A Blue Plan to protect Long Island Sound
4/24/2018 :: Region :: Standalone :: A woman lies in the sand at Ocean Beach as a sailboat passes New London Ledge Light on Tuesday, April 24, 2018. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
Published March 07. 2021 12:01AM By
Judy Benson
Jigsaw puzzles are a simple pleasure many of us rediscovered during the pandemic. With some favorite music playing in the background, it’s a great way to unwind by focusing the mind on a pleasant challenge.
But what if there were no picture on the puzzle box? And what if the pieces formed a three-dimensional sculpture? For most of us, tackling that kind of puzzle would be anything but relaxing.
Published March 04. 2021 8:32PM
Eugenia Villagra
As an urban municipality with an extensive coastline, the City of Groton’s impact on Long Island Sound is considerable and vice versa. Groton Conservation Advocates, a non-profit 501(c)(4) group committed to protecting Groton’s environment, therefore asked the two mayoral candidates in the March 8 primary election to express their views on city environmental issues so we could share them with the public.
Democratic incumbent Mayor Keith Hedrick and Democratic challenger Town Councilor Aundré Bumgardner responded. Because both candidates showed significant knowledge of Groton’s environmental issues, we opted to focus on their environmental records and aspirations for the city rather than endorse one candidate.
Published February 26. 2021 6:12PM
Nick and Karen Fischer
Seeing and listening to reaction to Mike DiMauro’s column about the murder of Ronde Ford and listening to people talk about why the murder happened brought us back to the murders of Matt Chew and Travon Brown. It also reminded us of Yogi Berra’s famous saying, “It’s déjà vu, all over again.”
There were and are immediate responses. “We must do something!” And, in each case before Ronde Ford’s murder, there were meetings, much anguish and anger, and good intentions.
Yet we as a community did not sustain the initial efforts to “do something.” The exception was the New London Youth Talent Show started in the aftermath of the Matt Chew murder and led by Curtis Goodwin, Frank Colmenares, Susan Connolly, the Sigels, among others. And the Talent Show continues.
Published February 26. 2021 6:11PM
Katie Hallisey
On the night of Feb. 17, I was having a Zoom meeting with one of my high school seniors. We were reviewing a financial aid package from one of his top choices and going over his scholarship list, his future so promising.
At about the same time, a classmate of his, Ronde Ford, 17, was shot and killed. A senior at New London High School, he wasn t in Higher Edge, and I didn t know him. But it feels like I do. Over the past four years, I have been an advisor at Higher Edge, a nonprofit organization based in New London and Willimantic. Our mission is to guide limited-income, first-generation students to and through college.