Day 1 at Mystic Seaport ice festival: No ice? No worries!

Children play in the indoor sock skating rink located in The Galley during the Ice Festival on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019, at Mystic Seaport. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

In terms of fun, let the record show that, meteorologically speaking, it's not strictly necessary to have ice at an ice festival.

Lamont reverses himself, will offer plan to toll cars and trucks

The governor announced Saturday he will propose electronic tolling on cars and trucks when he unveils his state budget Wednesday, saying tolling trucks alone “would provide at least some revenue to maintain our system, though not enough to upgrade it.”

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A 'brotherhood of hooligans': Rugby club kicks off 16th year of fun, service

Players gather in a scrum in an attempt to gain possession of the ball Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019, during a practice of the New London County Rugby Football Club at Lyme-Old Lyme High School. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

New London County Rugby Football Club starts its spring season on March 16. The club has been competing and volunteering in the community for 16 years.

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High School Sports
Montville's Darrick Deveau puts a pinning combination on Gilbert's Dylan Keith during their 285-pound semifinal at Saturday's Class S state wrestling tournament at Windham High School. Deveau won his first state title, pinning all four opponents, including Keith in 4:20.

Deveau completes Cinderella story, helping Montville to second in Class S

Local News
Scott Fain, principal of Wequonnoc Magnet School in Norwich, helps load students onto buses Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, for a field trip. He is retiring at the end of this school year. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Longtime Norwich Principal Scott Fain to retire this year

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Police/Fire/Courts

State court recording monitors object to Judicial Branch plan to outsource

Connecticut court recording monitors and the union that represents them went on high alert recently after learning their employer is positioning itself to outsource the production of court transcripts once the current contract expires in June 2021.

Local Columns
Groton City Mayor Keith Hedrick leads a tour Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019, through the front parlor of the Mother Bailey House in Groton. (David Collins/The Day)

Who will save the Mother Bailey House?

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Nation/World News
In this June 16, 2014, file photo, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos walks onstage for the launch of the new Amazon Fire Phone, in Seattle. Amazon has had a complicated few weeks with its cancellation of a New York headquarters Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, and extortion claims last week related to intimate photos taken by its founder. Experts say the events are unlikely to pose much of a threat to Amazon’s business. But the company will continue to face more challenges as it grows larger. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Amazon paid no federal taxes on $11.2 billion in profits last year, according to group's analysis

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Nation/World News
United States acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan talks to the media at a meeting of ministers of Defense during the International Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019. (Tobias Hase/dpa via AP)

Defense secretary to determine how much money will be redirected for Trump's border wall

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National Politics
In this Aug. 9, 2017, file photo, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington. The State Department says Nauert, picked by President Donald Trump to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations but never officially nominated, has withdrawn her name from consideration on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

State Department: Trump's pick for next U.N. ambassador backs out

Business
Hostess Brenda Mellor, who has worked at Olde Tymes Restaurant for 17 years, clears a table on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. The Norwich restaurant is celebrating its 35th anniversary. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Olde Tymes Restaurant celebrates 35 years

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National Politics
President Donald Trump gestures to the audience as he heads to the Oval Office after speaking during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, to declare a national emergency in order to build a wall along the southern border. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump emergency declaration faces uncertain fate in coming court fight

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Full replay: ECC Cheerleading Championship
Montville's mulit-sport athlete Jenny Alarcon

Montville's mulit-sport athlete Jenny Alarcon
GameDay Preview: ECC Cheerleading Championship

GameDay Preview: ECC Cheerleading Championship
Highlights: Stonington 51, St. Bernard 50

Highlights: Stonington 51, St. Bernard 50
Full replay: St. Bernard at Stonington boys' basketball

Full replay: St. Bernard at Stonington boys' basketball
Fitch's Amara Robinson: from broken back to all-state cheerleader

Fitch's Amara Robinson: from broken back to all-state cheerleader
GameDay Preview: St. Bernard at Stonington boys' basketball

GameDay Preview: St. Bernard at Stonington boys' basketball
The winning mentality at St. Bernard

The winning mentality at St. Bernard
Stonington's RJ Parrilla, an athlete for all seasons

Stonington's RJ Parrilla, an athlete for all seasons
Full replay: East Lyme at Waterford Boys' Basketball

Full replay: East Lyme at Waterford Boys' Basketball

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The Week in Photos, Sunday February 17, 2019 | February 17. 2019 | 27 Photos

The Week in Photos, Sunday February 17, 2019
CIAC Class S wrestling semifinals | February 16. 2019 | 10 Photos

CIAC Class S wrestling semifinals
Stonington vs. St. Bernard | February 15. 2019 | 12 Photos

Stonington vs. St. Bernard
East Lyme vs. NFA ECC Division I quarterfinal | February 14. 2019 | 14 Photos

