Log In


Reset Password
  • MENU
    Local News
    Monday, May 13, 2024
    Local News
    Monday, May 13, 2024
    Support Local News.

    Please support our work by subscribing today.

    Please support our work by subscribing today.

    A ‘crazy week’ for flower growers and florists alike

    A ‘crazy week’ for flower growers and florists alike
    Mother’s Day is a good time to buy plants, but if you’re looking for locally grown cut flowers, you may be out of luck.

    Local News

    Preston residents send proposed 2024-25 school and town government budgets to referendum May 23.
    Stonington ― Approximately a dozen members of the public turned out for the Charter Revision Commission’s only required public hearing, at the high school on Thursday. A ...
    Norwich Battalion Chief Patrick Curtin said the car was held up by two trees before it was able to roll down a hill approximately 100 feet to Summit Drive below.
    The town’s Senior Services Department on Wednesday presented Parise, 76, with the Jody Nazarchyk Award for exemplifying self-sacrifice for the service of others.

    Local News

    As proponents of Shore Line East celebrated an additional $5 million in funding and vowed to continue to advocate for full restoration of service, they remembered Zell Steever of Groton and his advocacy.
    The Day staff looks at how southeastern Connecticut fared during the Connecticut General Assembly’s session that ended late Wednesday.
    A New Jersey couple on their way to the White Mountains of New Hampshire got some work done at McCook Point Park Thursday outside the converted camper they borrowed from a friend.
    Residents and lawmakers will continue efforts to scrutinize the controversial project.
    Waterford ― The Waterford Historical Society will hold its first Second Saturday event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday in the society’s historic buildings and on Jordan G...

    Local News

    Passengers from a cruise ship docked in New London explored some of the region’s top tourism attractions on Thursday.
    Cruise ships will make eight stops in the city through October, giving passengers time to explore the city and other area destinations.
    Muralist Kelsey Montague, first commissioned by Foxwoods Resort Casino in 2021, returned this week for the unveiling of her latest work, “Native Eagle Wings.”
    A survey of Norwich youths showed substance use is declining but mental health problems persist.
    “Bodies are piling up on our highways every single day,” said Howard, a veteran Stonington police detective.
    Voters in Lyme and Old Lyme approved the proposed Region 18 school budget of $36.9 million and its 3% increase at two sparsely attended referendums on Tuesday.
    Visitors pick tulips at Wicked Tulips in Preston during a break in the rain on Wednesday.
    Mashantucket ― Rodney Butler, chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, has been elected president of the board of directors of NAFOA, the Native American Finance Office...
    After more than six decades, the family-owned Rapid Car Wash in New London has sold its business to the rapidly expanding Soapy Noble.
    Lawrence + Memorial Hospital has been re-certified by The Joint Commission, in collaboration with the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, as an advanced primary stroke center for the ninth time.