Published October 19, 2021
The project, which calls for 104 housing units and a hotel with extended stay suites, could be fully designed, possibly even approved, by the end of the year.
Published February 1, 2021
The center, which would replace the Martin Center, would be built on 6.8 acres in Fort Trumbull.
Published January 30, 2021
Mayor Michael Passero said the establishment of a community recreational center in the city could be transformational, on the scale of the creation of Ocean Beach Park in 1939.
Published December 6, 2019
For many who remember the city's experience with federal planning initiatives as a disaster, former New London development director Philip Michalowski's joke that Benedict Arnold was the mastermind behind the city's first urban renewal project in 1781 when he burned the city to the ground may not have seemed too funny.
Published August 4, 2019
A loose-knit group of local activists with a rebellious streak announced last week that it had begun secretly planting apple trees and some vegetables on city-owned land at Fort Trumbull.
Published July 16, 2019
John Paul Stevens, a moderate midwestern Republican and former antitrust lawyer from Chicago who evolved into a savvy and sometimes passionate leader of the Supreme Court's liberal wing and became the third-longest-serving justice on the high court before his retirement in 2010, died July 16 at a hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He was 99.
Published May 14, 2019
A new proposal for apartments has promise but puts new emphasis on a conflict of interest at the Renaissance City Development Association.
Published May 5, 2018
The use of eminent domain by New London has been revived by the making of Jeff Benedict’s book, "Little Pink House," into a movie showing across the region this weekend.
Published May 2, 2018
The stars were out for the world premiere of the newly released movie “Little Pink House,” based on New London’s Fort Trumbull eminent domain fiasco that ended in 2005 with a United States Supreme Court ruling in favor of the city.
Published April 15, 2018
A sellout crowd of more than 1,000 people packed the Garde Arts Center Sunday to be among the first to see Hollywood’s take on the controversy that made New London a household name.
Published February 16, 2016
The City Council on Tuesday authorized Mayor Michael Passero to sign an agreement with the Renaissance City Development Association that will expand their role in in exploring development opportunities in the city.
Published September 17, 2015
Catherine Keener, nominated for Best Supporting Actress awards for “Being John Malkovich” (1999) and “Capote” (2005), has signed to play Susette Kelo
Published August 5, 2015
“TRASHED,” a blend of documentary and drama made and screened 10 years ago by Nightshade Productions, will be shown on Aug. 19 at the New London Public Library.
Published June 23, 2015
Korchula Productions has funding in place to make a movie of "Little Pink House" — the book that detailed the Supreme Court case of former Fort Trumbull homeowner Susette Kelo — and plans to start filming in September in Vancouver.
Published June 22, 2015
If a Supreme Court decision is acknowledged to be wildly unpopular even by the justice who wrote the opinion, and polls show a majority of the public disagrees with the decision, might the Supreme Court overturn its ruling?
Published June 22, 2015
To the naked eye, Fort Trumbull may look today like a barren tract of land that has not seen much progress in the decade since the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the city and its development corporation’s use of eminent domain to make way for major development projects. But the Renaissance City Development Association, the new name of the New London Development Corp., says the peninsula is primed for development.
Published June 21, 2015
A decade after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the city and its development corporation could legally take Susette Kelo’s home and 14 other properties, she reflects on her role in the landmark case.
Published June 20, 2015
The Institute for Justice argued in favor of a narrow interpretation of “public use” — that the taking of the condemned property must be by government or private owner that is legally required to serve the public.
Published June 20, 2015
A decade after Kelo v. New London decision, city and NLDC officials say goal of improving tax base got lost in the fray