On set with the Hallmark film shooting in New London

It might have been Valentine’s Day, but inside Mitchell College’s Red Barn on Thursday, it felt very much like Christmas.
Congress OKs border deal; Trump to declare emergency

Congress lopsidedly approved a border security compromise Thursday that would avert a second painful government shutdown, but a new confrontation was ignited — this time over the president's plan to declare a national emergency to siphon billions for his wall.
In new book, Salem resident details nearly dying in 2017 crash

Even as she spent a year writing a book about her new life, resident Tonya Harris had avoided returning to the stretch of Old Colchester Road where she nearly died two years ago.
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TODAY'S PAPER
At State Capitol, a day to talk paid family leave
The Labor and Public Employees Committee heard hours of testimony Thursday on paid family medical leave bills.
Foxwoods' January slots revenue was lowest in decades
Casino reports slots revenue was down 8.5 percent compared to same month the previous year, the seventh straight month of declines.
In Norwich, morning coffee and school buses don't mix well
Customers of the Route 82 Starbucks use the same entrance road as school buses and parents dropping off kids each morning at Thomas Mahan School.
CMEEC panel probing indicted CEO expects to finish in March
The committee in charge of the investigation will ask the full CMEEC board to plan for a special meeting in March to receive its findings and recommendations.
State colleges and universities system could face shortfall as large as $57 million
The state Board of Regents’ finance committee grappled Thursday with various scenarios for state funding and tuition, including one that could leave the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system short $57 million.
Lamont offers business tax relief, enhanced digital services
Gov. Ned Lamont unveiled his long-anticipated proposal Thursday to eliminate the business entity tax, a $250 fee nearly all Connecticut businesses pay once every two years.
East Lyme school board adopts superintendent's budget
The Board of Education unanimously voted to adopt the superintendent’s proposed 2019-20 budget of nearly $49.5 million — a $1.5 million, or 3.18 percent, increase.
LOCAL
Unchallenged, Groton City Democratic candidates to go on 'listening tour'
In Norwich, morning coffee and school buses don't mix well
CMEEC panel probing indicted CEO expects to finish in March
Dancing in the new year
North Stonington Christian Academy Quarter 2 Honor Roll
SPORTS

Bauman sets East Lyme career scoring record in ECC tourney win over NFA
ECC tournament: No. 1 New London girls cruise into D-I semis
UConn men fight to the finish in loss to No. 9 Houston
Sun having a quiet offseason
CIAC wrestling tournament / class meet seeding information
ARTS

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
Mystic Seaport exhibit recreates how people used to get their picture taken
'Umbrella Academy,' even weirder than the comic, is a must see
WEEKEND
BUSINESS
Mohegan Sun slot revenue tumbled, too
At State Capitol, a day to talk paid family leave
Foxwoods' January slots revenue was lowest in decades
Lamont offers business tax relief, enhanced digital services
Amazon ditches New York headquarters
NATION/WORLD
