When “Professional” No Longer Means Professional

A Deeply Concerning Change for Healthcare and Education

Powell: Lamont and Tong applaud defeat of their own party's water scheme

Most people concluded that a privately owned utility regulated by PURA is better than a utility owned and operated by a government agency

Powell: Connecticut designs itself to prohibit affordability

The state didn't enact collective bargaining and binding arbitration for government employee unions in pursuit of affordability

Manchester High School Students Honor Veterans

Engaging Learning Event

A High School Students Perspective

​Manchester High School offers job shadowing

Powell: Can Democrats ever deliver 'a city we can afford'?

Connecticut is also too expensive for some of the same reasons New York City is, like subservience to the government employee unions

The Academy Hosts Successful “Slice of Connecticut” Aikido Seminar

The Academy, the area’s premier center for Fitness, Defense, and Empowerment, proudly hosted the Slice of Connecticut Aikido Seminar

The Academy Celebrates 30 Years with its 51st Daehanmoodo Black Belt Test

The Academy, the area’s premier center for Fitness, Defense, and Empowerment, proudly announces its 51st Daehanmoodo Black Belt Test

Powell: Most child neglect involves public-schooled children

There is hardly more checking on public-schooled kids than there is on home-schooled kids, though public-schooled kids are far less educated

Thank you COX Charities

UR Community Cares Grant Award

The Academy Celebrates 30 Years of Excellence with a Month of Alumni Trainings and Seminars

October was filled with special training, community events, and a self-defense seminar that brought together students and instructors

A Volunteer's Story of Friendship

Stella and Gail

Manchester Republican Town Committee files formal complaint with State Election Enforcement

Republicans urge Democratic Mayoral candidate Jay Moran to return unlawful donations and follow Connecticut election laws.

Powell: 'This is what democracy looks like'? God help us!

The political platform of the 'No Kings' ralliers remains the same as the platform that lost them the last presidential election

​The Sounds of Change

When Construction Inspires Community

New Yoga Classes at The Academy Bring Movement, Mindfulness, and Community Together

The Academy, the area’s premier center for Fitness, Defense, and Empowerment, is excited to announce the launch of its newest program, yoga!

The Academy Announces a Special Event for the Fall!

Enjoy a Week of Free Open Classes Starting November 10, 2025

Powell: Church schools might save some city kids. Would that be so bad?

Connecticut's suburbs embody the escape from the underclass. That escape is largely the middle class' pursuit of school choice.

Volunteer at UConn Basketball

Gampel Pavillion

What Becomes of the Brokenhearted?

Creating Your Own Destiny...

Manchester's Veteran Banner Program

Richard Zaremba

Powell: How much do illegal immigrants cost? And limit state treasurer's power

The signs and chants used by people rallying for government medical insurance for illegal immigrants omit the "illegal" part.

Where Manchester Residents Can Get Pumpkins This Fall

Pumpkins are a seasonal favorite and there are several places in the area to get them.

A Day in Stamford

Filled with Accessibility, Inspiration…and a Proposal?

A Slice of Connecticut: Statewide Aikido Seminar

Aikido New London County, in partnership with The Academy of Martial Arts & Personal Development, is proud to present the Slice of CT.

Building Bridges

Through Human Guide Training

Election Day Nov 4th 2025

Re-Elect Salvatore Mancini Constable

Manchester’s Academy of Martial Arts Marks 30 Years with Celebration and Community Giving

The Academy celebrated its 30th anniversary with an awards dinner, special classes, and a community food drive to give back.

Share The Gift of Self Defense

The Academy is hosting a FREE Personal Defense Seminar on October 9, 2025

Powell: Trump aids Larson's campaign; and Lamont's disaster at PURA

Larson's strategy of running against Trump undermines the big argument for giving him a 15th term: enacting his Social Security legislation

UR Community Cares - 2024 Annual Report

Filling in the Gaps

A new place, beyond exercise

A Space for Connection, Creativity, and Community

Powell: Build housing without sprawl; and Lamont wants schools to be sanctuaries for illegals

Connecticut's cities and suburbs are full of abandoned industrial property, decrepit tenements, and vacant or half-empty shopping centers

SBMCF Awards 2025 Scholarships

18 Manchester Students awarded SBMCF Scholarships

Powell: Overimpressed by college, Democrats get arrogant and disparage the working class

The drag on society is not the lack of college education but the lack of primary education, where standards have been abandoned

Manchester Greater Together Community Fund Celebrates 2024-25 Grant Recipients

'The people in this town really care, and you all prove that with the work you do'

Powell: Charlie Kirk's murder shows where cancel culture leads

What can stop cancel culture from getting even more murderous and totalitarian? Only what Judge Learned Hand called the spirit of liberty.

Powell: Remote work in Connecticut state government isn't best for the public

A commissioner can hardly check on how well his manager is supervising an employee when neither can see the employee actually doing the job

We Are Better Together

Hispanic Heritage Month

Making New Friends

With Shared Passion