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NEW LONDON — A group of about 100 peaceful — but emotional —  protesters, most of who gathered to decry violence against Palestinians, chanted and held homemade signs a few feet from the entrance of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Wednesday morning ahead of President Joe Biden’s commencement address to 240 graduating cadets. The group, many bearing images of the Palestinian flag, saw their ranks swell outside the entrance of New London’s McKinley Park minute by minute as the clock ti...

A rumbling waterfall.After a swift current and brisk north breeze propelled our kayaks for more than eight miles down the Shetucket River last week,

Published May 19, 2021 • Updated 6 hours ago NBC Universal, Inc. The Willimantic Fire Department is investigating after a house fire left 3 people displaced early Wednesday morning. Firefighters battled the 2-alarm fire on Windham Road just after 1 a.m. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. Crews on scene said they quickly knocked down the fire, but damage to the home was significant. Local

Matthew Broderick In 2009, the company’s offerings expanded beyond distribution to include contract manufacturing operations — a move that has fueled the company’s growth over the past decade and prompted a recent rebranding of the company name to Pearse Bertram + Streamline Contract Manufacturing. For too long Connecticut has been used to seeing poor economic news, but as we begin to reopen in earnest on May 19, I believe the state has a six- to 12-month window to...

In 2017 UConn horticulture professor Gerald Berkowitz and a group of 40 students toured the facilities of Curaleaf, one of Connecticut’s four medical marijuana producers, and picked up an interesting tidbit. “The CEO of the company was saying that he could never find any [job applicants] that had any knowledge of cannabis horticulture,” Berkowitz said. “In fact, there were no programs or anything in the country to address that.” About two years later, Berkowitz established UConn’s f...

Michael S. Abrams its chief financial officer. In alignment with the company’s succession plan, Abrams joins Arch’s financial team in the role previously held by Richard Davis. Davis will remain with the company during a transition period, which will end on June 30, after which he will support the company in a consulting role through Dec. 31. Abrams has more than 25 years of experience as a chief financial officer to numerous public and private companies; principal investor; investment ba...

Nightmarish complications piled up on the state’s quasi-public trash agency in recent days as it faced an end-of-the-world scenario — the world, at least, as the often-controversial Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority (MIRA) has known it for about half a century. Since the 1980s, MIRA has been burning municipal trash around the clock to generate electricity at its massive plant on ...

Crisis Pregnancy Center Advertising Targeted by Pending Legislation in State Legislature May 13, 2021 A bill that would ban what abortion rights advocates describe as deceptive advertising at crisis pregnancy centers is waiting for a vote on the House floor after passing the Senate 21-15 on May 5th. The legislation has faced bipartisan opposition, with Sen. Cathy Osten, D-Sprague, and two other Democrats joining the Republicans to vote against the legislation. The proposal has been considered b...

Radio personality Stu Bryer on the air at WICH. The exterior of the WICH building in Norwich. The logo of the new WICH-FM station in Norwich. Published May 13. 2021 9:00AM  Kevin Gorden, Special to The Times WICH-1310 AM radio in Norwich is noting its 75th anniversary this year by expanding to the FM radio band. While the new WICH 94.5 FM frequency offers a clearer signal than its AM counterpart, it doesn’t cover as much area. Vice President and General Manager Andy Russell says the new sta...

Brewing and bubblin’| Other Desi Beer Company offers a taste of India one sip at a time For Ravi Patel, a passion for making beer has blossomed it a business and outlet to teach Indian culture. Author: Rick Lessard (FOX61) Updated: 7:47 AM EDT May 12, 2021 BRANFORD, Conn. — Around 2019, Queens-born Wallingford-raised Ravi Patel met Thimble Island Brewing company owner Justin Gargano inquiring about brewing beer out of Garganos brewery.  "We kinda hit it off,...