Just Mystic and the Mystic Seaport Museum have launched a limited collaboration apparel series that’s only available for summer 2024.

Offerings include a Mystic Seaport Museum crewneck sweatshirt, two t-shirts, a long-sleeve t-shirt, a “dad hat” with founding year “1929” embroidered on the back, a boat float keychain, and a 1,000-piece puzzle, all available at the museum’s pop-up visitor center — Mystic Seaport Museum: At The Drawbridge, which is operating through December. The collection can also be purchased online at justmystic.com.

The series celebrates the history of the Sabino, the oldest regularly operating coal-powered steamboat in America. The Sabino (named in honor of Sabenoa, a member of the Abenaki Sagamore Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands) played an important role in New England travel during its heyday, and today serves as a source of entertainment and tourism throughout Mystic, with daily departures at 5:30 p.m. from the docks behind S&P Oyster in Mystic.

Tickets can be purchased up to 30 days in advance, and guests can check in with their mobile tickets at the Mystic Seaport Museum at 4 East Main St.

Just Mystic was founded by Mystic locals and sibling duo Robert Nelson and Amanda Cummings in 2021. The store is located at 33 W. Main Street in downtown Mystic and is open seven days a week, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.). Follow @justmysticbrand on Instagram for updates and information.

The 39th a Good Neighbor Dinner will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17, at The Hounds in Stonington.

The Good Neighbor Dinner will support Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center programs, celebrate our volunteers and recognize the Mystic River Jam committee. Mystic River Jam is an annual music festival held at Mystic Shipyard featuring local talent and supporting the Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center.

The PNC (pawcatuckneighborhoodcenter.org) has been a beneficiary of the festival since 2017.

New London attorney Linda L. Mariani has again been chosen by colleagues for inclusion in the 2024 Connecticut Super Lawyers list as published in Connecticut magazine.

“Super Lawyers” recognizes attorneys who have distinguished themselves in their legal practice and is awarded to only 5% of the attorneys in the state. Mariani has been chosen every year since 2010.

In addition, she was chosen for inclusion in Woodward/Whites "Best Lawyers in America" for which she has been selected continuously since 2005. The chosen attorneys are compiled by conducting exhaustive peer review surveys in which lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.

Attorney Mariani practices Divorce Mediation, Collaborative Divorce and addresses all divorce issues. Her office is located at 83 Broad St. in New London, and can also be reached by phone at 860-443-5023 or via the web at www.marianireck.com.

Rosemary Ostfeld, who operates a website to connect the public with local food sources, recently launched the 2024 Healthy PlanEat Local Food Tour. Customers can receive a passport and stamps when they shop from local Healthy PlanEat vendors. The stamps will be redeemable for raffle tickets at an in-person event which will take place at Wadsworth Mansion in Middletown from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29.

The in-person event is delivered in partnership with The Rockfall Foundation (a local environment-focused non-profit) and the Wadsworth Mansion.

Healthy PlanEat has also been featured in a recent report by the World Wildlife Fund. The report shares information about its sustainable shipping program. The shipping program offers another convenient way to shop directly from local farms in addition to in-person pick up locations.

The Greater Mystic Chamber of Commerce recognized Catherine Gibson in its Community Proud series sponsored by CorePlus Credit Union.

Raised in Noank and now residing in Mystic, Gibson has made significant contributions to the local art scene. Her work, displayed at Studio M in Mystic, showcases her distinctive artistic vision and creativity, often inspired by the sea and ocean themes. Supported by gallery owner Mara Beckwith, Gibson has developed a unique process in glass painting and fusing, which can be viewed at St. Mary’s Church in Groton and All Souls Unitarian Church in New London.

For 15 years, Gibson studied under the late Nick Parrendo of the Hunt Studio in Pittsburgh, Penn., who taught glass painting at St. Michael’s School of Sacred Art on Enders Island. She also trains and works with therapy dogs accredited by Pet Partners. She also collaborates with Mara Beckwith in fundraising initiatives to benefit the L&M Cancer Center.

The Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut is now taking applications for Entrepreneur Academy 2024. Building on the success of its inaugural year, this omprehensive eight-week incubator program is scheduled to begin Sept. 10 at the Regional Innovation Center, 92 Eugene O’Neill Drive, New London.

