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If it makes landfall as a hurricane, as the warning issued Friday by the National Weather Service suggests, it will be the first one to hit New England in
The city is asking residents on certain streets to evacuate starting 10 p.m. Saturday.
Mystic — Groton and New London have become sister cities with Kingston, Jamaica, a move that officials hope will foster cultural, economic and educational exchanges among the communities. The mayors of the town and city of Groton, New London and Kingston signed a memorandum of understanding during a ceremony Tuesday afternoon outside the Mystic Museum of Art along the Mystic River, as officials from the communities applauded. Groton Town Mayor Patrice Granatosky said the agreement promotes a cultural exchange and carries the potential for economic growth for the municipalities and Jam...
Groton — City resident Bryon Niemann remembers going to Thames Street regularly as a child to buy comic books and candies. The shops on the street catered to the neighborhood during a time when most households only had one car, if that, he said. But like in most places in the country, many of those businesses gave way to big-box stores and malls, which then gave way to the internet, he said. Now, Thames Street has massive traffic but hardly anyone stops, and if they do, they find it hard to find a parking spot, he said. Niemann, who has lived near Thames Street on and off for 60 years ...
Groton — One year after it was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of residents and visitors lined both sides of Route 1 on Sunday for the town's Fourth of July parade, reviving an annual tradition. The parade, which started at Poquonnock Plains Park and ended near the post office, was one of several in the region celebrating the Fourth of July. Crowds also flocked to Stonington and Lyme on Sunday for holiday festivities. Groton City Mayor Keith Hedrick, excited to see the people alongside the road, said there was nothing more normal than "motherhood, apple pie a...