Stonington News

Norwich - City Manager Alan Bergren last week defended his decision to hire an outside candidate over the 16-year veteran assistant to fill the vacant assessor's position.

Stonington - It is now estimated that the cost to the town from last week's flooding will be about $100,000, First Selectman Ed Haberek said Tuesday.

The Board of Education plans to hire an interim superintendent of schools because it does not feel it can hire a permanent replacement for the retiring Michael McKee before he leaves on Aug.

Stonington - Officials here on Monday were still assessing the damage and totalling up the cost of last week's flooding.

Heavy rain has flooded roads and prompted evacuations in some parts of the state.

Stonington - Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness was on full display Saturday in Stonington, where residents capped the town's celebration of the 233rd birthday of the United States by reading aloud the Declaration of Independence on Wadawanuck Square.

Charles Buck during his arraignment at New London Superior Court on Jan. 22, 2009.

With water levels pulling back a little, officials in Stonington, Connecticut are getting a chance to see if all that flooding from Wednesday and Thursday did any permanent damage to Stonington's bridges and dams.

A New London judge has found there is enough evidence to try Charles F. Buck for the 2002 murder of his wife, Leslie.

The Stonington Shellfish Commission has closed all Stonington waters to the commercial and recreational harvesting of shellfish.

The Dime Bank said Monday it is seeking regulatory permission to open its eleventh branch in the Stonington borough in the soon-to-close Bank of America branch there.

After weeks of planning, installing equipment and loading supplies, it was finally time on Monday for local fishing boat captain Frank Serrano to head off on his great African adventure.

A Groton Town man was arrested Sunday on drunken driving and other charges after leaving the scenes of two accidents, one in Stonington and the other in Groton City.

Bank Square Books in Mystic is known as an independent bookstore that supports local authors, but owners Annie Philbrick and Jane Hannon are also keen on supporting local farmers, the environment, and healthy eating.

Mystic - After a 13-hour search of Elm Grove Cemetery on Route 27 Tuesday, Stonington police located a missing local woman at a residence in Groton.

After spending nearly 12 hours scouring the town, Stonington police find the missing woman they had been looking for.

Police are asking for the public's help to locate a missing Stonington woman. Magen Greenhalgh, 20, was last seen entering the Elm Grove Cemetery on Route 27 in Mystic.

Are you working for the commission or for me? That's the crux of the concern that investors have when they take the advice of brokers.

Wheeler graduates were told to focus on their dreams but not to the point that they neglect to see other opportunities that might present themselves.

A series of disputes between two Greenhaven Road neighbors has led one of them to try to modify the town's home occupation ordinance, a move that could stop some small businesses here from operating.