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The problem with the Navy’s math

In a masterpiece of understatement and civility, U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, told the assistant secretary of the Navy testifying last week before the Seapower...

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How the U.S. can best help Haiti

Haiti’s crisis of violence in the absence of a duly elected president has persisted for more than two years now, since the assassination of President Jovenel Moise. The C...

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Lamont floated authority idea. Committee rightly sank it

The state Appropriations Committee got it right by calling on the legislature to keep the Connecticut Port Authority in place while increasing accountability. The committ...

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To tip or not to tip: That is the question

Marxist Leon Trotsky refused to tip waiters when he was living in the Bronx, saying it supported an inherently unfair and unequal wage system promoted by capitalist resta...

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Tough fiscal choices shift to election and 2025

Knowing there is no consensus in the state legislature on whether to adjust fiscal restraints first engineered into the budgetary process seven years ago, majority leader...

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Nips, not dinner with glass of wine, to blame

Connecticut lawmakers are poised to lower the blood alcohol content level to a point where a working couple who goes out to dinner and has two glasses of wine can lose th...

Police words reveal ignorance

In The Day (April 16) police reports, “Man charged with throwing bricks, causing crash,” I found the language used by Ledyard police to describe what appears to be a pote...

Get rid of Social Security benchmark

Since it's tax season, I feel its only appropriate to remind everyone of an insane rule relative to Social Security withholdings. Did you know that your earnings over $16...

East Lyme Zoning Committee rolling over again

As per the article in The Day, “Zoning commissioner resigns,” (Elizabeth Regan, April 18) concerning Dr. Pivo dropping off the East Lyme Zoning Committee, it would seem t...

Sidewalk, not ‘sideride’

As the weather warms up, more people are out walking and running. A lot of them, myself included, use the sidewalk. Please be considerate and use the street when you ride...

Paradoxical student mindset

One would imagine the nation's best and brightest students would have room in their heads for concepts fundamental to wisdom, such as nuance and understanding. Yet accord...

Students capable of much more

As an elementary school teacher, I have seen firsthand the issues that teachers are dealing with, and they are very different from even five years ago. The issue that ma...

How about police driving habits?

I have been wondering why I see police vehicles driving at higher speeds than posted without their lights or sirens? I have even been tailgated by a state cop on the high...

To Groton Town Council, the public is watching you

Portia Bordelon, a member of the Groton Town Council, is obviously invested in her role as a councilor and puts countless hours into the betterment of our town. What upse...

Connecticut needs housing, period

I do not know the details on the the eviction issue with regards to Ivy Court (The Day, April 10, “Major landlord’s tactics to force out Groton tenants called ‘abusive.’”...

EPA running amok, again

Biden’s EPA is trying to force consumers to purchase electric vehicles so that 60% of the vehicles will be electric by 2030. The administration says EVs are cleaner, safe...

Buying votes with student loan money

President Biden again proposes taxpayers to flip the bill for current students loans. (“Biden promotes 'life changing' student loan relief as he rallies young voters in W...

Why blame the player for UConn loss?

I write in response to Mike DiMauro’s article, “Put blame on Edwards as much as the official,” (The Day, April 7) on sharing of blame for UConn loss. We must recognize t...

State Republicans have nothing to offer

In response to yet another under regulated industry making life impossible for people in our state, Connecticut Republicans have nothing to offer. As reported by The Day...

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COLUMNS

Birds and planes take flight over the Connecticut River

You’d think that spotting a bald eagle, observing ospreys’ courting rituals and hiking up to a historic castle would have made for a great kayak/hiking excursion the othe...

The Good Old Days: Memories of the days that reveal the miracle of spring

Spring in New England is like witnessing a miracle from heaven as it pours its love down upon the earth. The times have changed, but spring has stayed steadfast in its a...

New playscape a fitting tribute to Kevin Hesch

Stonington — There are no words. Even now, more than a year later. Kevin Hesch was supposed to grow old with Heather and the five kids, all the Thanksgivings, Christmases...

Waterford honors one of its biggest champions with Jody Nazarchyk Field

Waterford — It was one of those crystalline, sun-soaked days with which April, and her hints of hope and renewal, treats us occasionally. A day just perfect for celebrati...

Dr. I: Who wants to see a pro golfer shoot 82?

Idle Thoughts, while waiting for artificial turf at Bacon Academy, the MVP for Juan Soto and for the Celtics to go two straight possessions without jacking up a 3: • Dr. ...

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Turn nips into ‘Caferos’; and Southbury defies FOI

Connecticut won’t be getting any relief this year from the plague of tiny liquor bottles littering the state. Legislation proposed by state Rep. Joe Gresko, D-Stratford, ...

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Creeps hunt kids on social media

We have entered a new social media hell, where online creeps run sadistic schemes targeting high school kids. Since late 2021, their ruses have driven at least 20 young p...

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What’s Going On: Sapore Pizzeria back in business after fire

The newly renovated Sapore Pizzeria in Old Lyme has reopened after a devastating fire earlier this year.

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