New London News

By illegally ejecting a discreetly nursing mother from a courtroom, a female Connecticut marshal drove home the point that breastfeeding is a women's issue often fought between women.

A parking ban went into effect for New London today at 1:00 p.m. but the city has canceled the ban for downtown.

Who needs to leave New London to see a holiday show? We have wonderful theatrics right here in New London this holiday season and it's not all at the Garde! Opening night was advertised for weeks to start on the eve of Hanukkah, the night before Thanksgiving.

Juan Gonzalez of Norwich walks Monday along the sand at Ocean Beach Park in New London as he surf casts.

New London - At a round-table discussion Monday at St. Mary Star of the Sea Church, participants were asked a simple yet complex question: "What does quality health care mean?" For some it meant having access to doctors and getting to spend time with them; for others it meant not fearing the cost; and for some it meant getting preventive care ... (more)

The mayor suggested Monday night that the City Council consider sending out one-time supplemental tax bills to raise between $1.6 million and $6.3 million to boost the city's savings account.

Eight days after unionized nurses and techs ended their strike at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital in New London , plans to negotiate are unraveling and nearly 800 workers remain locked out.

While the outcome of the lockout and labor negotiations at Lawrence + Memorial Hospital is far from certain, one thing is clear-locked out health care workers have plenty of supporters.

Holiday Lights over Olde Mistick Village Friday Night Olde Mistick Village and Mystic Aquarium will be all aglow Friday with walkways at both lined with luminaria.

As he prepared to turn in his pistol and badge Friday afternoon and retire, Detective Franklin S. Jarvis said he would be walking out of police headquarters the same person who walked in 34 years ago.

New London is one of the last places Adm. Robert J. Papp Jr. will visit as head of the Coast Guard, and he is still hoping that plans for the National Coast Guard Museum will be far enough along that he can take part in a groundbreaking ceremony while he is here.

NYC Ballet's world-renowned Principal Dancers Sara Mearns & Jonathan Stafford will leave audiences spellbound at ECB's Captivating Nutcracker! Share Clara's adventure & be transported by magical sailing vessel to an enchanted seaport in 1850's New London.

Connecticut College President Lee Higdon visits with Ariana Taylor, left, a sophomore from Chicago, and Sydney Johnson, a freshman from San Francisco, as they greet guests Thursday at a dinner at the New London school's Blaustein Center.

Valerie Garcia, 28, of 510 Thames St., Apt. 2, was charged Thursday with driving with a suspended license and failure to have lights lit.

On Dec. 4, The Day reports that real estate values are down 25 percent to 35 percent in New London, "Real estate values down in NL reval."

Propark will provide donation boxes at the parking garage. Patrons are encouraged to donate new unwrapped toys for boys and girls of all ages.

Blake Spilman, a junior at New London High School and the son of Tom and Jacki Spilman, recently received the Boy Scouts' highest award, the Eagle Scout, at an Eagle Court of Honor conducted by Troop 59 at Hatten Park in New London.

The telephone operator has been an iconic part of the American cultural landscape for more than 130 years, but AT&T announced today that the last few dozen still working in Connecticut will be losing their jobs in February, victims of digital technology.

AGENCY: Serenity Lodge runs two sober houses for men, one on Long Hill Road in Groton and one on Ocean Avenue in New London.

The New London school system surpassed state goals for achievement on the Connecticut Mastery Test and the Connecticut Academic Performance Test last school year, but the city's schools still lag behind state expectations, according to a district performance report released Thursday by the state.