...Shore Road. He was born in Norwich, grew up in Groton and spent summers in Sound View beginning in the 1970s. He directed a nonprofit development agency in New York City and moved to Old Lyme permanently in the early 2000s. He owns and operates Pizza Palace in Groton. This...
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GROTON – The head of city-owned Groton Utilities, which serves thousands of customers in southeastern Connecticut, has been placed on indefinite administrative leave pending an investigation, according to sources at the utility with direct knowledge of the matter. Ronald Gaudet, an Old Lyme resident and former Navy officer, Pfizer engineer...
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...said an unexpected “silver lining” of the Democratic ticket was that five of the nine candidates are minorities. “That’s never happened before with the Democratic Party. That’s never happened before in the history of Groton. I think that this goes to show our Democratic Party’s incredibly diverse here in Groton,”...
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...companies. The older neighborhoods, like Christy Hill, that were built in the 1960s and 1970s are served by the Southeastern Connecticut Water Authority. The newer developments built since the 1990s are served by Groton Utilities, based in the neighboring town. According to John Cansler, the Southeast Connecticut Water Authority general...
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We neither favor nor endorse candidates for election. In the case of Portia Bordelon, who is running in Tuesday’s Democratic Primary for Groton Town Council, there are, no doubt, fair reasons to oppose her candidacy. But Bordelon’s vocal objections to the Groton Oral School project — in defiance of the...
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...right that you claim to be you would have acted as a leader and addressed these issues instead of reveling in them. Instead you have encouraged further division, not unlike a recent president. You should be ashamed, just as I am ashamed that you represent Groton. Steve Artale Groton, CT...
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GROTON — ThayerMahan told town council members on Tuesday that the company would move forward with redeveloping the Groton Heights School into the company’s headquarters. The project had been slowed for more than a year by the COVID-19 pandemic. Richard Hine, co-founder and chief operating officer of ThayerMahan, told the Town...
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GROTON — In 2019, Portia Bordelon was the second highest incumbent vote-getter in the race for town council, but on July 21 she failed to win an endorsement for re-election from the local Democratic Town Committee. Bordelon has instead petitioned her way on to September’s primary ballot. It’s unusual for...
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...across southeastern Connecticut generally saw their populations decline. Even as Electric Boat ramps up hiring, Groton was unable to escape the region-wide trend. A study from the Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments in 2019 found that Groton would need about 500 additional housing units to accommodate new manufacturing workers brought...
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...projects in other towns split up by the map – including East Lyme, Groton and Waterford – drew the attention of eastern Connecticut lawmakers, who unsuccessfully urged the authority to consider keeping the town-level map. Nandini Natarajan, the CEO of Connecticut Housing Finance Authority said the authority doesn’t believe that...
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...workforce development impacts.” State Rep. Joe de la Cruz, D-Groton, said his opposition to the legalization of marijuana came from his concern that federal contractors like Electric Boat would no longer be able to recruit a local workforce. “I coached basketball, baseball and wrestling before I came up to Hartford,...
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...workers came up repeatedly during debate over the bill in the legislature, and State Rep. Joe de la Cruz, D-Groton, said his opposition to legalization was mainly due to fears for Electric Boat. Connecticut Examiner caught up with Congressman Joe Courtney to get his thoughts on what the new law...
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...Groton, and was looking around Hartford. “We’re kind of looking anywhere that makes sense.” His company chose to build in New London because of the city’s potential for growth, Kambitsis said. “It was just a place that had been underserved for so many years. When you come to a place...
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GROTON — The State of Connecticut will not renew the lease of Respler Homes on 40 acres of the Mystic Oral School property at 240 Oral School Road, but developer Jeff Respler plans to continue to focus on requirements for the sale, according to a spokesperson at the Department of...
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...her husband’s job was transferred to Groton. Alberti has a degree in accounting from Pace University. She worked in management consulting for Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited and later started her own firm with Mercedes Benz and Volvo Car Financial Services as her biggest clients. When the family relocated to East...
