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BUILDING THE MYSTIC RIVER BOATHOUSE PARK
Construction continued on the Mystic River Boathouse Park on Wednesday as workers installed docking along the Mystic River and roofing on top of the building. The $5.3 million project, located next to the new Delamar hotel and across the street from...
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Video shows firefighter dispute that preceded Yantic shutdown
Norwich — In response to a Freedom of Information request, the city has released a video showing a disagreement between city and volunteer firefighters during a fire call in Yantic two weeks before the department was shut down by the city. The...
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Killingly seeks solution for PFAS-contaminated wells
Killingly — As the number of private wells contaminated with toxic “forever chemicals” continues to grow, town officials are exploring a plan to extend water mains to impacted households in the Rogers area. According to the town, the drinking water at...
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System is failing residents recovering from addiction in the state’s ‘forgotten corner’
Every week, Andrew DeMalia’s phone rings with calls from people asking if his sober home has an empty bed. When DeMalias House of Hope opened on Easy Street in Plainfield in December, the six-bed, coed recovery home became the state’s second certified...
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A milestone for the Silent Service
News this month that the U.S. Navy had sunk an Iranian frigate wasn’t just another war update for members of the submarine community. It was word of an unexpected and historic milestone. The March 4 incident in the Indian Ocean marked the first time...
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PICKLEBREAK
Emma Marelli, right, returns the ball as Adrianna Donahue looks on during a game of pickleball with friends Friday at Waterford Tennis Courts. Marelli, Donahue and their opponents graduated from Waterford High School in 2022 and were home on spring...
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MUSIC APPRECIATION
Fourth-grader Estelle Aspinwall and classmates take a Drums Alive class during the annual Celebrate the Arts event at Northeast Academy Arts Magnet School in Groton on Thursday. The annual two-day event features performances and special classes for...
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SPRING FEVER
Mason McGullum, 5, of Andover, sprints from the water after testing how cold it was at Ocean Beach Park in New London on Wednesday. McGullum was visiting the park after school with his grandparents Jeff and Bobbi Seger, of New London.
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Would-be ‘Traitors’ invade Mohegan Sun
Montville — Equipped with charm, a dash of deceit and unshakeable poker faces, thousands of aspiring stars chased their dreams at Tuesday’s audition for the popular reality TV show “The Traitors” at Mohegan Sun. The casting call drew hopefuls from...
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‘It’s brand new and it’s perfect’
New London — As a large group of state, local and community leaders stood outside for a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday for the opening of a 36-unit complex on Bayonet Street, new tenant Michael A. McDowell was in the background moving items from a...
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U.S. attack on Iran angers state’s congressional crew
Members of Connecticut’s federal delegation, reacting Saturday to strikes on Iran, called for congressional action on a war powers resolution. “President (Donald) Trump’s decision to attack Iran to achieve ‘regime change’ without a clear mandate from...
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Leaders talk ways to draw tourists
Mashantucket — For the state’s tourism industry to thrive, it’s going to require cooperation, nimbleness and a significant financial commitment from the state. That was the message industry experts hammered home during the 2026 Tourism Conference held...
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‘Could have … been me’
New London — In the wake of a recent fatal shooting, a coalition of city and community leaders gathered Thursday night to try to make sense of the senseless. Inside the Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC) on Truman Street, the city’s mayor...
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Niantic tenants on landlord: ‘They’re completely useless’
East Lyme — Living in the Bay Point apartment complex on Main Street, as its tenants battle a corporate landlord, has felt like a reality TV show for 23-year-old renter Jaden Sponzo. “We moved here last May," Sponzo said Wednesday after attending a...
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New London gets help with snow
New London — The state has given snow- inundated municipalities temporary permission to dispose of plowed snow into and around some local waterways. In New London, that meant public works crews on Tuesday were ferrying loads of downtown snow to City...
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SNOWED UNDER
As winds howled and snow piled up across southeastern Connecticut, some residents hunkered down at home. Others rolled out cots under shark tanks. At Mystic Aquarium, about 20 staff members camped overnight inside the aquarium to ensure thousands of...
