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General Assembly passes bill to study expansion of tourism, looking at tax revenues, transportation issues, climate change flood risks and infrastructure improvements.
A favorite quote from the recent campus conflicts comes from Adam Young, a freshman at the New School in New York. After student trespassers were arrested and hauled to p...
Waterford — In the pantheon of geniuses, there’s Albert Einstein, Bill Belichick and perhaps the person who invented remote control. But could even those estimable savant...
Last week's projections of more than a billion dollars in unexpected state government tax revenue over the next two years have strengthened demands for more spending in t...
New London — There are many inhabitants of the 06320 who proclaim devotion to their city — talking it more than walking it — often sounding like editorials that have forg...
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“Project Mayflower,” a new book coming out May 7, was inspired partly by a speech given during the relaunch of Mayflower II at Mystic Seaport.
Thinking back on my college days at Mohegan Community College (now Three Rivers) and Eastern Connecticut State College (now University), I can't help but wonder about the...
Sometimes nature surprises us by transforming an otherwise ordinary day into something extraordinary. This happened for Nancy Hempstead, who rose early as usual on the mo...
Eastern Connecticut GOP lawmakers did not respond to emailed questions about whether they will support Donald Trump if he is convicted in the hush money trial underway in New York.
East Lyme — Three of his teammates were there last week, signing their names, absorbing the cool vibes of college “signing day” at East Lyme High. Drew Sager — make that ...
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The Biden administration recently stopped a plan to ban the sale of menthol cigarettes. The excellent arguments for why they are dangerous were overcome by good arguments...
At Yale University in New Haven, the University of Connecticut in Storrs and a score of other institutions of higher education, students are protesting the support being ...
There is a growing narrative suggesting baseball is losing young people, whose shorter attention spans and forays with instant gratification don’t blend well with a game ...
“The trail is muddy and rough, so wear boots with plenty of support,” Marco Barres advised, adding, “Make sure you bring a trekking pole – you’ll need it.”
One other warn...
Stonington is fortunate to have many talented photographers. One of them is Ray Uzanas, an enthusiastic hobbyist, who is versatile with either a single-lens reflex came...
This is not directly about the issues animating the "pro-Palestinian" demonstrations at many colleges. Rather it's about the air of privilege filling the sails of hypocri...
Belief that the world, or at least Connecticut, can be changed by grand but empty proclamations isn’t confined to the Lamont administration and its environmental protecti...
East Lyme — The memory remains vivid, especially to the dad, because, well, dads get this way a lot. Sure, life’s rhythms naturally create memories for dads and sons, but...
During his re-election campaign — and ever since, Governor Ned Lamont has claimed credit for a “Connecticut Comeback” and for “progress on pensions.” Yet long-term debt h...
Public parks belong to the public, right? A billionaire can't cordon off an acre of Golden Gate Park for his private party. But can a poor person — or anyone who claims t...
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