The Day
‘WE’RE STILL HERE’
Mohegan — Althnageebah Myles, a Navajo, quickly unwrapped the pink ribbon from her daughter’s hair and helped her out of her regalia after her performance. She then turned her attention to her other daughter, fixing her braids before rushing back...
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He’s not at a loss for words
Connecticut’s new poet laureate is José B. González of Waterford. He is the first Latino to be selected for that role — “and I think I can hear ancestors celebrating in their native tongues,” said González, who moved from El Salvador to New London when...
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Firm chosen to study hospital land uses
Norwich — The city and the Norwich Community Development Corp. have chosen a national engineering and design firm to conduct a planning study of 49.65 acres of the former Norwich State Hospital property to determine the best uses for the land. The...
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EAGLE HOME AFTER A BIG SUMMER
New London — The sounds of bagpipes and cheers greeted the U.S. Coast Guard barque Eagle as it arrived at its home port of Fort Trumbull on Thursday. The Eagle returned from a historic summer tour, sailing alongside U.S. and international vessels in...
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New London says goodbye to a young Whaler
New London — The Whalers’ familiar green and gold colors, so often associated with jubilation and victory, took on a more somber meaning on Wednesday afternoon as friends and family members of Zaeem Tyus donned the football team’s hues to honor a life...
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CHATTING AT THE FARMERS’ MARKET
Patt Weimer, 81, who lives in Groton and hand-stitches quilts and throws for the Washington Park Farmers Market, chats while selling to customers in Groton on Tuesday. The market, in its 11th year, is held every Tuesday from 3 to 6 p.m. from July...
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First it found a Sandy; now Goodspeed has an Annie
East Haddam — Goodspeed Musicals has its new Annie. Laiken Jules, 10, of Temecula, Calif., was announced Monday as the actress chosen to play the title character in “Annie” when the show celebrates its 50th anniversary with a production at Goodspeed...
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‘I’m getting chills talking about it’
Renee Coleman held up a scuffed and faded boot from her workspace at the U.S. Coast Guard Curatorial Services Center in Forestville, Md. Written in white, washed-out ink, a 20-year-old message endured on the boot’s upper shaft: “Downed F16. 1 Life...
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Niantic tenants: Boycott hurting landlord’s condo conversion
Members of the Bay Point Tenants Union at Bay Point apartments on Main Street say their boycott against their landlord, Alpha Capital CEO Tyler Smith, is succeeding. Evidence of that success, union members said at a Wednesday rally outside the...
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Renderings are unveiled for Stonington technology park plan
Stonington — READCO has unveiled preliminary renderings for a proposed technology park on Route 2 just off Exit 92 of Interstate 95. The first phase of the Stonington Technology Park calls for an 80,000square-foot office building and 125,000square-...
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EN ROUTE
Gavarnie-Gèdre, France — Tadej Pogacar produced a tremendous solo ride on the iconic Col du Tourmalet on Thursday to earn a 23rd Tour de France stage victory, reclaim control of the race and sap his rivals’ morale after just six days of...
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FUNERAL CONTINUES FOR IRANIAN LEADER IN IRAQ
Shiite clerics join other mourners during the funeral procession for the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei inside the Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf, Iraq, on Wednesday. See related story on
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Out of disaster comes growth
New London — On Tuesday morning, a crowd of nearly 100 people stood along the edge of a former Union Street church property, the densest gathering of individuals at the site since a steeple collapse brought horrified on-lookers and emergency personnel...
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Montville may seek grant to replace failing septic systems
Montville — There are 36 separate septic systems at the Meadows Apartments on Leffingwell Road in Uncasville, split between 114 apartments in 18 buildings. Property owner and manager Stephen St. Germain has said the tanks are “old and tired” and has...
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BOARDWALK ILLUSIONS
A perfect beach day at Ocean Beach Park on June 24 was easing into the golden-hour light of evening. Folks were drifting onto the bleachers set up around a stage where the iconic boardwalk clock tower used to be. A little after 7 p.m., the show began,...
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REGION CELEBRATES HISTORIC DAY
Lyme — It was small-town fun on Saturday as local residents gathered for annual Fourth of July festivities that included a parade, an art exhibit, a barbecue and an old-fashioned sing-along. LymeLyte, a local band that took the stage at the barbecue...