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Home show attendees already thinking about spring projects
Montville — On the final day of its three-day run Sunday, the 45th Annual Home & Garden Show at Mohegan Sun was still drawing homeowners looking past winter and toward their next project. With a winter storm forecast to arrive later in the day,...
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Pressing for housing at Avery Point
When Zachary Boudah, a recent graduate of the University of Connecticut at Avery Point, gave campus tours or met with admitted students and their parents, he said they always asked about where students live. It’s the big question in deciding whether...
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Iconic Noank eatery to close
Groton — Diane Hitchcock and Mac McMahon, longtime customers at Carson’s Store on Main Street in Noank, remembered Friday when their children used to buy penny candy with their allowance there. Every Monday, Hitchcock and McMahon now bring their...
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Norwich seeks to move downtown boat launch
Norwich — The city continues to work with the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection as it seeks approval to move the city boat launch at Howard T. Brown Park to the Viaduct Parking lot, about a quarter-mile up the Shetucket...
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Fundraising events will transform Old Lyme library
Old Lyme — The town’s nonprofit library will mark the green flush of spring with a transformation of its own. The Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library will become the scene of a mystery for its biggest fundraiser of the year, the Bookworm Bash, on April 25...
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Courtney visits region to highlight $9.6M in funding
As sunlight streamed through the large windows on the second floor of Wheeler Library in North Stonington on Tuesday, highlighting the ornate wood and historic space, there was one thing missing. Books. Pre-renovation work has started on the more than...
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Killingly weighs applications for 3 big warehouses
Killingly — The Planning and Zoning Commission is reviewing two major proposals for distribution centers along the Interstate 395 corridor as residents continue to push back on new developments on undisturbed land. The separate proposals call for a...
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HOUSE OF CARDS
Mohegan — Inside the Uncas Ballroom at Mohegan Sun, filling the space wasn’t slot machines, it was the snap of card cases opening, people of all ages negotiating trades and vendors counting bills beside glass displays of sports legends and holographic...
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How is downtown NL looking?
The fliers hang in various downtown establishments, seeking the one thing New Londoners offer passionately, spontaneously and without hesitation: an opinion. The theme is familiar, as the topic has been discussed regularly, if not loudly, over the...
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Students in Montville walk out
Montville — A large group of Montville High School students staged a walkout Friday morning to protest the actions of federal immigration officers across the country and express their concerns for family or friends. The students exited the school and...
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CREATING ‘ZENTANGLES’
From right to left, Clara Reeve of Groton, Donna Richards of Groton, Robin Franklin of Ledyard and Liz Freeman of Mystic participate in a Zentangle art class at the Thrive55+ Active Living Center in Groton on Thursday. Zentangle is an art form that...
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Norwich repossesses Yantic firetrucks
Norwich — City employees with a police escort on Wednesday repossessed fire trucks being used by Yantic Fire Engine. Co. No. 1, a volunteer fire company that was shut down by the city a day earlier. Around 1:42 p.m., a green public works van, a...
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Landmark Flatiron building in Norwich has a new owner
Norwich — The iconic Flatiron Building has been sold for the second time in the last five years. According to Signature Properties of New England, which had listed the building at 9-15 Main St. for sale, the deal was closed on Jan. 30 by Anna Starr...
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Putnam’s first poet laureate wants to show poetry is for all
Putnam — For Aubrey Waz-Grant, poetry is more than an art form — it’s a tool that builds community. On Monday, Waz-Grant was sworn in as the town’s first-ever poet laureate following a three-month-long search by the Poet Laureate Selection...
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At Mitchell, students make their voices heard
New London — Behind the maroon curtain at Mitchell College’s Clarke Auditorium on Sunday afternoon was 24-year-old Azzure Brown as she prepared to step on stage for her first spoken word performance. Brown, an artist who has kept her work unpublished...
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Caring for the littlest ones
On Wednesday morning in Lawrence + Memorial Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in New London, registered nurse Chrissy Abbate checked the vital signs of 4-pound Olivia and prepared her milk. Meanwhile, Olivia’s father, Matt Jodoin, changed...
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Students walk to protest ICE
Groton — A group of Robert E. Fitch High School students walked out of school Friday morning in protest of U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and took their message to the sidewalks and Town Hall. Meanwhile, across the Thames River at the New...
