Storrs NewsLocal news for Storrs, CT continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Inner-City Workforce Struggles With High Gas Prices- June 30, 2008 Michelle Powell is anxiously watching as gas prices climb at the station near her New Britain Avenue apartment in Hartford.The spike in fuel costs has, for many, become the difference between a road trip and a weekend at home. For Powell, who cleans hotel rooms in Windsor Locks to support a husband and daughter, it is the difference between driving to work and taking an hourlong bus ride to save money for food.She is the face of an inner-city workforce struggling to live in the affordable...http://www.topix.net/city/storrs-ct/2008/06/inner-city-workforce-struggles-with-high-gas-p... Worried About The Sat Give The Act a Try- June 28, 2008 High school junior Sabrina Camboulives wasn't happy with her SAT scores, so her guidance counselor at Bacon Academy in Colchester suggested she try the ACT test to see if she could do better. Camboulives, who admits she gets great grades but doesn't do well on standardized tests, took the test earlier this month and found it easier and less stressful than the SAT. The ACT, she explained, essentially tests what students have learned in high school classes, as opposed to the SAT, which measures...http://www.topix.net/city/storrs-ct/2008/06/worried-about-the-sat-give-the-act-a-try?fromr... Voters Pass Budget In First Referendum- June 26, 2008 Nearly a fourth of registered voters turned out to narrowly pass a $43.7 million town, schools and Region 19 budget in its first referendum in history.The vote Tuesday was 1169 to 1094.In a May 13 town meeting, voters passed the budget in a voice vote. But before doing so, they debated the schools spending, particularly an 8.7 percent increase in the Region 19E.O. Smith High School budget due to an increased share of enrollment in Mansfield, and money slated to continue the Storrs Center...http://www.topix.net/city/storrs-ct/2008/06/voters-pass-budget-in-first-referendum?fromrss... Mansfield Hears Speakers On Storrs Center Project- June 24, 2008 A long line of speakers brought prepared questions and comments to a public meeting Monday night on the financial and environmental viability of the $220 million Storrs Center project. Residents asked about town spending on the retail and residential development, business relocation costs, water availability, guarantees from the developer, the definition of local business and what would be built first.Representatives of the Mansfield Downtown Partnership, LeylandAlliance, the town council and a.http://www.topix.net/city/storrs-ct/2008/06/mansfield-hears-speakers-on-storrs-center-proj... Arts Professionals At Denver Summit Hear Calls For Change- June 22, 2008 - How many arts professionals does it take to change the culture in AmericaAbout 4,000.For starters.That's how many participated in the National Performing Arts Convention recently, the first joint summit of its size in America bringing together leaders in theater, music, dance and opera.Participants, including representatives from Connecticut arts organizations large (the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts) and small (HartBeat Ensemble), could choose from panels ranging from 'The Future...http://www.topix.net/city/storrs-ct/2008/06/arts-professionals-at-denver-summit-hear-calls... Synergistic Metabolic Toxicity Screening Using MicrosomeDNA...- June 20, 2008 Department of Chemistry, 55 North Eagleville Road, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, and Departments of Cell Biology and Surgery, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, ...http://www.topix.net/city/storrs-ct/2008/06/synergistic-metabolic-toxicity-screening-using... Sentencing Postponed For SUV Passenger In Fatal Hit-and-run- June 18, 2008 A judge has postponed sentencing for a Long Island woman her role in a hit-and-run accident that killed a University of Connecticut freshman last year.http://www.topix.net/city/storrs-ct/2008/06/sentencing-postponed-for-suv-passenger-in-fata... Chamber Breakfast Set- June 18, 2008 Michael Hogan, president of the University of Connecticut, will discuss the continued development and growth of the Storrs campus, implications for private development in the region and incubator growth, UConn ...http://www.topix.net/city/storrs-ct/2008/06/chamber-breakfast-set?fromrss=1 Nathan Hale Homestead Marks Famous Spy's Birthday- June 15, 2008 - That Nathan Hale was from Connecticut is one of those things that you probably knew, but had forgotten you knew.A trip to the Nathan Hale Homestead, however, will refresh your memory and broaden your knowledge well beyond the immortal words the 21-year-old Yale-educated teacher turned Continental Army spy spoke before being hanged by the British in 1776: 'I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.'Hale's 253rd birthday was celebrated Saturday during an afternoon of...http://www.topix.net/city/storrs-ct/2008/06/nathan-hale-homestead-marks-famous-spys-birthd... Mass Spectral Metabonomics beyond Elemental Formula: Chemical...- June 14, 2008 Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Biotechnology Bioservices Facility, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06260-3092 Received for review March 15, 2008.http://www.topix.net/city/storrs-ct/2008/06/mass-spectral-metabonomics-beyond-elemental-fo... |