In 1885, a fierce nor’easter left New London County in an Arctic deep freeze. The Mystic River was completely iced over, and the thermometer outside Stoddard’s drug store in New London registered 4 de.
Editor’s note : This story is based on recollections of Walter Banzhaf and research by Scott Ritter and John Ruddy. Ritter, The Day’s production manager, is the son-in-law of Richard Carlson,.
James Archibald Mitchell III, a world renowned nautical painter and local treasure, passed away at his Noank home on Feb. 22 surrounded by his friends,