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...Ullman, shown on a single screen. “It’s an excellent movie if you’ve ever seen it, but they were new to the whole process,” said Mitchell, 49. “I think they began to realize quickly it wasn’t working because duplex theatres were popping up in Norwich, Old Saybrook, Groton and Madison, and...
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...with one Republican voting in support and 12 Democrats opposing. Ten Democrats and three Republicans were absent from the vote. One of those Democrats was State Rep. Joe de la Cruz of Groton, who ran unopposed in 2020 and beat his Republican opponent handily in 2018. The Connecticut Examiner spoke...
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GROTON — At a special workshop on June 14, the Planning and Zoning Commission reached a consensus that any changes to zoning the former Mystic Education Center property would be limited to small or moderate density development consistent with the surrounding neighborhood and the town’s Plan of Conservation and Development....
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GROTON — Offshore wind partners Ørsted and Eversource have awarded a four-year grant totalling $950,000 to Project Oceanology, a nonprofit marine science education and research facility based in Groton. “Our focus is on STEM — science, technology, engineering and math — and our collaboration with Ørsted and Eversource will help...
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...didn’t find their way into the final budget package,” said Formica, who played a key role in the last bipartisan budget agreement in 2018. “This budget is a solid bipartisan solution to our state’s needs,” said State Sen. Heather Somers, R-Groton. “The shift away from tax increases is a win...
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...the general fund and go towards causes that have nothing to do with environmental issues, and frankly have nothing to do with the bottle bill itself,” Harding said. State Sen. Heather Somers, R-Groton, said that she didn’t think the bill was perfect, but was a good start, and acknowledged the...
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...Authority to submit an annual report to the Department of Administrative Services, Office of Policy and Management, and legislative Transportation Committee on the status of the redevelopment of the New London State Pier, pending and current contracts, and small port projects. State Sen. Heather Somers, R-Groton, said she was hopeful...
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...property “I believe most of Groton has never been exposed to a public redevelopment project where a concept is floated well ahead of any detailed plans or applications,” explained Paige Bronk, economic and community development manager for Groton. Nearby property owners are typically notified when an application has been submitted...
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...extra hours of time on their hands to be on hold waiting for an insurance company middle management bureaucrat to argue with them over what the right therapy is,” said State Sen. Heather Somers, R-Groton. Somers shared one example of a patient with chronic back pain who was required by...
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...no women came forward themselves. State Sen. Heather Somers, R-Groton, said that is part of why she opposes the bill. There is “no evidence, no proof, and no testimony – nothing that says these centers are being deceptive,” explained Somers. Somers has been endorsed as a candidate by Planned Parenthood of...
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...place or the government’s place to dictate that,” said Martindale. Republican legislators, including State Sen. Tony Hwang, R-Fairfield, State Rep. Whit Betts, R-Bristol, and State Sen. Heather Somers, R-Groton, suggested during a public health committee meeting on March 31 that, rather than mandate vaccination, there should be more of an...
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In the name of equality Joe Courtney has single handedly led an assault on young girls, at-risk mothers, religious institutions and on each and every voter from Groton to Vernon, from Connecticut to California. In a monumental gesture of overreach, Representative Joe Courtney co-sponsored one of the most destructive and...
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...daughters, Rue and Dahlia, ages 6 and 2, taught at Sacred Heart in Groton before moving to Lyme for the schools. She tells CT Examiner that she’s been scouting commercial properties in local towns to a expand beyond her current cottage food business and hopes eventually to open a simple...
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...student of public policy at the University of Connecticut, shared her mother’s experience of feeling ignored by healthcare professionals when she was giving birth. State Sen. Heather Somers, R-Groton, asked what about that experience was specific to her racial background. “Groton is pretty diverse, we have people from all over,...
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...new federal funds. A caller from Groton asked about whether American Rescue Plan funds will help support schools facing new, expensive needs as they reopen amid the pandemic. “The Rescue Plan follows up the CARES Act and the December COVID relief bill with some new money to help the school...
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