New London News

There are vast records in the archives at Mystic Seaport about the Charles W. Morgan, careful record keeping from a ship that sailed the world hunting whales.

Residents board an elevator Thursday in Building B of the Thames River Apartments complex in New London.

New London Main Street, in partnership with the New London city dock master, will organize the annual community photo on Wednesday, April 30, at noon.

Bill Young, left, of East Lyme and Mark Maillett of Niantic examine an album while the CBYD Trio play in the background at Telegraph Record Store in New London Saturday on Record Store Day, an international celebration of independent record stores.

Less than a year after returning from a reduced work schedule and time off due to a work-related injury, police Chief Margaret Ackley is again back to a shortened work schedule, using sick time and compensation time - more than seven weeks' worth in the first three months of the year, city records show.

Town officials are trying to convince the state Department of Public Health not to consolidate the town's water system under that of New London.

Shipwrights at the Mystic Seaport's H.B. duPont Preservation Shipyard step the mainmast of the whaleship Charles W. Morgan on Nov. 14, 2013.

Chester resident Tom Lee is one of four headliners for the 33rd Annual CT Storytelling Festival held at Connecticut College in New London.

As the bells of the city's churches tolled at noon on Good Friday, about 60 people gathered at St. Sophia Hellenic Orthodox Church to observe the 12 stations of the cross by walking with a crucifix to 12 different churches and other places of note in New London.

Chelsea Groton Bank saw its profits increase by 17 percent last year, according to financial results released Thursday, thanks largely to one of its best years ever for loan originations.

City firefighters made quick work of a fire on the third floor of a multi-family residence at 47 Eastern Ave. on Thursday night.

What a treat to see it at the base of State Street, its gold figurehead almost poking into the downtown, framed on one side by the red brick of Henry Hobson Richardson's masterpiece, Union Station.

The Shaw's Cove area could be the site of significant development in the next year, with a 450-space parking lot now proposed down the street from a planned retail and residential complex announced last fall.

The revetment project, which involves a sloped area of rocks and concrete, will have the effect of protecting Amtrak's train track from another storm surge like the one that occurred two years ago when Superstorm Sandy barreled into the region, destroying the boardwalk.

Connecticut gained nearly 5,000 jobs in March, but the Norwich-New London area was not so fortunate, according to employment statistics released today by the state Department of Labor.

The Utility Commission neglected to charge meters at four properties, including Crystal Mall, for sewer service as far back as 2009, resulting in $128,000 in back charges.

Three years ago, Mayor Finizio energized the New London Democratic Party in an unprecedented way, but the election process was a fractious one.

New London City police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at around 9:20 p.m. Wednesday at the Galaxy Convenience Store at 121 Montauk Ave., at the corner of Orchard Street.

Kara Jones, from left, of Pawcatuck, as "Good Deeds," Jason Rusk of Groton as "Kindred," and David George of Pawcatuck, as "The Older Everyman" rehearse their roles with fellow cast members.

Ciara Hamilton of New London colors a client's hair in the cosmetology shop at Ella T. Grasso Southeastern Technical High School in Groton earlier this month.