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Child poverty forum focuses on budget impact
Waterford ― A Wednesday forum on ending child poverty in Connecticut brought local legislators and statewide nonprofit advocates together to find common ground on policies that could make an impact. The Waterford Public Library forum, attended by about 75 people and sponsored by the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut,...
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.
Old Lyme Rethinks Allowances for Self-Storage Businesses in Town
OLD LYME — Two months after the Zoning Commission agreed to a six-month moratorium on applications for self-storage units, the commission to the first steps toward prohibiting new units in the town’s... Haven’t subscribed yet? Click here to register. CT Examiner is just $20 a year. And...
Vegas vacation: Waterford custodian places in national contest
Waterford ― At 9:45 a.m. Tuesday, Quaker Hill Elementary School Custodian William “Mr. Billy” Krajewski was near Town Hall when he got a frenzied phone call from Principal Christopher Discordia. “Where are you? There’s something going on. We need you,” he asked Krajewski, who has worked for...
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...
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...
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.
Battle of Goshen Point
The Battle of Goshen Point resulted in the rescue of dozens of maritime traders along the Connecticut shore. It also proved an important victory for America’s small gunboat fleet over a larger and more powerful British force. During the War of 1812, the United States relied heavily on gunboats...
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...
East Lyme to hold referendum on $90.6 million budget proposal
East Lyme ― Voters on Thursday will be asked to weigh in on the proposed 2024-25 budget of $90.6 million and it’s 5.3% increase over the current budget. The referendum will be held from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the East Lyme Community Center. Spending on the...
Revolution Wind hits ‘steel in water’ milestone
New London – Revolution Wind, a joint project of Eversource and Ørsted that uses State Pier as its turbine-assembly headquarters, announced Friday that it has hit the first milestone along the way toward creating clean power for more than 350,000 homes in Connecticut and Rhode Island. The so-called...
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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