Entrepreneur Academy 2024 is designed to help emerging business owners refine their ideas and develop the skills needed for success. Participants will benefit from expert training, mentorship, and access to valuable local resources. The program leads up to a final Demo Day, during which entrepreneurs pitch their ideas to a panel of local business owners to determine which start-ups have the best opportunity for success.

Winning selections will receive a grant awarded by the Southeastern Connecticut Enterprise Region (seCTer) and funded by the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development. or more information, visit ChamberECT.com.

A groundbreaking partnership between the Women’s Business Development Council and the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood has been extended through June 2027. This extension renews a mutual commitment to support child care businesses through the WBDC Child Care Business Support Program and Opportunity Fund. The renewal provides $6 million in funding over the next three years.

Since its launch in 2020, the program has helped child care businesses create or retain 9,041 jobs and 38,108 child care slots in Connecticut, according to WBDC. The Business Opportunity Fund provides grants of up to $25,000 to qualified licensed and aspiring child care businesses in Connecticut. Visit ctwbdc.org for more information.

Katherine Hermes will present the discussion: “Exile and Rebirth: The Process and Colonization” at the next Wednesdays With Winthrop Jr. lecture at 8 p.m. Aug. 21. To join by Zoom, visit https://meet.google.com/vtr-irbn-cvw.

Hermes received her JD from Duke University School of Law and her Ph.D in colonial American history from Yale University. Her research focused on religion and law in New England from 1620-1730. From 1997-2022 she taught early American history and the history of New England and the Northeast at Central Connecticut State University.

Currently the publisher of Connecticut Explored, a quarterly history magazine, Hermes the author of "A Witch Doctor in Wethersfield," “Connecticut Explored, Fall 2023,” and, with Beth Caruso, “Between God and Satan: Thomas Thornton, Witch-Hunting, and Religious Mission in the English Atlantic World, 1647–1693,” among other works.

Mary Bingham, who will be hosting the event, is a descendant of three women convicted of witchcraft and hanged in Salem, Mass., in 1692. She is a board member of https://endwitchhunts.org, which works to spread awareness of harmful practices related to accusations of witchcraft. Some of her research can be accessed at https://witchhuntshow.com, Minute With Mary, and she was part of a witch trial exoneration group that helped pass House Joint Resolution 34, “Resolution Concerning Certain Witchcraft Convictions in Colonial Connecticut,” on May 25, 2023.

These discussions grew out of research Bingham did into John Winthrop Jr.’s medical records at the Massachusetts Historical Society, where she found evidence that Winthrop Jr. treated some of the victims in Connecticut, who were hanged when he was out of the colony securing a new charter.

To follow the event on Facebook, visit https://www.facebook.com/share/k2B8KaeEPzkRn8Un/?mibextid=9VsGKo. Or find the meeting at https://meet.google.com/vtr-irbn-cvw.

The Electric Boat Employees’ Community Services Association awarded two grants to Thames Valley Council for Community Action for programs supporting people in need. A $9,000 award will support Home Again, the agency’s housing program aimed at preventing homelessness. TVCCA’s Senior Nutrition/Meals on Wheels program received $7,000 to help defray costs of meal delivery as well as food service at congregate meal sites at area Senior Centers.

Home Again offers monetary assistance to low-income residents in danger of eviction to help with security deposits, rent payments, and overdue utility bills.

Ida Parker, TVCCA’s Director of Housing, and Eugene Theroux, TVCCA’s Director of Senior Nutrition, expressed thanks for the monetary support. For more information about TVCCA programs, call (860) 889-1365 or visit tvcca.org.

Drew Deary and Hannah Wright of North Stonington, along with Emelia Wacker and Eric Bird of Old Saybrook, have been announced as winners of Elmira College’s annual Key Award. This year's award was given to 831 students in 17 states. A tradition that goes back to 1935, the Key Award is presented to outstanding students in their junior year of high school or preparatory school.

Recipients receive an $88,000 scholarship over a four-year period, $22,000 per year, upon enrolling at Elmira College.

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