The Ledge Light Health District announced Thursday that bathing water sampling it conducted on Monday showed that L&M Beach on Pequot Avenue had elevated bacterial levels. The area was posted with an advisory, and swimming or wading in the waters is discouraged until further notice. READ MORE...
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...Old Lyme Shores and Miami Beach — conducted their own, separate groundwater studies and approved separate bonds to finance installing sewer systems that would connect through East Lyme and Waterford to New London. In 2018, the three associations signed intermunicipal agreements with East Lyme and Waterford to connect with the...
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Planned Headquarters for Orsted in New London (Credit: CT Examiner/Hewitt) NEW LONDON — That Ørsted, the Danish wind giant, chose two floors in an 1833 three-story brick building at 42 Bank Street above Muddy Waters Cafe as its base of operations in New London, speaks volumes about how the city...
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...weddings than ever before these past couple years.” (Credit: Chris Devlin) Every vendor said that longer engagements are the most noticeable change. “Sometimes the weddings are planned way, way in advance,” said Lisa Argilagos, the owner of You Take the Cake bakery in New London. “It gives me a lot...
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...development of the state’s three deep water ports and small harbors. Bates praises new leadership Bates said Reemsnyder was the best person to lead the port authority into its next phase, including the nearly $100 million expansion and redevelopment of the State Pier in New London, the centerpiece of the...
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...and about 45 signed up to speak against it, but not everyone was able to speak before the meeting’s end. Presenting the project to the commission was William Sweeney, a land use attorney with Tobin Carberry O’Malley Riley in New London, who represented Noank Shipyard owners John Holstein, his daughter,...
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...agreement with New London on April 27, 2018 for sewage treatment services. In the agreement with New London, the three beach communities negotiated a capacity of 120,000 gallons of effluent per day for themselves and additional 60,000 gallons of effluent per day for the Town of Old Lyme’s Sound View...
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...Beach, Old Colony Beach and Old Lyme Shore — each with their own WPCAs, are also working on installing sewers and have drafted Intermunicipal Agreements (IMAs) with adjacent towns and the treatment facility in New London. The town would like to collaborate with the other beach associations on cost-saving measures...
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...the rate on taxes but they expanded the base,” he said. Formica represents the 20th Senate District, which includes Bozrah, East Lyme, Montville, New London, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Salem, Waterford. Carney represents the 23rd General Assembly District, which includes Lyme, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook and Westbrook. Some of the...
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...need more duplexes, cottage style houses, smaller footprint units.” In terms of water and sewer capacity, Groton has legacy infrastructure from Pfizer’s manufacturing usage and will not need to buy more capacity from New London, Reiner said. “We have a ton of water capacity, and a lot of sewer capacity....
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With little debate, the Senate unanimously approved legislation, already passed in the House, that requires 2,000 megawatts of offshore wind – that’s roughly the same size as Millstone – by 2030, about the time the nuclear plant’s recently approved new contract runs out. But the 2,000 level is a maximum,...
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New London — A groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday officially launched a $7.1 million project to rehab a former Catholic school into 20 units of affordable housing. St. Mary Star of the Sea School, located at 16 Huntington St., was built in 1892. The K-8 school graduated its last class in 2012...
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...Street in Old Lyme is one. To tear it up would be a desecration of that history. Today’s rail tracks now pass through towns and small cities like Niantic, Waterford, New London, Groton, Mystic and Stonington. These towns rely on beaches and waterfronts for much of their commerce. The meandering...
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...to file a plan which can be approved by the state), the town was left with no alternative, but to sewer all of the beach communities to New London. That was four years ago, and no shovel is near being in the ground. On the subject of street improvements on...
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...Intermunicipal Agreements (IMAs) with neighboring towns and the New London treatment facility. But if the town and the three associations can agree to cost-sharing agreements, it would “save everyone significant money,” according to the draft report. The town is eligible for a 25 percent grant drawing on state and federal...
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...New London.” The philosophy of the Old Lyme Pantry, according to Smith, is “if you’re hungry, you’re welcome.” And that’s the problem for Shoreline Soup Kitchen and Pantries (SSKP), the parent organization for Old Lyme’s food pantry. SSKP’s mission, as defined in 2009, is to serve residents from 11 Connecticut...
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...you can get from New London down to New York in 60 percent of the amount of time it takes today, which I tell you would transform the entirety of the Connecticut shoreline if all of a sudden your times got shorter and shorter.” Murphy also said he was concerned...
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...easy egress from the site during a storm — an argument similarly applied to a proposed development on Shaw’s Cove in New London (a complaint which in that case has apparently been withdrawn). Thompson denies in advance approval of flood and erosion control walls. In numerous instances, Thompson argues even...
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Over the last two weeks, I have spent nearly 2 ½ hours with New London Mayor Mike Passero. I spent another hour with Tony Sheridan, President and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut. I have read testimony by the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM) regarding Senate Bill...
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To the Editor: While riding a SEAT [Southeast Area Transit] bus to catch Shore Line East — yes, it is possible — I read CT Examiner’s interview with the New London mayor and his comments linking proposed tolls to the cost of mass transit (or perhaps it was just edited...
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...Fairfield County and New York City — communities mainly served by sewers — fertilizers used by individuals and towns are the biggest contributor of nitrogen to the Sound. Around Middlesex and New London Counties, however, septic, fertilizer and runoff contribute equally to the nitrogen problem. “Septic systems and lower-end sewer...
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New London mayor Michael Passero (Credit: CT Examiner/Werth) New London — After waiting part of his life on the sidelines as New London weathered ups and downs and too many near misses, Mike Passero is three-and-a-half years into his first term as New London mayor. He is heavily favored to...
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...residents routinely having to travel to Hartford or New Haven for care, many services are now provided in New London. “The affiliation with Yale New Haven Health has had great impact on the care we provide our patients,” said Michael O’Farrell, the director of public relations for L&M. A consistent...
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