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Stonington — A group of residents and Old Mystic Fire Department Chief Ken Richards are pressing town officials to replace the deteriorated Lantern Hill Road bridge instead of spending $68,750 for a temporary fix that would keep the bridge open for the next five to 10 years but prohibit large vehicles such as firetrucks from crossing it. If nothing is done, the 71-year-old bridge over Whitford Brook would have to be closed to all traffic. A recent study rated it as being in the worst condition of the town's 22 bridges.   Betsy Graham, the secretary of the Lantern Hill Valley As...

Several local school districts are slated to receive funding boosts through the federal coronavirus relief act to cover costs of education adjustments and safety protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic. State Sen. Cathy Osten, D-Sprague, announced funding for several school districts in her 19th state Senate district, including $8.5 million for Norwich, $1.19 million for Montville and $920,000 for Ledyard. State Rep. Anthony Nolan, D-New London, announced that the New London school district will receive $8.44 million in funding through the federal Elementary and Secondary Emergency Relief...

Published January 18. 2021 5:08PM | Updated January 19. 2021 9:22AM Ledyard — Sofia Sees Hope, a locally based nonprofit, will donate $72,000 to support research into treatments for inherited retinal diseases and to provide free access to genetic testing for those with IRDs. The coronavirus pandemic last year forced the organization to cancel its main fundraising event, Dinner in the Dark, a well-attended dinner that has raised nearly $200,000 in previous years. “We’re grateful that we still had a pretty successful year,” Laura Manfre, the organization’s co-founder and board pres...

State Sen. Heather Somers, R-18th District, and State Rep. Greg Howard, R-Stonington, will host a virtual town hall about the 2021 legislative session via

Parke Spicer, 83, who served as first selectman from 1983 to 1995 and held numerous other town positions, died Jan. 8 of pneumonia brought on by COVID-19,