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Sunday, October 13, 2024
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Sunday, October 13, 2024
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OP-ED
Here are my potential solutions to the ongoing parking challenges in Mystic.
As I understand it, Seaport Marine, if they’re interested, would need to obtain a special gr...
On Wednesday, Oct. 2 as we watch the sun set, Jews around the world will welcome the Jewish new year, Rosh Hashanah 5785. The Jewish tradition is to eat foods that are s...
Venezuela, once a land of promise and beauty, has undergone a heartbreaking transformation. I grew up in a country where political stability was the norm and hope for the...
Imagine six acres of waterfront property zoned for development but sitting empty for more than 20 years and generating no revenue for the city. That is the reality for a ...
In August, Eversource and United Illuminating customers received a shock when they opened their electricity bills. A 2017 legislative deal to support the Millstone Power ...
Recent reports warn about the spread of hydrilla, a fast-growing aquatic weed threatening rivers and lakes throughout the state, should concern anyone who enjoys water re...
I am writing to clarify my opposition to the zoning change and consequent proposed development of land at the base of and behind Williams Street in New London, the so-cal...
There has never been a more consequential presidential election in more than two centuries. The country is woefully divided, morale is low, and the two candidates both se...
Our current and proposed sky-high electric rates is the result of the regulatory agency PURA (Public Utilities Regulatory Authority), straying from a fundamental tool in ...
My grandmother moved to Windward Village Apartments in Niantic after spending her life raising her family modestly in Long Island. She wanted to live affordably near her ...
A significant increase hit your electric bill right in the middle of summer. I share your frustration, not only with the increase, but with partisan bickering over the ca...
Trying to give up single-use plastics can seem like a fool’s errand, with nearly every imaginable product you can buy ensconced in plastic packaging.
“We live in a societ...
GUEST OPINIONS
In the month of September, during the 1960s in Norwich, the neighborhood on Talman Street was bustling with activity as each neighbor prepared for the approach of winter....
So, what’s up with my property taxes this year? That is the most frequently asked question around the city the last few weeks after residents began receiving their fiscal...
“Why is my electricity bill so high?”
I hear this repeatedly as I talk to my constituents in the supermarket, at the ball field and in the emails that arrive in my inbox....
“You’ve come a long way, baby.”
That was the advertising slogan in 1968 promoting Virginia Slims, a cigarette marketed exclusively for women. Half a century has passed, ...
I’m fully aware that this country is deeply divided in their views of President Joe Biden. As a millennial voter and progressive Democrat, I’ve certainly been unsatisfie...
Connecticut is approaching a crisis point for electricity supply to our grid —expected as soon as 2030. Planned retirements of fossil fuel-burning generators along with a...
As a longtime earth scientist, I noted this past winter a number of admittedly anecdotal observations spanning both Connecticut and the northern tier of the Western World...
The clothes a loved one wears may seem insignificant when they dwell among the living. But once they make the journey into the next life, those same clothes take on a mea...
Pirate ships were painted gray for a reason. They blended into the shadowy area of the ocean along the horizon, where an inky sea met a smoky sky, a hint of a threat that...
Over the years, Day columnist Mike DiMauro and I have agreed on some things and disagreed on others. His recent column about the Travelers Championship protesters is one ...
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