FEATURES COLUMNS
A piece of New London history
One chapter in the history of medicine of New London County has just been closed with the retirement of two physicans, Dr. Peter Milstein and Dr. Brian Ehrlich
Rick's List — Retirement Gift Registry edition
At some point — long after this sort of thing would have occurred to a reasonable human being — I realized that life wasn't strictly a moment-to-moment proposition. This was in my early 40s, when I was married and my wife Eileen insisted we see a Financial Person to plot...
Nature and art on Old Lyme’s Lieutenant River
As we canoed along a narrow, winding stretch of Old Lyme’s Lieutenant River at low tide the other day, wave after wave of fiddler crabs scuttled up muddy banks and darted into holes that pockmarked a crustacean metropolis.
Rick's List — Going down the rabbit hole edition
Confucius mentioned the "Rule of Three" back in 500 B.C. He was a smart person famous for being smart (although it's worth noting that "confusion" is an etymological derivative of his name, so bear that in mind). The point is, we as a species are conditioned to associate both good and bad...
Don't be a loser on the trail
One of my greatest fears about getting lost in the woods — beyond suffering for days or weeks while gnawing on roots, slurping swamp water and fighting off a biblical plague of stinging insects — would be the humiliating rescue. To be carried out on a litter, carted...
The Lester family legacy
When Andrew Lester left Great Britain for Massachusetts in 1640, this intrepid immigrant probably never dreamed that in just a few generations his descendants would be so prolific that a school and a road (Lestertown Road) would be named for them.
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Rick's List — Official Summer Edition
I'm not exactly sure how seasonal businesses operate. I mean, I DO understand, at least on the theoretical level: They are open when seasonally appropriate. There are the mom and pop Christmas ornament stores and Christmas tree farms.
Savoring solitude on the Thames and Shetucket
As the four of us paddled our kayaks on a delightful, sunny afternoon, the only other signs of life were dozens of swans — some scurrying out of our path, others flying gracefully with outstretched necks and wings flapping in unison
A new generation emerges
It is said that the northern cardinal is the most desirable of all backyard birds. Its
Rick's List — Louder Motorcycles are Better Edition
Excerpts from the Minutes from the New London Sixth District Louder-Motorcycles-are-Better Spring Meeting 2019. Present: Neighborhood residents; members of Connecticut and Rhode Island chapters of the Shark Chum, Skull Shatterers, Greasy...
An axe throw for the ages
Becoming an amateur lumberjack is rewarding, fun and easy — a relaxing hobby, much like needlepoint or stamp collecting, I tell my friends.
Rick's List — Trick Endings in TV Commercials Edition
If you read novels or watch films or any TV series with a continual story arc, you're more than aware of a little plot device called the "twist ending." At this point, there are ZERO narratives in the world that don't contain a plot...
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Justin Hayward — Oct. 12 at Garde; tickets on sale at noon today; $59,$69
George Lopez — Oct. 26 at Foxwoods' Grand Theater; tickets on sale at 10 a.m. today; $49-$89
Hozier — Nov. 15 at Foxwoods' Grand Theater; tickets on sale at 10 a.m. today; $39-$79
Stone Temple Pilots — Sept. 8 at Foxwoods' Fox Theater; tickets on sale at 10 a.m. today; $29.50-$49.50
Nghtmre + Slander — Sept. 21 at Xfinity Theatre, Hartford; tickets on sale at 10 a.m. today; $29.50-$79.50