New London News

Sean D. Elliot has been appointed to be the chair of the National Press Photographers Association's Ethics & Standards Committee, NPPA president Mark Dolan announced today.

About a dozen people walking from Western Massachusetts to Washington, D.C., made a stop Monday morning in New London, where Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio greeted them.

Connecticut veterans who plan to attend the upcoming 10th annual Heroes 4 Hire Career Fair are invited to the Connecticut Department of Labor's American Job Centers at 1 p.m. today for a workshop on how to prepare for a career fair and follow-up with potential employers.

Ernest O. Tautkus, 41, of 51 Jerome Road, Uncasville was charged Saturday with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and a stop sign violation.

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) March 10--GROTON -- With its longtime director less than three weeks from retirement, the Office of Planning and Development Services has become the subject of much debate recently with town councilors and merchants among those saying the department needs to change the way it does business.

Tom Spinnato, center, of New London, charges into the water wearing a mermaid costume Sunday during the annual Penguin Plunge at Ocean Beach Park in New London, to benefit the Special Olympics.

Calvin Dayton of Norwich, a member of the Mystic Highland Pipe Band, walks along Main Street on Sunday after participating in the inaugural Norwich St. Patrick's Day Parade.

Eric Anderson, 28, of Chicopee, Mass., was charged Saturday at Mohegan Sun with breach of peace and third-degree assault.

Schuyler Jackson of the Manhattan School of Music in New York plays the Mozart Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, K. 191, during the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra's 55th annual Instrumental Competition on Saturday at Evans Hall on the Connecticut College campus in New London.

Blake Lamothe, right, addresses a group gathered in October 2012 at the Palmer Steaming Tender Restaurant on Depot Street, which he owns, signaling a special passenger train trip from New London, Conn., to Brattleboro Vt.

The northeast district of the city, which includes Hodges Square, Riverside Park and the surrounding neighborhood, is home to about 3,000 residents and another 3,000 students, cadets and faculty at Connecticut College and the Coast Guard Academy.

Ron Gaska and Sir Jasper want to get rolling again and may be able to as a result of a crowdfunding effort intent on raising the $3,600 necessary to repair belts and wheels on Gaska's custom-made, motorized wheelchair.

Dick Campo of Waterford, drummer and founder of the Dick Campo Big Band, plays his Gretsch drum set, resembling the color scheme of a 1957 Chevy, at his home in Waterford on March 6. Yeah, yeah, yeah, John, Ringo, George and Paul.

The city will see a 10 percent increase in the cost of its liability and auto insurance policy and an increase in its deductible for that policy to $500,000, the city's finance director said Friday.

More than 40 youth groups, civic organizations, local bands and Irish civic groups will participate in this year's St. Patrick's Day parade in downtown New London, parade organizers announced.

New London Police arrested a former New London man Friday on charges he sexually assaulted a young girl left in his care.

The ShopRite of New London, located at 351 North Frontage Road in New London , has initiated a voluntary recall of all store-made ground meat produced and sold between 7 a.m. and 11 p.m. on Thursday, March 6. There is a possibility that these products may contain small pieces of hard plastic.

With the deadline approaching for online enrollment and tax subsidies, a final push is on to get as many people signed up for health insurance through the state's online marketplace as possible over the next three weeks.

I wasn't planning on feasting on goat meat the other day, but that's exactly what I did when Managing Editor Tim Cotter and I went to check out the In-N-Out Caribbean Cuisine in New London.

Behind-the-scenes negotiations, with an eye towards a settlement, are in the works between the city and Thomas Northup, a former New London police officer fired for shooting and wounding the unarmed driver of a stolen ice truck.