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Groton ― Jennifer Ursini volunteered to be a mentor because she wants to give kids something to look forward to when they come to school and provide them a safe environment to try new activities. She...

Editor’s note: This is the first in an occasional series about how the region is prepared for a tremendous period of growth at Electric Boat. Groton ― As Electric Boat ramps up hiring, Groton is ...

Groton ― When James Mitchell first moved to Connecticut from Texas, he found solace and refuge in the library in New London. Then, while working in the Groton Public School district, he encouraged stu...

Groton ― The state Department of Public Health has announced the following vaccine clinics will be held in collaboration with community partners. The bi-valent booster, the latest COVID-19 vaccine, ...

Kindergarten teacher Hilary Baude was recognized as Grotons teacher of the year.

A murmur of voices filled the STEAM lab at Catherine Kolnaski Magnet School on Tuesday as third-graders were about to start an experiment.

Mary Morrisson Elementary School won an "exemplary achievement gap closing" award but has closed; its students and some staff are now at Thames River, so

Ryan OConnell, a fifth grade teacher at Northeast Academy Arts Magnet School, is Grotons Teacher of the Year.

Throughout the school year, students throughout the region have been able to grab school breakfast and lunch without needing to reach into their pockets for a dining card or punching in a code number into the school cafeteria register. Free school meals, whether in person or take-out during remote learning, have been a key part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s COVID-19 recovery program. The federal agency will now extend that program through the 2021-22 school year as part of what the...

Groton — The Groton school district is getting ready to shift to all intradistrict, themed magnet elementary schools next school year in a plan the district says will help the school communities mirror the community at large and engage students in new ways of learning. Families are deciding whether to send their children to the school they are zoned for, or to apply through a lottery process to one of the schools in a different part of town. Under the Groton 2020 plan, the district will open...