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Staff Sgt. James Tyler Grotjan remembered as cross-country tribute comes to Waterford

Laura Prentice is consoled by Curtis Murphy, of Georgia, during a stop of Tribute to Fallen Soldier 's Memorial Torch Motorcycle Ride at her home in Waterford on Monday, Aug. 2, 2021. Laura´s son Air Force Staff Sgt. James Tyler “Ty

Tribute to Fallen Soldiers organization visits home of Laura Prentice, mother of son lost in 2018.

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Janet McLeavey, first female faculty member at Coast Guard Academy, retires as math professor

Retiring Coast Guard Academy mathematics professor Dr. Janet McLeavey, the first female on the faculty at the academy, outside Yeaton Hall on Friday, July 30, 2021. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Describing her as unassuming, colleagues cite her focus on machine learning and artificial intelligence, and her mentorship of capstone projects.

Lamont comes to Groton, signs bill aimed at aiding military families

Connecticut governor visits sub base for bill-signing, discusses state of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Drunken-driver detectors for cars mandated in infrastructure bill

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Air travel hits another pandemic high as flight delays grow

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With evictions resuming, tenants scramble for assistance

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'Where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars': San Francisco's historic trolleys are running again

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FILE - In this July 9, 1960 file photo the 278-foot (82 meters) long nuclear powered attack submarine USS Thresher, a first in its class boat, is launched bow-first at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine. The USS Thresher sank on April 10, 1963, killing all 129 crew on board, during an Atlantic Ocean test dive about 220 miles off the Massachusetts' coast. The release of about 3,000 pages of documents delving into the deadliest submarine disaster in U.S. history has not yielded any sinister effort to hide the truth, a retired Navy skipper says. (AP Photo/File)

Skipper: Documents show no cover-up in sinking of Thresher

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Public safety building re-emerges as campaign issue

Arguments over project are reminiscent of the war of words waged by Camille Alberti and First Selectman Mark Nickerson during the 2019 election campaign.

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Ex-Ledyard High great Ken Turner, left, walks off the field with catcher John Garcia of Grambling between innings of a Cape Cod Baseball League game between Bourne and Wareham on Sunday night. Turner is enjoying his first experience in the prestigious league before he transfers from Hartford to Bryant in the fall. (Gavin Keefe/The Day)

Ledyard's Turner enjoying Cape experience before starting new journey at Bryant

Nation/World News
People line up to board a cable car at the Powell Street turnaround plaza in San Francisco on Monday, Aug. 2, 2021. San Francisco's iconic cable cars are rolling again after being sidelined by the pandemic for months. People were already forming long lines to ride the cable cars, which will offer free rides the month of August. (AP Photo/Olga Rodriguez)

'Where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars': San Francisco's historic trolleys are running again

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Former U.S. President Barack Obama gesture as he attends the

Obama plans outdoor 60th birthday bash amid delta variant surge

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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks about the United States-Mexico border during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, July 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Graham 1st vaccinated senator to test positive for COVID-19

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A man wearing a full protective face shield and double mask to avoid COVID-19 contagion waits for his turn to be vaccinated, outside a vaccination center of the Social Security Institute in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, May 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

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City of Groton Day returns with activities, vaccination clinic

City of Groton Day is returning on Friday after a hiatus last year, and Groton Heights Open House Day will be held on Saturday.

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In this July 30, 2020, file photo, shoppers wear face masks as they leave a Walmart store in Vernon Hills, Ill. Walmart is reversing its mask policy, Friday, July 30, 2021, and will require vaccinated workers in its distribution centers and stores in areas to wear masks in areas with high infection rates of the virus. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

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Tribute to Fallen Soldier's Memorial Torch Motorcycle Ride stops in Waterford | August 2, 2021 | 10 Photos
Tribute to Fallen Soldier's Memorial Torch Motorcycle Ride stops in Waterford
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Electric Boat christens Virginia-class submarine Hyman G. Rickover
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Avoiding an eviction crisis

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Protecting Alaska

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Protecting a free press so it can safely do its job

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Female draft debate should reopen the whole issue

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Cal stuck in his 1950s' bunker, unaware of a changing world

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Setting record straight on adjacent Lighthouse land

Reader finds L+M Hospital is 'second to none'

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Paul Choiniere

It appears COVID is here to stay

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Columnist Carol Sommer
Carol Sommer

The bodyguard and the biscuit baker

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Columnist Mike DiMauro
Mike DiMauro

Dr. I: The greatest loss in New London sports history

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Columnist Steve Fagin
Steve Fagin

A mountain hike: No view, no problem

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Chris Powell

Don't ignore sound reasons that some have vaccine skepticism

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Cal Thomas

Noem's red-state South Dakota everything blue Connecticut isn't

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Dr. Jon Gaudio

When unbridled optimism loses its luster

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Public safety building re-emerges as campaign issue

Locally-sourced food, art and music on tap for Wednesday’s Eat in the Street event in New London

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City of Groton Day returns with activities, vaccination clinic

Police logs - Aug. 3, 2021

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Ex-Ledyard High great Ken Turner, left, walks off the field with catcher John Garcia of Grambling between innings of a Cape Cod Baseball League game between Bourne and Wareham on Sunday night. Turner is enjoying his first experience in the prestigious league before he transfers from Hartford to Bryant in the fall. (Gavin Keefe/The Day)

Ledyard's Turner enjoying Cape experience before starting new journey at Bryant

UConn men land another recruit, top 50 player Alex Karaban

ECC football divisions, scheduling set

Yankees lose game, then ace Gerrit Cole, who tests positive for COVID-19

Paul staying with Suns as NBA free agency heats up

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After a pandemic layoff, Norwich's Christopher Faison returns to the stage — in Finland

'You cannot be serious': How John McEnroe landed the unlikeliest role of his career

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Kings of Convenience on new album and key to longevity

Colman Domingo’s star power is ‘a long time coming’

Lippman's 'Dream Girl' takes its cue from Stephen King

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BUSINESS

In this July 30, 2020, file photo, shoppers wear face masks as they leave a Walmart store in Vernon Hills, Ill. Walmart is reversing its mask policy, Friday, July 30, 2021, and will require vaccinated workers in its distribution centers and stores in areas to wear masks in areas with high infection rates of the virus. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

With new vaccine, mask requirements, businesses scramble to respond to delta variant, shifting health guidance

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2022 GMC Sierra one-ups Tesla with two new hands-free highway maneuvers. I liked them both

No crabs, no scallops: Seafood is vanishing from menus in U.S.

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Many Black women felt relieved to work from home, free from microaggressions. Now they're told to come back.

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Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and syringes at a vaccination site inside the Incheon Samsan World Gymnasium in Incheon, South Korea, on June 8, 2021. (Bloomberg photo by SeongJoon Cho)

‘Very real fourth wave’ presses FDA to fully approve Pfizer's COVID-19 shots

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Computer glitch hobbles fingerprinting for some Connecticut police forces

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Lamont to unions: Broader vaccine requirements may be coming

Younger adults in Bay State getting COVID-19; Rhode Island urges mask use in schools

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New cars will be required to have technology to detect drunk drivers and a system to keep children from being accidentally left in vehicles on hot days under a series of long-sought safety measures included in the infrastructure bill awaiting a vote in the U.S. Senate.

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When Disaster Strikes: Shipwrecks, Storms and Other Calamities in Southeastern Connecticut

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First & Finest: The 100-Year History of Naval Submarine Base New London

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A Generation of Excellence: UConn Women's 30-Year Reign

A Generation of Excellence: UConn Women's 30-Year Reign
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