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Ice skating returns to the Waterford duck pond
Waterford — Outdoor ice skating has returned to Waterford’s “duck pond” for the first time in about two decades, as a deep freeze finally produced thick enough ice, and town staff moved quickly to clear, test and open the surface for residents. Town...
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Waterford group urges anonymous notes of encouragement
Waterford — In the middle of winter, when days are short and stress can feel loud, the town’s Youth and Family Services has created a place for people to leave each other something they may need right now. Hope. The department’s February Random Acts...
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Plainfield bingo game has meaty prizes
Plainfield — With $480 on the line, the caller kicked off the final game of “meat bingo” Sunday as a packed room tracked a jumbo deck of playing cards and waited for someone to hit the winning pattern. The event was hosted by the AMVETS Post 47 Ladies...
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This room has a stellar view
With time, elbow grease and considerable resources from the NFA Foundation, a Norwich Free Academy student and the school’s technology director have restored the observatory atop the Cranston Building. The Norwich observatory was originally opened in...
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Dozens attend ‘ICE Out’ rally in New London
New London — A crowd at the steps of City Hall cursed, raised fists, lit candles and, at the very end of Friday’s “ICE Out” protest, sang in the bitter cold. “We keep the little flame alive,” the approximately 75 protesters sang, accompanied by a...
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Massive Norwich dock project nears completion
Norwich — Anyone who’s driven by Howard T. Brown Memorial Park within the past month has likely noticed the large, red crane shuffling pieces of dock through the air. The crane, towering high above the waterfront, has been used by Long Island- based...
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Church collapse no longer feared
New London — A Broad Street church that has undergone weeks of emergency repairs is now stable enough that the city has reopened some of the roads near the structure. “A collapse is no longer a concern,” Mayor Michael Passero said Tuesday, referring...
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Jury deliberating fate of man charged in Norwich murder
If Atlantik Balidemaj did not shoot and kill 30-year-old Jashira Pagan, Assistant State’s Attorney Marissa Goldberg asked jurors on Tuesday why Balidemaj initially lied to police about where he was when the shooting occurred and why his version of...
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After the storm, the Big Dig
A winter storm warning will remain in effect until 8 p.m. Monday, with town and city governments, schools and businesses shutting down to recover from Sunday’s nor’easter, the largest in more than a decade. New London Public Works Director Brian Sear...
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STORM SHUTS DOWN THE REGION
As a major winter storm barreled through Connecticut on Sunday, state and local officials urged residents to stay off the roads and prepare for dangerously low temperatures, freezing rain, and rapidly accumulating snow expected to last through this...
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THRIVING IN NEW LONDON
It has been suggested that preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom. Perhaps this is why Mark Ranasinghe, his wife, Chanmany Noi, and their daughter, Mariah, are among the most successful businesspeople in the city. They were not born...
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East Lyme plans $6M rebuilding of bridge
East Lyme — Voters will decide in the coming weeks whether the town should spend $6 million to rebuild the Colony Road Bridge over Latimer Brook and, eventually, millions of dollars more on two other deteriorated bridges. Deputy Public Works Director...
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Expanding despite federal cuts
New London — State, local and community health leaders on Thursday celebrated the imminent opening of a relocated and expanded Planned Parenthood of Southern New England clinic that attendees said will serve as an antidote to federal cuts to sexual and...
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Fed up tenants push for boycotts
East Lyme — As she raised a sign calling for a boycott of her landlord’s company on Wednesday, New London renter Brandi Walker said she will tell prospective tenants touring her building the property’s owner is “no good." Walker spoke at a rally on...
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New London holds Free America Walkout protest
New London — Protesters held signs reading “Make Lying Wrong Again," “Not a Paid Protester, I hate Trump for Free!!!" and “We Stand for Good," during a gathering Tuesday afternoon at Parade Plaza as part of a nationwide protest campaign dubbed “Free...
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KING’S MESSAGE STILL RESONATES
Residents of New London, Norwich and Groton gathered Monday to honor the late Rev. Martin Luther King on what would have been been the civil rights leader’s 97th birthday. Overnight snow and sleet canceled planned marches in New London and...
