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Groton — Groton Town Councilor Aundré Bumgardner and City of Groton Mayor Keith Hedrick will again face off to see who will be the city's mayor for the next term — this time in the city's general election on May 3. Democratic nominee Bumgardner and Hedrick, the city's Democratic mayor for the past two terms who is making a write-in bid after losing the March Democratic primary to Bumgardner by five votes, both are seeking to lead the city. No Republican has entered the race. The two candidates outlined their priorities for the city. The post-COVID recovery, fiscal prudence and addressi...

Published April 21. 2021 5:00PM  As a Groton City resident and someone who is planning on raising my family here, I am proud to support Keith Hedrick for mayor. Keith leads by example and inspired my family to continue to invest in the city. A party endorsement is irrelevant to families like mine who truly appreciate Keith and his proactive involvement with city residents. I have spoken with him frequently about his safety plans during the pandemic. He regularly reads to the children at the Riverwalk Children's Center, hands out school supplies, and is at every city food box distribution eve...

Aundré Bumgardner won the Groton City Democratic primary for mayor fair and square, albeit with a very slim margin. Yet by the fire hose of criticism aimed at him since, some of it mean and personal, you would think that he somehow cheated. I can't remember a local election — defeated Democratic Mayor Keith Hedrick is now running a write-in campaign to try to keep his job — marked by as much vitriol as this one. A former city deputy mayor noted in one of the many letters to the editor about this race that Mayor Hedrick's supporters "have focused on tearing down the other candidate," ...

Published April 19. 2021 4:03PM  The choice in the Groton City mayoral election should be decided by the demonstrated competence of the candidates. Age and race should not matter. Party affiliation does not matter. Competence to manage the combined $70 million budget of a busy, small industrial city with a major utilities department can only be earned by a combination of education and managerial experience. Mayor Keith Hedrick's two college degrees, including an MBA, combined with executive leadership during a Naval career and IT management/budgeting experience, have certainly prepared him ...

New London — The state has put a $235.5 million overall price tag on the project to redevelop State Pier into an offshore wind hub. The figure represents the actual cost of the redevelopment, with $204 million for the construction project and an additional $31 million for “soft costs,” Office of Policy and Management Deputy Secretary Konstantinos Diamantis said during a State Bond Commission meeting Friday. During the meeting, the State Bond Commission approved $55 million toward redeveloping and upgrading the pier, which Connecticut Port Authority Executive Director John Henshaw tol...