, along with Claire Bonti, another senior and the vice president of community service, are leading their student body in a service project to raise $15,000 to build a school in an underdeveloped country.

AVON - You might say farming is in Lucienne Witkowski's genes.

NEWINGTON - Since Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced plans were under way to address truck safety issues in the aftermath of a second serious crash at the base of Avon Mountain, area law enforcement leaders have been looking to address the same problem.

The West Hartford Aquatic Team (WHAT) has been making positive waves in the pool and within the Farmington Valley.

Avon High girls' soccer senior center defender Tory Hawley didn't ever step on the soccer field alone during her four seasons as a Falcon.

Nassau's Furniture in Avon is scheduled to re-open this Friday, Nov. 23.

FARMINGTON - It's been a landmark off I-84 into the center of town for at least three decades and the location of a family-owned car dealership for about five decades before.

Perhaps university degrees, prestigious teaching posts, artistic ability and a command of the English language are at the heart of Rennie and Sarah McQuilkin's "North Northeast."

One of the pillars of Avon High School football in the 1960s has passed away.

It was a long journey to a Class M semifinal for the Avon Falcons girls' soccer team last Friday night.

The Avon football team played its final game of the 2007 season on Nov. 17 against a strong Ellington/Somers Knights team with the Pequot Uncas Division title on the line. The afternoon was cold and windy.

Two area detectives helped Oregon authorities find an 8-year-old girl police said had been illegally taken out of that state as part of her mother's plan to relocate to Connecticut without telling the girl's father where they had gone.

Canton-based People's Action for Clean Energy (P.A.C.E.) will hold its annual meeting on Saturday, Nov. 17 at the Unitarian Society, located at 50 Bloomfield Ave. in Hartford.

Late Sunday morning 4-year-old Ava Balkunas sat on the porch outside of Collinsville Baking Company enjoying her pumpkin cookie.

The Avon football team took the Charles Dickens approach to football on Nov. 3 as it traveled to Housatonic-Falls Village riding a six-game winning streak.

Another phenomenal year for the Avon High School girls' soccer team has ended with an undefeated regular season record in 2007. But also a curious second-place finish in the NCCC standings.