I’ve covered arts and entertainment and written humor columns at The Day for almost a quarter-century. What I’ve learned is how privileged I’ve been to explore for readers an incredibly diverse, active, and creative cultural area – from local music clubs, galleries and museums to numerous nationally famous authors, performance organizations and the array of talent that flows through the Garde Arts Center, and Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods casinos, and much more.
Rick Koster
I’ve covered arts and entertainment and written humor columns at The Day for almost a quarter-century. What I’ve learned is how privileged I’ve been to explore for readers an incredibly diverse, active, and creative cultural area – from local music clubs, galleries and museums to numerous nationally famous authors, performance organizations and the array of talent that flows through the Garde Arts Center, and Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods casinos, and much more.
Bill Nash, alderman and former cop, now a football hall of famer
Bill Nash in his position as an assistant defensive coach at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, pictured with the team s defensive linemen and coaches Jerry Wright and Jay Driscoll. (photo submitted)
Bill Nash of Norwich poses with U.S. Coast Guard Academy quarterback John Barbera. Nash’s latest coaching gig is with the Bears as an assistant. (photo submitted)
Bill Nash, center, poses during his Norwich Policement Department days with a group of students from Japan. He gave tours to school groups from all over the world from time to time. (photo submitted)
January 22, 2021 By Shelley Byrne
As it moves into 2021, the Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) has repositioned its legal advocacy arm and updated its website to better serve brown-water mariners.
Following the retirement of Doug Stevenson after a 29-year career as director of SCI’s Center for Seafarer Rights, based in Port Newark, N.J., the organization has hired Phillip C. Schifflin Jr. as its new director of the Center for Mariner Advocacy, which now makes its home in Schifflin’s adopted hometown of New Orleans, La.
The name change and move are designed, in part, to enable Schifflin to serve both brown-water and blue-water mariners. Schifflin is working out of donated office space from Turn Services and has been on board with SCI since November. He comes to SCI after a 30-year Coast Guard career that included serving as staff judge advocate (senior legal counsel) for Coast Guard District 8 and, prior to that,
Published December 18. 2020 10:01AM
Lisa Shasha, Special to The Times
Douglas Green is a baritone, comes from a small town in Maryland, and has been teaching organ and piano lessons for over 45 years. His favorite composer is Bach and he plans on traveling with his wife during his retirement, after the COVID-19 pandemic subsides.
When Douglas Green called me a musician, it was a dream realized because I thought I had lost my voice to cigarettes, long before I quit smoking. As a new member of the St. Patrick’s Cathedral Choir, I was thrilled to be archiving scores of his music into the computer. As compensation, he would slip me a $10 bill or treat me to a grinder from D’Elias.