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Fire rips through business in Gales Ferry
GALES FERRY, CT (WFSB) - A big fire ripped through a business in Gales Ferry on Wednesday night. According to investigators, it broke out in a building at R.B. Kent & Son Inc on Baldwin Hill Road. Firefighters said they responded around 9 p.m. The fire chief told Channel 3...
Stonington Board of Education to vote on future of middle school
“The structural engineer was very clear. It is safe. He’s just recommending to replace that slab,” Stonington Board of Education Chairman Farouk Rajab said. The future of Stonington Middle School remains up in the air after engineers discovered cracks on part of the second-story floor back in April.
Time to go fishing
Jarod Calovis, of East Haddam, spends time fishing from the boardwalk at Ferry Landing State Park in Old Lyme after getting off work. Calovis decided to go fishing since he had nothing else to do Friday, May 17, 2024. In the background, a power boat travels up the Connecticut River. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
Nicer weather Friday after incredible Thursday rains in Rhode Island
Bullseye! A rain bullseye, that is – right over parts of our area. A month’s worth of rain in less than 12 hours. New London to New Bedford saw a general 3-4″, but southern Rhode Island saw anywhere from 5-6″ of rain between last night and this morning.
Mitchell stuns No. 9 Salisbury to reach NCAA regional championship round; Avery Point ousted
The Mitchell College baseball team scored one of its biggest wins in program history on Saturday. And the Mariners did it at a perfect time. Riding senior righthander Cam Varney’s masterful one-hitter, Mitchell stunned ninth-ranked Salisbury, 5-1, in NCAA Division III regional winners bracket action at Govoni Park in Babson Park, Mass.
Students safe after 3-vehicle crash involving school bus in Stonington
Stonington ― Seven students escaped injury when the bus they were riding in was involved in a three-vehicle crash at the intersection of Jeremy Hill Road, Taugwonk Road and Route 184 on Monday afternoon. Stonington Police Department Deputy Chief Todd Olson said the bus driver was taken to Lawrence...
NBC CT Responds helps New London Maritime Society recover almost $20k
Something was not adding up for a New London nonprofit when its bank account was short almost $20,000. New London Maritime Society fought for months to get its hands on its hard-earned cash with no luck. That is until NBC CT Responds came to the rescue. “It takes a lot...
Quieter pattern shaping up as we head for the weekend
A decent Friday is shaping up across the region with seasonable temperatures and a healthy amount of sunshine expected. Many area rivers remain bankfull this morning on the heels of yesterday's heavy rainfall. While the Pawtuxet and Wood rivers have recently crested, both of these remain in minor flood stage. On the other hand, the slower reacting Pawcatuck River in Westerly is just now rising into minor flood stage where it's expected to crest.
A CT woman unapologetically uses her family’s incredibly famous name. It’s never for herself.
A Connecticut woman is the granddaughter of two of the most famous actors and comedians ever. And as the granddaughter of the legendary duo of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, she is doing some name-dropping to raise money and awareness for a cause that’s not funny at all. Julia Arnaz Massey, 53, a regular person who lives in Milford, loves dogs and is a domestic violence survivor, is putting the ...
Waterford data center opponents urge NRC to step in, block proposal
Waterford ― Residents battling the plan to locate a data center on Millstone Power Station land called Thursday night for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to block the proposal. After picketing outside Town Hall prior to a public meeting hosted by NRC officials, more than a dozen residents put...
Of Groton, guns, kids and fullest extent of the law
Groton — It is a few days removed now from an altercation between two men at Poquonnock Plains Park, the residual effect of which included one of the men waving a gun. What should have been a peaceful Saturday in the park at a youth flag football tournament resulted in what town police said was “hundreds of players and spectators fleeing from the park in all directions.”
Backus Hospital internships for people with disabilities are a win-win: a 60-second read
United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) of Eastern Connecticut will run the Project SEARCH internship program at Backus Hospital in the fall. This unpaid internship will give people aged 18-35 with intellectual or developmental disabilities various jobs around the hospital for nine months, while they learn skills to get into the workforce.
Find your child’s school honor roll at theday.com
The honor rolls for a variety of local schools have been published online over the last few weeks. The Day prints honor rolls exclusively online. The following school honor rolls have been published since mid-March: Lyme-Old Lyme High School and Middle School, Bennie Dover Jackson Middle School and the Visual & Performing Arts Magnet Pathway, Ledyard Middle School and High School, Griswold High School, Montville High School and East Lyme Middle School.
Beautifying downtown New London
New London Beautification Committee member Caroline Driscoll, left, pulls out weeds while fellow member Donna Vendetto, in background, replants several plants in a traffic island on Governor Winthrop Boulevard Tuesday, May 14, 2024, in New London. The plants came from the traffic island that will be removed between Huntington Street and Meridian Street due to the expansion of the Garde Arts Center. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
In ‘Nothing, Then Everything’ at Lyman Allyn, Boothe Plays with Space and Time
NEW LONDON — Artist Power Boothe stood in front of his painting, “Time Being #2” and pointed to vestiges of an underpainting from a previous work. “This blue was probably there, you can... Haven’t subscribed yet? Click here to register. CT Examiner is just $20 a...
Rainy day training
Mystic ― Crew member Nolan McDermott trained Deckhand Sheldon Williams to climb the main mast shroud of the sailing schooner Argia while it is docked in downtown on Wednesday. The boats trips for the day were canceled due to the rain and the crew members decided to use the...
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