Groton News

At Tommy's Tattoo Convention, happening this weekend at Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, hundreds of tattoos will be created: skulls, monsters, flames, eloquent mottos, pretty girls, animals, birds.

Members of the Cellar Gang, from left, Susan Graham of Mystic, on wire strung harp, and Virginia Wootten of Charlestown, R.I., and Julie Maisch of Groton, both on psaltery, perform Sunday during an open house at the Jabez Smith House in Groton.

Renovations of a former Coast Guard building to a new student center at UConn Avery Point in Groton, seen Wednesday, are nearing completion.

Police, courts and the state forensic laboratory say they are dealing with more cases involving synthetic cannabinoids and other designer drugs since the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection passed regulations banning fake marijuana, bath salts and salvia last year.

The town and city police departments in conjunction with the state Department of Consumer Protection's Liquor Control Division and the Governors Prevention Partnership cited five stores in town today for selling alcohol to minors.

Messina placed in the top 10 of the 2012 TransWorld SKATEboarding Cinematography Contest with his YouTube video "Planned Existence."

Police advise that the "Tour De Noank 5-K" road race on Saturday morning will tie up traffic in the village.

Dennis J. Nolan, 45, 17L Lakeside Drive, Ledyard, was charged Monday with third-degree assault, disorderly conduct and second-degree unlawful restraint.

When you don't have a job, how do you afford day care while you're getting training to make you more marketable? When you don't have a high school degree, how can you afford to take the time to study for a GED and get job training, too? New London Adult Education is providing ways around these hurdles through I-BEST, an acronym for integrated basic ... (more)

The New London-based Southeastern Connecticut Enterprise Region has announced that the agency has been officially named an Economic Development District.

An explosion in the number of handgun permit applications has led to long waits, some frustration and now changes at the Groton Town Police Department.

Groton Town Police charged a 25-year-old local man with possession of child pornography last week after a pawn shop employee reported that a laptop computer the man had pawned for $225 contained sexually explicit pictures and videos of young girls.

The Town Council met Monday to consider removing medical benefits from the registrar of voters position, but decided to refer the matter to a subcommittee that will also consider removing retirement benefits.

Connecticut State Police have found a replacement for the Ford Crown Victoria, the no-nonsense workhorse and decades-long staple of law enforcement and taxi fleets nationwide.

Messina placed in the top 10 of the 2012 TransWorld SKATEboarding Cinematography Contest with his YouTube video "Planned Existence."

The lone survivor of a fiery drunken-driving crash that killed three people in 2007, was charged with driving under the influence Friday for the second time since the crash.

The multi-million dollar project to rebuild Thames Street in Groton is scheduled to begin Monday, the city's highway department said in a news release.

The remnants of Tropical Storm Andrea doused southeastern Connecticut with heavy rains Friday evening, leading to sporadic reports of flooded roadways and wet basements but no known serious problems.

Tatyanna Paige of Groton, a senior at Ella T. Grasso Southeastern Technical High School in Groton, is a hostess for the Octagon restaurant at the Mystic Marriott in Groton.

New London and Town of Groton police departments on Wednesday released the number of tickets handed out during the two-week-long "Click It Or Ticket" enforcement campaign.