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Murder suspect heard on video talking about killing
Murder suspect Atlantik Balidemaj was alone and in handcuffs, detained in the back seat of a police cruiser just hours after a fatal Nov. 5, 2022, Norwich shooting when state prosecutors contend he uttered the words, “I killed the b****.” A 12-member...
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History may have been revealed
Killingly — A long-submerged Native American burial ground has surfaced on the shore of Old Killingly Pond as water levels continue to drop in the widely opposed drawdown of the pond dam. After spending decades at the bottom of the pond, the burial...
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Pemberton wins in 139th District
According to unofficial results, it appears voters in the 139th District on Tuesday chose Democrat Larry Pemberton as their state representative in a special election. Pemberton, 52, of Montville, who was also endorsed by the Working Families Party,...
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HUNDREDS PROTEST AGAINST ICE IN NEW LONDON
Minneapolis (AP) — Federal agents carrying out immigration arrests in Minnesota’s Twin Cities region already shaken by the fatal shooting of a woman rammed the door of one home Sunday and pushed their way inside, part of what the Department of Homeland...
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Liège waffles arrive in New London via Texas
New London — The smell of caramelized sugar and roasted coffee filled the dining area of Water Street Waffle Co. on Friday as local officials and residents celebrated the recent opening of downtown’s latest restaurant. The restaurant has a winding...
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HEADED OUT TO SEA
An outgoing Virginia-class submarine is escorted by U.S. Navy boats past Fishers Island on Tuesday after leaving the Naval Submarine Base in Groton as seen from Pequot Avenue in New London.
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New camera-equipped emergency call boxes being installed in city
New London — The shells of bright blue emergency call kiosks have begun appearing throughout the city, two years after funding for the new safety devices were approved. The six “blue light” phone towers, which are not yet functional — one was still...
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THREE KINGS ARRIVE A LITTLE EARLY
New London — From the start of the Association of Dominicans of New London’s Three Kings Day celebration, a line poured out of the group’s building on State Street and around the corner, as families filed past long tables stacked with toys sorted by...
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He’s retired, but far from gone
Their table sits at the front of the dining room at Tony D’s, the popular New London city eatery and home office for “Tuesdays With Castaldi,” the bi-monthly lunch gathering. Their energy runs like a current through the place — other patrons often ask...
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WATCHING FOR ALCIDS
Sean Williams, of East Lyme, looks for rare birds Friday at New London’s Ocean Beach Park. Williams said it’s a good time to spot birds in the Alcidae family — which includes auks, guillemots, murres and puffins — coming through the area from northern...
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Taking a stroll to start the year
Old Lyme — Wayne Gallagher, a local man and retiree, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2025. He beat it. “I was lucky, we caught it early," Gallagher said over searingly cold wind blowing from the frigid waters of Long Island Sound. He was one of...
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Plainfield’s tanks a reminder of service members’ spirit, sacrfiice
Plainfield — Hulking and stoic, the sight of just one military tank is impressive. Plainfield has two. A World War II-era M5A1 Stuart Light Tank guards Town Hall, while a M60A3 TTS version stands sentry over the monuments at American Legion Post 91...
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Massive metal panels protect Pawcatuck from flooding
Editor’s Note: Have you ever walked past a strange art display or a highway divider covered with birdhouses and wondered, “What’s that about?"? The Day’s curious reporters set out to find the answers and will bring them to you in a weeklong series...
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Love blooms at the Lobster Trap Tree
Stonington — A glowing tunnel of painted buoys known as the Stonington Lobster Trap Tree has become a popular winter attraction for visitors in recent years, and increasingly, a place where couples pause for more than a photo. On one recent night,...
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Industrial ruin in New London tells a tale from the age of coal
Allison McGuire likes to poke around New London’s Fort Trumbull neighborhood with her dog so she can learn about its past. One day a few years ago, they were out for a stroll not far from her Willetts Avenue home when something caught her eye. “I...
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KWANZAA CELEBRATION BEGINS
The first of the candles is lit in the kinara at Parade Plaza in New London on Friday, a candleholder used to mark the seven days of Kwanzaa. The black candle represents the first of the holiday's seven founding principles, unity. Each day of Kwanzaa...
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