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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)
Soft-Plastic Eels for Big Striped Bass
Giant soft-plastic eels. For many Northeast striped bass anglers, their vision fuels a hair-raising, sweaty-palmed, white-knuckled daydream. In my version of this dream, pinpricks of infinite starlight twinkle overhead and a marshy salt air gently nudges my kayak down-current in the fragile silence of the ocean at midnight, a silence broken only by two sounds. They are the floppy plop of a 13.5-inch soft-plastic eel landing somewhere near shore and, shortly after, a strained zip-zip-zip as my rod and reel struggle to slow the freight train of a cow striped bass that just inhaled my bait.
Thoughts on the Norwich budget: Laughter isn't always the best medicine, so what do we do?
I was watching a video on a social media platform of a comic whose clips I follow, and in this one, he had the audience eating out of his hand from the moment he stepped on stage and cracked his first joke. There were images from throughout the room of people laughing and applauding. He was very funny.
The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center Reveals Summer 2024 Season Including Kate Baldwin, Phillip Boykin, and More!
The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center has announced its 2024 summer season and the artists selected for its prestigious programs, including Kate Baldwin, Phillip Boykin, and more. This season marks the O’Neill’s 60th Anniversary since the new work development center was founded in 1964. The season will once...
Old Saybrook to Host 2024 Memorial Day Parade on May 27
Press Release from Old Saybrook 2024 Memorial Day Parade Committee. The Town of Old Saybrook will host its annual Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 27 with a special highlight featuring a military transport plane flyover of the parade route provided by the Connecticut Air National Guard between 10 and 11 a.m. This year's Memorial Day Parade will feature two ceremonies: a dockside naval ceremony at 9 a.m., followed at 10 a.m. by the parade, which will finish at the Veterans Memorial Monuments on the Town Green on Main Street.
The ‘secret’ is out: Take a trip to Conn College’s secluded Caroline Black Garden
New London ― One might think it hard to achieve peace within 100 feet of bustling Route 32 ― a highway that carries thousands of passengers daily to and from the heart of the city. But across from Connecticut College’s main entrance on the highway, on a five-acre...
SWINGTIME CANTEEN At Ivoryton Playhouse Opens May 16 with Special Defense Workers Discount
Stacia Libby, one of the Board of Selectman of the town of Essex, was going through her great grandfather's paperwork and discovered this ticket for a production at the Ivoryton Playhouse. The ticket says “Special Defense Workers Discount” and it was for a production that took place in the summer...
Shoreline Playwrights and Drama Works Theatre Will Present FRACTURED RESILIENCE
Shoreline Playwrights, in collaboration with Drama Works Theatre Company, will present "Fractured Resilience," two one-act plays by Laura Thoma and Teresa Mella Fogel, featuring stories of survival and threads of connection. Performances will be Friday, June 7, and Saturday, June 8, at 7:30 pm and Sunday, June 9, at 3:00.
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