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Groton ― Wearing his 18th century attire, David Rose asked the more than 30 people gathered at noon Monday at the gates of Fort Griswold to turn around and gaze at the landscape to the south and west....

Eric Lehman, whose 2014 book “Homegrown Terror” is about Arnold’s invasion, said Fort Nonsense had dubious military value, partly because its construction wasn’t funded.

Obscure fortification played a role in Benedict Arnold’s attack, but where was it? Editor’s note: In addition to sources cited, this story was drawn from “The Battle of Groton Heights” by William...

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By Gretchen A. Peck Newly listed in mid-March, 76 Church Hill Road in Ledyard is offered to the market for $825,000. Coldwell Banker Realtor Susan Johnson is the listing agent, and Jessica Geren and h...

It’s a shame that dead men tell no tales, for we have about 60 dead men in Groton graves whose voices could help solve a long standing local mystery. Soon after the Battle of Groton Heights, in 1781, ...

I love kids, especially friendly, curious, and engaged kids. They give me hope for the future. I met many such kids recently when I presented a program on the life and death of Colonel William Ledyar...

Community Editor Lee Howard often invites the public to write for the Times, and I highly recommend it, as 10 years of writing Tossing Lines has led me on an unexpected journey. In 2012, then-Communi...

Colonel William Ledyard, merchant of Groton Bank, was not the master of his own destiny. Ledyard may have been free to decide whether to refuse surrender and lose his life in the 1781 Battle of Groton...