East Lyme vs. NFA ECC Division I quarterfinal
Waterford boys basketball bests rivalry East Lyme 63-47 | February 13. 2019 | 19 Photos

Waterford boys basketball bests rivalry East Lyme 63-47
UConn uses dominant second-half to roll over South Carolina | February 11. 2019 | 19 Photos

UConn uses dominant second-half to roll over South Carolina
The Week in Photos, Sunday February 10, 2019 | February 10. 2019 | 22 Photos

The Week in Photos, Sunday February 10, 2019
ECC Wrestling Tournament | February 9. 2019 | 13 Photos

ECC Wrestling Tournament
NFA vs. New London | February 7. 2019 | 13 Photos

NFA vs. New London

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Green New Deal: Thinking big, thinking forward

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Lamont’s fiscal fix must include promised structural change

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Telling the story of a courageous woman and her historic Groton home

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Positive signs state is ready to seize offshore wind-energy opportunity

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LETTERS

Provide proportional allocation of Connecticut's electoral votes

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Smarter eating needed to attack obesity

Time to sell Norwich Public Utilities

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COLUMNS

Columnist Paul Choiniere
Paul Choiniere

Paid family leave debate has shifted

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Columnist David Collins
David Collins

Who will save the Mother Bailey House?

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Columnist Rick Koster
Rick Koster

Rick's List Positive Accentuation Edition

Columnist Steve Fagin
Steve Fagin

You call THAT a snowstorm?

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Columnist Mike DiMauro
Mike DiMauro

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Lee Elci

Women in white will never give Trump credit

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Columnist Red Jahncke
Red Jahncke

Looney's real plan is to merge failing urban school districts with succe ...

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LOCAL

Scott Fain, principal of Wequonnoc Magnet School in Norwich, helps load students onto buses Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, for a field trip. He is retiring at the end of this school year. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Longtime Norwich Principal Scott Fain to retire this year

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State court recording monitors object to Judicial Branch plan to outsource

Municipal meetings

Police logs – Feb. 17, 2019

SPORTS

Montville's Darrick Deveau puts a pinning combination on Gilbert's Dylan Keith during their 285-pound semifinal at Saturday's Class S state wrestling tournament at Windham High School. Deveau won his first state title, pinning all four opponents, including Keith in 4:20.

Deveau completes Cinderella story, helping Montville to second in Class S

New London, Bacon advance to ECC Division I girls' basketball final

H.S wrestling: Whalers' Commander wins second straight Class L title

H.S. roundup: Montville girls reach ECC D-II basketball title game

NFA's Paige Martin sets meet record in State Open pole vault

ARTS

Ocean House, La terrasse (Copyright @ 2018 by Ocean House Management, Llc.)

New book explores Ocean House's history and grand reconstruction

Adam Devine talks ‘Isn’t It Romantic ’... and getting hit by a cement truck

Could 'Alita' be Hollywood's breakthrough manga movie?

Two people arrested in connection with attack on Jussie Smollett

Two exhibitions on view at Mystic Museum of Art

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Stage tip: "Next to Normal"
Movie tip: "Roma"
Book tip: "Come With Me" by Helen Schulman

BUSINESS

A worker monitors corn being loaded into an outdoor storage bunker at the Michlig Grain elevator in Sheffield, Ill. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)

Economic trends turn downward for farmers

Olde Tymes Restaurant celebrates 35 years

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Business Briefs

Medical cannabis office opens in New London

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Stocks up more than 400 points as optimism over trade talks grows

NATION/WORLD

In this June 16, 2014, file photo, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos walks onstage for the launch of the new Amazon Fire Phone, in Seattle. Amazon has had a complicated few weeks with its cancellation of a New York headquarters Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, and extortion claims last week related to intimate photos taken by its founder. Experts say the events are unlikely to pose much of a threat to Amazon’s business. But the company will continue to face more challenges as it grows larger. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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Defense secretary to determine how much money will be redirected for Trump's border wall

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Gunman in Illinois mass shooting had been convicted for beating girlfriend with bat

Potential privacy lapse found in Americans' 2010 census data

Vatican defrocks former U.S. Cardinal McCarrick for sex abuse

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Lamont reverses himself, will offer plan to toll cars and trucks

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Federal grant awarded for affordable housing in Rhode Island

Seal pup rescued after wandering onto Massachusetts road

Naugatuck police reviewing lieutenant's Facebook post

NYC mayor says Amazon should have tried working with critics

POLITICS

In this Aug. 9, 2017, file photo, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington. The State Department says Nauert, picked by President Donald Trump to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations but never officially nominated, has withdrawn her name from consideration on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

State Department: Trump's pick for next U.N. ambassador backs out

Trump emergency declaration faces uncertain fate in coming court fight

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Judge limits public comments in Trump confidant Stone's case

Court filing: Manafort faces more than 19 years in prison

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