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Norwich, New London receive state blight cleanup grants
For the past 46 years, Peter and Nancy Procko have had a front row seat to watch the former Capehart Mill in Greeneville slowly decay, be set ablaze in arson fires and become a shelter for desperate homeless people. On Friday, the couple cheered along with city leaders who have...
Norwich marina improvements ‘coming along,’ co-owner says
Norwich ― Lights and music now emanate from the new festival tent at the Marina at American Wharf on weekends, and freshly planted blue hydrangeas and freshly painted tables, chairs, railings and buildings greet boaters and guests. Brittany and Patrick Dwyer of Somers purchased the nearly 40-year-old marina last...
Norwich Transition Academy holds first graduation ceremony in five years
Norwich ― It’s been five years since Norwich Transition Academy graduates were able to receive their diplomas in a room packed with cheering family, teachers and supporters. Eight graduates of the post-high school special education vocational program got to do just that on Friday, thanks to a change...
Community Bulletin Board for June 16, 2024
‘Swans of Harlem’ program June 20 in Waterford. The nearly forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas is finally revealed in the book “The Swans of Harlem” by Karen Valby, one of Oprah's 2024 Summer Book Club picks. At 6:30 p.m.Thursday, June 20, Waterford Public Library welcomes virtually four of the Swans: Sheila Rohan, Marcia Sells, Lydia Abarca Mitchell and Karlya Shelton Benjami. Also joining the conversation is Khadija Griffith, daughter of Gayle McKinney-Griffith, the fifth Swan, who died in October 2023 at her home in Quaker Hill.
Inaugural grants aim to address ‘root cause’ of Norwich’s affordable housing crisis
New London ― For one local advocacy group, the affordable housing crisis is comparable to a severely bleeding patient: while it’s necessary to staunch the blood flow, it’s just as critical to find and address the cause of the injury. A pair of newly announced “systemic change”...
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