Public workshop in Groton to address EB housing, transportation needs
Consultants are wrapping up a study on regional housing, transit and transportation needs related to the continuing influx of Electric Boat employees. They’re calling on the public for input.
Local Fleet Reserve Association announces officers, upcoming events
Local Fleet Reserve Association announces officers and upcoming events.
Coast Guard cadets to spend summer in Africa
Four rising seniors at the Coast Guard Academy will spend most of their summer on the Northwest coast of Africa carrying out community relations work as part of a larger NATO mission.
Reports of unwanted sexual contact up at Coast Guard Academy
A Pentagon report says almost half of female cadets at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy said they were sexually harassed
Key Democrats press bill to increase minority recruitment at Coast Guard Academy
Key House Democrats are backing a bill aimed at improving diversity at New London’s Coast Guard Academy.
LOCAL NEWS
Mitchell College pitches plan to build NCAA softball field on city property
Mitchell College wants to build a $500,000 collegiate softball field on city property.
Former Norwich Public Utilities manger awarded full pension
Former NPU GM John Bilda will receive annual pension payments of $147,297.
Norwich Democrats endorse candidates for City Council, school board
The Democratic Town Committee Tuesday endorsed a slate of six candidates to run for City Council this fall, another six candidates for the Board of Education.
Summer Sounds in Mystic
Director Carolyn Whinnem leads the Old Lyme Town Band during a concert Tuesday at Riverside Park in Mystic.
COLUMNS
Will Connecticut Republicans sign on for Trump’s party of racism?
Connecticut Republicans just left in office a Trump-loving party chairman who lost the last...
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Police: Intoxicated man struck 3 mailboxes, drove into marsh in East Lyme
Police on Monday charged a Groton man with drunkenly crashing into at least three mailboxes and a guardrail, then driving into a marsh.
Preston crash leads to DWI arrest
State police arrested a New Jersey man on drunken driving and other charges early Sunday after they say he crashed his car and then fled.
Officials: Pedestrian seriously injured in New London rollover crash
Firefighters said they took two people to Lawrence + Memorial Hospital after a pickup truck struck a pedestrian and rolled over in front of Goodyear Monday morning.
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STATE/NORTHEAST
Neighboring governors urge Lamont to persist with transportation rebuild
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo and Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, who had their first-ever summit with Lamont, discussed collaborative purchasing for renewable energy, job training, data-sharing and pollution issues.
Lamont would ease ‘debt diet’ in final push for highway tolls
Gov. Ned Lamont is making a final push to salvage tolls this year and its success could hinge on the limit he and lawmakers set on Connecticut's credit card.
