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Groton ― More than a dozen residents, most in opposition, spoke during a public hearing Tuesday about a proposal to rezone Bridge Street, upper Thames Street and North Street down to Washington Park t...
I agree with Paul Choiniere’s column, “State screw-ups led to demise of historic Seaside structures,” (Feb. 25). The Seaside buildings were designed by Cass Gilbert, acclaimed architect of many notabl...
Pequot River? Renaming the Thames River the Pequot River is foolish, a needless make-work project and somewhat unpatriotic, “New London representative’s bill would rename Thames the Pequot River,” (Ja...
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 ...