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COVENTRY, R.I. (WJAR) — A Coventry family's cat is back home after an amazing rescue that was nothing short of a miracle all thanks to the continued kindness of some residents. Almost two weeks ago, brothers Tyler and Kaeleb Arnold had been at their home along Log Bridge Road...

New London — The city’s fire marshal has ruled that the cause of the May 5 fire that damaged the recently opened Lighthouse Inn was accidental. New London Fire Marshal Vernon Skau said an investigation determined the fire was sparked by a contractor drilling holes for the placement of a new Lighthouse Inn sign at the front of the building. The contractor used a concrete bit on the drill that, once through the exterior stucco, hit wire mesh that is part of the plaster and lathe interior walls. The heat from the friction caused by the drill bit, “much like rubbing two sticks together,” sparked the fire in the insulation inside the wall, Skau said.

Multiple local and federal agencies are conducting an ongoing investigation at a company in Old Saybrook. Investigators have been at LabDirect at 6 Center Road since Wednesday afternoon, according to Police Chief Michael Spera. He said they are conducting a criminal investigation at the property. Spera said there is no...

WESTERLY — The School Committee is backing a redesign project that would result in construction of a new State Street Elementary School and renovations at Dunn's Corners and Springbrook elementary schools to improve learning and reflect current teaching methods. The work would be paid for under the $50 million...

NORWICH, CT (WFSB) - 20 Towns in 20 Days took a trip to Norwich. The corner of Market Street is now home to popular pizza place La Stella’s. The family-owned shop has delicious New York style pizza, but before La Stella’s opened in 2001, it used to be a café throughout the 90′s.

New London — Vice President Kamala Harris’ visit to the Coast Guard Academy on Wednesday didn’t bring to New London the crowds of protesters expected during a presidential visit. Vice presidents rarely do. The handful of protesters who showed up to announce their various anti-war or anti-nuclear...

NORWICH — State funding means a plan to expand history programs in Norwich could now have enough support to begin. In Connecticut’s 2023 budget, $500,000 is set aside for the Norwich Historical Society. With that money, the organization is planning to create a Norwich Heritage Triangle, based around Uncas Leap Heritage Park, the Slater Museum, and Norwichtown, the latter also grown into an outdoor historical museum.

LYME/OLD LYME — Mile Creek Elementary School is out of space. That was the conclusion of four board of education members after touring the school on Wednesday. “They are busting at the seams a little bit, and in two years they are going to have three levels of a couple of grades,” said Laura Dean-Frazier, one of the board members who toured the elementary school.

NEW LONDON, Conn. — Cherokee Nation at-large Councilor Johnny Jack Kidwell was inducted into the U.S. Coast Guard Officer Candidate School’s Wall of Gallantry in May. Kidwell served for two decades in the U.S. Coast Guard and was honored with a place on the wall for his courage and sacrifices.

WESTERLY — If small, medium and large somehow don't do it, you may be in luck. Starbucks, where the terms tall, grande, and venti are used, is headed for Granite Street. On Tuesday the Planning Board granted unanimous approval of the company's preliminary plans for a new 2,410- square-foot Starbucks restaurant with a drive-through window and 21 parking spaces at 156 Granite St., the former site of Chen's Village Restaurant. The former Chen's building will be torn down as part of the project. The property is at the intersection of Granite and John streets.

Vice President Kamala Harris addressed members of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy’s Class of 2022 at their commencement Wednesday, talking about how they will lead in an “unsettled world” after four unusual years at the academy. Graduates in their first year experienced the longest U.S. government shutdown...

The U.S. reported over 620,000 new cases of coronavirus over the seven days ending May 17, bringing the total count to more than 81.6 million confirmed cases of COVID-19. There have been more than 992,000 COVID-19-related deaths — the highest death toll of any country. New cases continue to rise at a faster rate. In […]

Local Republicans on Tuesday unanimously endorsed insurance sales representative Donna Meier in the 13th House District, which covers parts of Manchester and Glastonbury. Meier, a Manchester resident, was nominated at the party’s convention at the Hungry Tiger restaurant in Manchester. “As a strong analytical thinker, an excellent problem solver,...

Vice President Kamala Harris gave the address at the 141st Coast Guard Academy Commencement Exercise on Wednesday in New London, Connecticut. She told the class of 2022 what they will need to deal with in their careers. “The world you graduate into is unsettled,” Harris said. “It is a world...

BOLTON — Voters at Tuesday’s town meeting overwhelmingly approved the town’s revised five-year capital improvement plan after rejecting it two weeks ago because of a controversial proposal for a temporary town office building. WHAT: A revised five-year capital improvement plan. CHANGE: Selectmen proposed a new location for...

HOPKINTON — Charles Collins joined the Union Army during the Civil War and died at age 16 on the Mississippi River in 1863. He’s buried next to his parents in a cemetery on farmland here where he grew up. I paused at Collins’ grave and thought about the tragic loss of life during a...

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — Many Connecticut mothers are turning to Facebook to help locate baby formula as the country faces a shortage of the product. On Wednesday, the president invoked the Defense Production Act to speed up the production of the limited item due, in part, to recalls. Angela Shaw,...