New London News

Myron L. Leanna Jr., 38, of 128 Spicer Hills Road, Ledyard, was charged Friday with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

Jay Miner, director of buildings and grounds for Waterford schools, tours the reverse chiller mechanical room Friday at Waterford High School.

Works by painter Sunil Howlader are on view at Fresh Ayer Gallery and Gifts in Old Lyme until April 7. Her face is a bare suggestion, outlined, but featureless.

Brown is a fundraising campaign specialist for United Way and holds a bachelor's degree from Norfolk State University.

It's not an official world record. Not yet. What Groton's Chris Annino did Saturday in the parking lot at Ocean Beach Park in New London - pulling a 3,000 pound automobile via a shoulder harness for 1 mile - still has to be certified by folks like the Guinness Book of World Records.

Daryl Justin Finizio, the recently elected Democratic Party Mayor of New London, Connecticut has apologized to the families and homeowners who lost their homes as a result of the city's decision to condemn properties in the Fort Trumbull area of that city.

The report released by the state Department of Labor showed a more than 10,000 decline in Connecticut employment in January, which prompted a leading business group to brand it as "some of the worst news we've seen in quite some time."

Children of all ages are invited to the Faery Tea Party and Children's Fashion Show this Sunday at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London.

No listening party is complete without cupcakes, and Straight to VHS' recent gathering at the Telegraph record store in New London was no exception.

In a rare joint statement issued by the mayor's office on Friday, the mayor and police union officials announced headway in police contract negotiations.

The University of Connecticut plans to spend $10 million of its NextGenCT funding to demolish a vacant building that divides the Avery Point campus in two.

The accident was reported at 2:53 p.m. in the area of 274 Connecticut Ave. The unidentified juvenile, who police said was alert and conscious, was taken by ambulance to Lawrence + Memorial Hospital for treatment.

A New London man arrested last year as part of a far-reaching narcotics investigation was sentenced Friday to time served, or about 80 days in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Travis Clark, left, account manager, and Rob Kitzmiller, right, hardscape crew leader, of Hyde Park Landscape Inc., work on the garden display of their booth while vendors prepare Friday for opening night of the 33rd Annual Southeastern Connecticut Home Show at the Connecticut College Arena and Athletic Center in New London.

Timothy D. Bates and Steven Spellman, both of Noank, have been nominated by Gov. M. Dannel Malloy today to serve as Superior Court Judges.

Principal Tim Smith strives to make every new student feel immediately welcome at Pawcatuck Middle School.

Could it be too soon to think about New London's mayoral race of 2015, even as the March winds of 2014 still blow so cold? After all, the country is already engaged in presidential politics of 2016, from the deflation of Chris Christie to Hillary Clinton's reach for the family crown.

Valerie A. Tamano, who for 30 years has worked in New London Public Schools, announced this week that she will retire June 30. Tamano, the manager of the district's executive support services, submitted her letter of retirement March 10 and made public her decision at Thursday night's Board of Education workshop.

The Board of Finance took its first look Wednesday at the 2014-15 proposed education and town budgets, which together represent $65,854,620 or a 4.24 percent more than this this year.

New London Fire destroyed a ground floor apartment and smoke damaged another at the Nutmeg Woods apartment complex on Thursday, displacing tenants from at least two apartments.