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Longtime Stonington Borough Fire Chief to retire
Stonington — Longtime Stonington Borough Fire Chief Jeff Hoadley remembers growing up and seeing fire trucks racing to fire calls and wanting to help. As soon as he could, at age 18, he joined the Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company and has been in the...
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Coast Guard helicopter pilot recalls flying museum exhibit
New London — U.S. Coast Guard Cmdr. Chelsea Kalil, a veteran helicopter pilot on the eve of her retirement, recently spotted a social media post showing an MH- 60T Jayhawk helicopter being hoisted into the steel skeleton of the National Coast Guard...
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Plan for warming shelter faces opposition
Norwich — Residents of the city’s “Millionaires’ Triangle” are opposing a nonprofit’s plan to open a 58-bed overnight warming shelter at a church in the midst of Gilded Age mansions. Millionaires’ Triangle, formed by a triangle of Broadway and Broad...
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Greater landlord oversight sought in New London
New London — Several local lawmakers, flanked by city renters and tenant union members, made a public push on Tuesday for stronger landlord accountability and municipal oversight of apartment code enforcement. Members of the New London-based chapters...
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STAYING COOL IN THE HEAT
The entire state will be under an extreme heat watch for several days this week as dangerously hot temperatures are expected. The watch will go into effect on Wednesday morning and remain in place until Saturday evening, according to the National...
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They’re united by passion
Mystic — Bruce Kennedy says he has wooden boat disease. Having spent decades restoring wooden boats as a hobby, he knows the effects it can have, but loves it anyway. “It’s a passion I love or a disease, depending on how you look at it. It has some...
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Protecting a ‘diamond in the rough’
Agrassroots organization is hoping to use a new forest management plan, prospective state grants and their enthusiasm to restore and manage New London’s largest — but still often overlooked — public park. The Bates Friends Forever (BFF) group, a...
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Vessel is hailed as a boon for the Sound
Old Lyme — A new $2.2 million research vessel will expand the state’s ability to monitor water quality in Long Island Sound and its bays and to respond to water quality problems in the face of climate change, state officials said Friday. State...
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DEVASTATION IN VENEZUELA
La Guaira, Venezuela — Venezuelans searched for survivors beneath collapsed buildings Thursday and rescue teams raced to northern areas rocked by a pair of powerful earthquakes that officials say killed at least 188 people and left more than 200...
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Norwich, England, soccer fans visit the Rose City
Norwich — Shortly after noon Wednesday, a group of five men, carrying a red flag and a few wearing similar red and blue colors, stood next to a city welcome sign on Route 165, directly across from Hamilton Wine & Spirits. As a few cars streamed by,...
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The last of its kind
Mystic — The 1866 sailing smack Emma C. Berry, originally out of Noank and considered the oldest commercial fishing boat still in existence, was relaunched at Mystic Seaport Museum on Tuesday after a two-year restoration process. The National Historic...
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Celebrating freedom for all
Norwich — More than 100 people gathered Friday afternoon at David Ruggles Freedom Courtyard, in front of City Hall, to celebrate Juneteenth. It was the 37th Juneteenth Commemoration Ceremony for the city, which is recorded as being the first in the...
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New London High School graduates 187
School name: New London High School Multi-Magnet Campus Number of graduates: 187 Ceremony location: High school football field Class president and valedictorian: Kalyani Patel said there wasn’t any one accomplishment or group of students that made...
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Montville High School graduates 131
School Name: Montville High School. Number of Graduates: 131 Ceremony Location: Montville High School football field. Class President Ashlynn Audoin : “No matter where the members of the Class of 2026 go next, whether it’s college, the military, the...
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Baby shower supports military families
Groton — As Nisha Martin sat with other expectant military spouses at a baby shower Tuesday at the Submarine Force Museum, she said having the support of her Navy family is life-changing. “I’ll probably remember this for the rest of my life," said...
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Protesters turn out in Norwich
Norwich — The City Council on Monday voted 5- 2 to remove a resolution from its agenda that would have had councilors hold a vote of “no confidence” regarding City Manager John Salomone. Republican Aldermen Bill Nash and Peter Nystrom, the two...
