News: Local teachers are grappling with how to teach about the U.S. electoral process during an election that often strays far from kid-appropriate content.

Business: Rob Nevins has opened Slim Nation in Groton and is planning to take his idea nationwide by franchising out of a 2,000-square-foot headquarters building just established on Long Hill Road.

Daybreak: Kelly Leahy Radding's multiseason study of Oswegatchie Hills and the coastal shoreline is featured in Artisan Framing and Gallery in Niantic. A program next week includes a birds of prey program by Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center and children’s activities and an artist’s demonstration by Radding.

Perspective: Editorial Page Editor Paul Choiniere writes that Republicans are about to blow an excellent opportunity to capture the White House and retain control of both the House of

Representatives and Senate.