Groton News

A firefighter trainee who was hoping to impress his colleagues when he torched three houses in Mystic last year has pleaded no contest to arson charges and will be sentenced in January to up to 14 years in prison.

Pharmaceutical-giant, Pfizer, has announced that they are closing its research and development site in New London.

Pfizer is closing its research and development headquarters in New London and will be moving many of the workers to nearby Groton.

Marc Candels, 42, of 11 Riverview Road, was charged Tuesday with risk of injury to a minor and delivery of a controlled substance.

Local police teamed up with a state police narcotics task force to arrest a local man on drug charges.

Republicans gained ground Tuesday, earning six of nine Town Council seats and a slight majority on the Representative Town Meeting.

Justin Trehy, 27, of 106 Poquonnock Road, was charged Sunday with third-degree assault and breach of peace.

Tomorrow is Election Day. With only town positions at stake this year, it has been very quiet, a welcome change from the hurly-burly of last year's national election.

Just do it. That's our advice to Groton voters deciding on the $10.7 million referendum question next Tuesday on whether to reconstruct the 1.1-mile-long Thames Street.

USS Hartford [SSN-768] returns to New London for repairs General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp.

While the Town Clerk office is an elected position in Groton, this fall is the first time in 24 years there has been competition for the job.

I was pleased to read in The Day last month that the town of Groton has opened a new bicycle way, the G&S Trolley Trail, following the path of the old trolley line.

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

If you were at Sutton Park, the skate park in Groton, on Wednesday afternoon, you might have heard something like this: "Dude, that is Tony Hawk." "Dude, no way." "Dude, way." "Dude, no way is that Tony Hawk, the most famous skateboarder of all time, right here in our skate park in Groton." "Dude, who else could do a FS 540 or a Laser Flip like ...

In the days before she allegedly held up six banks in as many days, Heather L. Brown told her probation officer she had been using cocaine and marijuana and was no longer employed.

Jason Sherman throws an old board into a trash bin as the historic home at 23 Library St.

A new arrest warrant says a Connecticut woman suspected of robbing six banks in three states last month had returned to using cocaine and marijuana and was unemployed before the crimes.

The Groton Town Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to settle a lawsuit filed by a resident who said his civil rights were violated when police seized a handgun from a locked safe in his home and a shotgun he kept at his mother's house in New London.

A Greenfield Drive man's plans to hold a Wiccan autumn celebration at his home last month never materialized, but his neighbors are still concerned about the intended use of the home he is building, especially after learning that he is listed on the state's Sex Offender Registry.

The Navy is seeking permits to do dredging work at Pier 15 at the Groton sub base, dump the pier area soils in a specially dug trench nearby in the Thames River, and then dispose of the river bottom soils at three offshore sites.