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Norwich skate park rehabbed after years of neglect
Norwich — After decades of neglect, the Donald Alfiero Skate Park across from Norwich Technical High School is almost fully renovated, thanks to a partnership between local skaters, a Bridgeport-based skate park builder and the city. Though cosmetic...
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Maternal care given to many
In the basement of Cailee Mathewson’s Pawcatuck home sits a 7-cubic-foot freezer tightly packed with neatly annotated zip-close bags that reach nearly to the rim of the chiller. Inside each of those larger bags, marked by weight and date, were several...
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QUAKE ROCKS PHILIPPINES
An offshore earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 hit the southern Philippines on Monday, killing at least 35 people, injuring more than 200 others, mostly in ruined buildings, and sending a 3-foot tsunami into nearby coasts. Several mostly low-rise...
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Mystic Knotwork sails on down the road
With a growing need for space, Mystic Knotwork was not to be tied down. So the longtime Mystic nautical knot store has closed one of its two downtown locations in favor of moving to Olde Mistick Village. Matt Beaudoin, co-owner of the gift and home...
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There’s H.O.P.E. for a house
On Wednesday morning, 39year-old Giselle Santos walked up to a freshly painted two-family home at 20-22 Center St. in New London and audibly gasped. “Oh my God, it’s so beautiful,” said Santos, putting a hand over her chest and looking up at the...
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‘Utter joy’ as the coffee flows again at Carson’s
— Diane Hitchcock and Mac McMahon, longtime customers enjoying breakfast and coffee at Carson’s Store on Main Street in Noank last week, have been eating at Carson’s every day since hearing the establishment recently reopened. The Noank residents, who...
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Judge grants city access to Taftville station
Norwich — New London Superior Court Judge Scott Chadwick has approved the city’s request to gain immediate access to the Taftville volunteer firehouse and its trucks so that the city can implement “emergency staffing measures” by placing paid city...
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Williams School graduates 25 students
School name: The Williams School Number of graduates: 25 Ceremony location: Palmer Auditorium at Connecticut College Commencement speaker: Graduating senior Connor Gingras, of Old Lyme, who said he drew inspiration from “The Office” television show...
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Killingly residents protest Amazon project
Killingly — Opponents of Amazon’s plan to build a massive warehouse on Westcott Road turned out in full force on Monday for the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Commission’s final public hearing on the proposal. Nearly three dozen residents rallied...
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Heading north on the southbound bridge
Groton resident George Abad, who works the night shift in the emergency room of Lawrence + Memorial Hospital in New London, drives over the Gold Star Memorial Bridge multiple times a day. He drove the new crossover lanes driving north on Sunday and...
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Fire ravages Groton apartments
Groton — An early morning Sunday fire destroyed several apartments at the Ledges Apartments on Ledgewood Road, displacing over 50 residents, according to fire officials. Poquonnock Bridge Fire Department responded to the scene after multiple calls for...
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New London and the first U.S. naval expedition
It made sense that the movement to create an American navy began in Rhode Island. Even before the Revolution, the colony felt the wrath of the British fleet, which had worked to suppress mercantile smuggling operations in Narragansett Bay. On Aug. 26,...
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Gold Star Bridge traffic to cross over tonight
New London — By 8 a.m. Sunday, drivers can expect to see a new traffic configuration on the Gold Star Memorial Bridge as two lanes of northbound traffic will “cross over” onto a dedicated section of the southbound bridge. Those two northbound lanes...
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Job hunt over for 309 students
— State Commissioner of Education Charlene Russell-Tucker noted the “excitement and a buzz in the air” Thursday evening in the Garde Arts Center as hundreds of high school students were recognized for accepting offers at Electric Boat. “It’s about our...
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Two chain selves to trucks at Taftville firehouse rally
Norwich — In a show of support for the Taftville volunteer fire company — which thought it might be suspended Wednesday by the city — two women chained themselves to firetrucks during a rally at the fire station Wednesday morning. The Taftville...
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320 graduate from Three Rivers college
Mohegan — Peggy Suchoski, of Jewett City, was close to tears as she reunited with her daughter in a sea of hundreds of chattering parents and graduates in blue caps and robes in the foyer of the Mohegan Sun Uncas Ballroom. Moments before, Emma...
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