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The former Americana Furniture Barn in Waterford has been converted into a new Affordable Fabrics location. Dean and Angela Taylor purchased the building at 35 Great Neck Road, where they will be sel...

If someone had asked me, back in Texas, to write a short guide to the best swimming pools in the area, it would be easy. I’d just type: “Go in your backyard. Get in the pool.” There aren’t near as man...

Groton ― Camryn Hobbs, a senior at Ella T. Grasso Technical High School, is always busy, whether she’s doing school work, learning new skills at Electric Boat, helping her family or playing sports. On...

The Alexey von Schlippe Gallery in Groton is featuring “Sense of Place,” an exhibition that boasts work by 32 local artists, through June 15. Artists from New London, Groton, Stonington, Mystic, Old ...

Groton ― Noank Community Support Services will hold a Roaring 20s Gala from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at Branford Mansion at UConn Avery Point, 1048 Shennecossett Road. The gala is to raise funds to support ...

Oyster and clam shells are valuable resources for rebuilding reefs. But they keep getting put in the trash.

Bruce Flax was looking relaxed and fit the day I met him for coffee last month at the Lamplighter Trading Company in downtown Mystic, where the Green Marble Coffee House got its groove on for many ye...

Groton ― Roller derby may be the hardest thing that Montville resident Magin Belliveau has ever done ― but she loves the sport. Belliveau, or “Pumpkin Slice” by her derby name, describes roller derby ...

We’ve been experiencing the impact of sea level rise for years, in the form of flooding, more frequent storms, and rising tides. Scientists say it will likely...

WILLIMANTIC — While attending the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Jack Espinoza didn’t have any friends and would often drive home.