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Thursday, April 25, 2024
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Thursday, April 25, 2024
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New London committee hears radically different opinions on school budget proposal
New London school officials defended their $50.8 million budget proposal ― and it’s $4.5 million increase ― before the City Council’s Finance Committee on Wednesday.
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A controversial Zoning Commission member elected in November on a platform to stop overdevelopment has resigned, citing the futility of trying to persuade an “immovable majority” that change is necessary.
Mayor Leonard Bunnell has cut the proposed 2024-2025 school budget by $1.18 million.
Students and parents object to cuts to the school music program as school officials still have to find another $6.8 million in budget cuts.
A rowboat moves across the Niantic River on Wednesday, with homes along Niantic River Road in Waterford seen in the background.
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Gov. Ned Lamont visited Norwich Free Academy Wednesday to hear from students and to visit one of his favorite museums in the state.
Nora Gagnon, 9, and her mother, Megan, of Mansfield, played catch Tuesday while at Eastern Point Beach in Groton.
An agreement ensuring public access will remain in place for one year while the parties go through mediation to come to a permanent solution.
Voters ensured the Lymes’ Senior Center renovation will go forward despite costs almost a $1 million higher than initial estimates.
With bears leaving hibernation and in search of food, southeastern Connecticut residents are beginning to report bear sightings.
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Warden Michael Schefers said Tuesday that $87,000 in American Rescue Plan funds should cover construction and renovation expenses for two unisex public restrooms on the lower level of Borough Hall.
Four electric vehicle chargers are available for the public to use, for free, using the ChargePoint app.
City Mayor Keith Hedrick outlined the expected tax impact of the proposed 2024-25 budget of $19,833,651.
First Selectman Dan Cunningham said the recent workplace harassment investigation into part-time firefighter and volunteer Flanders Fire Department Chief Chris Taylor underscores the need to bring the town’s two independent fire departments under professional leadership.
Social service advocates and police work year-round to find permanent shelter for the relatively few members of the city’s homeless population living in tents.
Absentee ballots for the April 30 budget referendum are now available in the Town Clerk's office.
Residents will be asked Thursday to approve the purchase of a nine-passenger school van using state grant money originally received for a reading program.
It’s nesting time for several species of shorebirds whose nests are easily disturbed.
Tattoo artists worked as crowds of thousands watched, over the weekend at the New England Tattoo Expo at Mohegan Sun.
The mission of an upcoming Earth Day Expo at the Groton Public Library is to not only educate people on how to live more sustainably, but also to have them take direct action that day.
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