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After 16 years as the towns director of Planning and Development, Laurie Connors is heading to a similar position in Northborough.

Winter Harbor Lobster Festival a no-go, but fireworks and boat races will happen WINTER HARBOR — For the second year in a row, the Winter Harbor Lobster Festival will not officially happen in August due to the ongoing pandemic, but tourists and townspeople will still be able to enjoy the annual lobster boat races and fireworks. Those two activities “have always been separate and independent” of the town-sanctioned festival, Town Manager Cathy Carruthers explained. The races and fireworks ...

It is as important to have open, robust conversations on racism locally as it has been nationally, and as recent local events attest.

Published May 10. 2021 4:37PM  By Why are Old Lymes first selectman and a second member of the Board of Selectmen refusing even to discuss possible links between public health and systemic racism? Why has the International MOMS club decided it prefers to see dozens of local clubs disband, including those in Old Lyme-Old Saybrook and Portland-Middletown, rather than satisfactorily address its decision not to post a collage showing mothers pledging to end racial discrimination? While ther...

SWANSEA —  Newly re-elected Selectman Christopher R. Carreiro’s political life began at age 21, when he was elected to the Swansea School Committee. Twelve years later, he continues serving the town of Swansea, with a decisive electoral victory over opponent, Melissa Afonso. “I was involved with the town as a volunteer firefighter and also volunteered for Swansea Cable Access television,” Carreiro, who also works as an attorney with a local law office, says. “This sparked my interest...