New London News

Daisy II, a 51 2-year-old male pot-bellied pig, and his owner, Farmer Minor, of Bristol, pay a visit Tuesday to the Public Library of New London.

"The whole idea about higher education is never going to be about grades, the purpose is your understanding, that's why you're here."

As commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, Adm. Robert J. Papp Jr. has made it a priority to develop a national museum dedicated to the maritime service.

Norwich Five eastern Connecticut political leaders made connections with nearly three dozen students at Three Rivers Community College today in an effort to inspire young people to become future political leaders.

The legislature's Planning and Development Committee passed a bill Tuesday that would give municipalities the power to create a regional dispatch authority for police, fire and emergency services.

Russell J. Dykema, 52, of 35 Inchcliffe, Gales Ferry, was charged Monday with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

The field behind the Mystic YMCA is the future home of a playground dedicated to one of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings.

The Sea Majesty from Panama is guided Monday by a Thames Shipyard tugboat in New London Harbor as they pass in front of Waterfront Park in New London.

Dakpa Gyaltsen, owner of Zambala Grocery Store at 143 State St. in New London, assists a patron Monday after reopening.

Everyone knows what calligraphy is. To be classy, you hire someone with really good penmanship to do your wedding invitations in swirling script - rather than order them in bulk from Matrimony R Us.

Three people were due in New London Superior Court today after police arrested them at the Crystal Mall Friday on petty shoplifting charges.

William Bueno-Hiraldo, 30, of 280 Hempstead St. was charged Saturday with criminal mischief, violation of a protective order, disorderly conduct and second-degree failure to appear in court.

In the kitchen of their home Sunday afternoon, Daniel Robinson asked his wife Rabbi Rachel Safman whether they should throw out a bottle of vinegar he came across.

State police arrested a New London man at the Norwich Superior Courthouse Wednesday after they found him to be in possession of heroin.

Ivette Webster, 42, of 584 Shennecossett Road, Apt 174, was charged Saturday with driving with a suspended license or registration and running a stop sign.

Ashley Papski, 26, of no certain address was charged Friday with conspiracy to commit third-degree larceny, possession of a hallucinogen and possession of drug paraphernalia.

This week, red and silver maples and black birch began flowering in the southernmost parts of the state, setting off the beginnings of a pollen explosion allergists are expecting will make for a fierce allergy season this spring.

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) April 12--WATERFORD -- Charter Oak Federal Credit Union's new $18 million headquarters building at Route 85 and Industrial Drive is nearing completion, and a grand opening has been scheduled June 16 -- a few months later than initially planned, but "it's going to be here 50 years, so what's six months?" the company's top ... (more)

First-class cadets from Foxtrot Company raise their swords in salute Friday as they gather in the assembly area on Bear Drive for a regimental review at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London.

Now the owner of the Mystic Army Navy Stores her late father, Larry Gemma, co-founded in 1993, the 46-year-old Gemma has a legacy to protect.