East Lyme News

Local grocery chain Tri Town Foods will be honored this month with an environmental stewardship award for energy-efficient measures at its newest supermarket in Uncasville.

Groton government without Barbara Tarbox is going to be like cereal without milk.

In this day and age when so many people seem to want to do nothing except criticize everyone and everything, I feel it's important to not forget to acknowledge jobs well done and the people performing them.

Republicans candidates led by incumbent First Selectman Paul Formica maintained their dominance on town boards and commissions after Tuesday's municipal election.

EAST LYME, Conn. - Amtrak officials are trying to fix a railroad bridge in Connecticut that is stuck in the down position and has trapped commercial boats in Niantic Bay.

The Day endorses Paul M. Formica in his re-election campaign against write-in challenger Phillip Delaney.

Isabella Gesino, 5, of East Lyme laughs at her unfinished skull-face paint at the festival.

This is the story of Paul Kueker, an amicable fellow and the personification of how King George of Niantic, in his misguided attempt to protect his asphalt, continues to act like a horse's asphalt instead.

How big is your heart? Is it big enough for Grace, an American bulldog who was so relentlessly overbred by the now-deceased pet shop owner who had her in Colchester that she is now, at the age of 6, unable to gain enough weight to hide her ribs? Grace, who was kept in a cage so much that when her paws encounter grass, she isn't quite sure what to ...

A number of health districts are offering H1N1 vaccines, but most require you make a reservation well in advance.

Beginning Tuesday, the Ledge Light Health District will administer the H1N1 flu vaccine to children ages 2 to 4 from East Lyme, Groton, Ledyard, Lyme, Old Lyme, New London, North Stonington, Stonington and Waterford.

East Lyme - Users of the town's water and sewer system are facing a proposed single-digit rate increase after a special Water and Sewer Commission meeting Tuesday.

East Lyme - Norwich Free Academy's Sarah Eagan and Cassy Hunter finished side by side as the Wildcats completed a perfect regular season by sweeping a tri-meet from East Lyme and Wheeler in a girls' cross country meet Tuesday at Rocky Neck State Park.

Police photo of Richard Shenkman from May 12, 2007 Richard Shenkman Nancy Tyler was held hostage by her ex-husband in their South Windsor home Tuesday.

East Lyme - A write-in candidate for first selectman in the November election is promising to give back to the town half of the salary he would earn as the town's top official if he's elected.

Celebrating the ground-breaking for the Niantic Streetscape Project is Terry Mitchell, Dan Shea, First Selectman Paul Formica, Candy Shapiro, and John Haglund from the Department of Economic and Community Development.

East Lyme - Mary Catherine Crocker, 94, of 111 East Pattagansett Road, Niantic, died on Thursday, Oct.

East Lyme - State Rep. Ed Jutila became the ninth representative to endorse Jim Amann Thursday in Amann's bid to become the next governor.

East Lyme - The East Lyme Democratic Town Committee will hold its annual Oktoberfest on Thursday, Oct.

East Lyme a " The Board of Selectmen Thursday debated whether to keep repairing the nearly 20-year-old boiler system at the high school or to replace it with an energy-efficient one.