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1 teaspoon dried thyme 1 teaspoon dried oregano ½ cup ketchup 1 tablespoon tomato paste   Pat the brisket dry with paper towels and place into the slow cooker; hopefully the cooker is a 6-quart or larger. (If the brisket has a particularly thick fat cap, you can remove it now. The author doesn’t and neither do I; the fat makes for an even more luxurious brisket.) Sprinkle the brisket on all sides with 1 teaspoon of the salt. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions and mushrooms and cook until softened and beginning to brown and char in some spots, at least 15 min...

Ken Keeley, Special to The Times Beebe’s Dairy, as seen in the 1950s, was owned by Lester Beebe on Town Street until the Norwich Town Mall was constructed in the early 1960s. When the mall was built there was no entrance from Town Street due to the Yantic River running behind Beebe’s. The building was razed and a new bridge was constructed over the river, at this location, as an entrance to the new Norwich Town Mall. A new, smaller dairy bar was built as part of the mall. The name was changed to Bee Bee’s Dairy, owned by Dino Pappas. Eventually it was moved into the enclosed mall.

Jonni Ford poses at the Sprague Community Garden. (photo submitted) Published April 01. 2021 12:01AM  Glenn Alan Cheney, Special to The Times Jonni Ford and Carrie Merfeld have a dream. It used to be somebody else’s dream, but now it’s theirs. Their dream: to grow a truly community community garden. Ford is owner of a boutique nursery in Hanover, Zen Hollow Greenery. Merfeld is a biology teacher at Windham Tech. And the garden of their dreams is a little grouping of raised beds in Baltic, right next to Shetucket Village senior housing. When the garden was somebody else’s dream, it didn...

Your Turn: The New York game comes to the Rose City Chelsea Parade in Norwich, then known as Williams Park, was one local field where base ball games of this period were played. (photo submitted) The Marvins of Norwichtown took their name from Lt. Marvin Waites, a Norwich resident who died in the Civil War. (photo submitted) The fairgrounds, where some base ball games were played, and race track (lower right) were located off of New London Turnpike at the site of the annual New London County Agricultural Fair. (photo submitted) The World Champion Unions of Morrisania played in Norwich during ...

History Revisited: Crime spree ends as ‘turkey burglars’ admit guilt This 1954 photograph depicts the old Groton Almshouse (“Poor-farm”) located on the top of Fort Hill. (Photo courtesy of the Jim Streeter Collection) Published March 16. 2021 7:56AM  Jim Streeter, Special to The Times One of the most sensational crime sprees to have taken place in New London County occurred in the mid to late 1880s when scores of thefts and burglaries were reported in Groton, Mystic, Ledyard, Stonington, and New London. The astounding number of thefts and burglaries began in the late fall and early ...