Republican State Sen. Heather Somers is running for a third term in the 18th district against Democrat Robert Statchen. This is the second time the two have competed for the chance to represent the towns of Griswold, Groton, North Stonington, Plainfield, Preston, Sterling, Stonington and Voluntown in the State Senate....
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...homes, broaden the narrow focus on medical safety and begin to address the social-emotional and mental needs of nursing home residents who are suffering. ‘Safety” needs to be redefined. Read and adhere to the recommendations of the Mathematica report. Then watch what happens to occupancy rates! Elizabeth Stern Stonington, CT...
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...the West Nile Virus, compared to 82 it found through the end of its testing on Nov. 7 last year. Last year, 122 mosquitos the station trapped tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE). So far this year, they’ve found two – one trapped at Stonington High School on Aug....
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...and staff from infection. But the means to protect and compassionately reintroduce family are now at hand. Dr. Gifford knows this to be true. Now it is up to her and Gov. Ned Lamont to act with the wisdom and heart that we all should demand. Richard Stern Stonington, CT...
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...from Stonington, said that she has watched her 92-year-old mother’s care and condition deteriorate since her mother’s nursing home in Mystic stopped allowing visitors in March. “Imagine being a person in a nursing home who saw their loved one every day … and then all of a sudden, boom! They’re...
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Regal Cinemas announced today in a press release that it will be temporarily closing all 536 of its U.S. theaters, beginning this Thursday, October 8. There are currently four Regal Cinemas locations in Connecticut — in Waterford, Stonington, Waterbury and Branford. Cineworld, Regal’s parent company, attributes the closing to the...
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COVID positivity rates in southeast Connecticut have grown significantly this week, according to data from state and local health departments. According to Ledge Light Health Department, which encompasses East Lyme, Groton, Ledyard, Lyme, New London, North Stonington, Old Lyme, Stonington, and Waterford, the region has confirmed 154 new COVID cases...
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...session. We would encourage you to ask this of those running for state representative and state senator in your area. We believe these two changes will help improve the trajectory of current politics as we know it. Mike Urgo – First Selectman, North Stonington Danielle Chesebrough – First Selectman, Stonington...
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...Somers has proven with her voting record that she is not a puppet of any party. But Mr. Statchen, your rhetoric tells me that you are. To this young, female voter, I cannot trust that you will represent me as well as Senator Somers has. Mariah Lupo North Stonington, CT...
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...of come alive as spaces of almost cosmic imagination.” Merrill wrote “The Changing Light at Sandover,” a 560-page epic poem, at his house in Stonington, Hunter said. The poem was published in three volumes from 1976 to 1980. “One of most enchanting parts of Merrill’s vast poetic career was his...
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...Given the number of resignations of local officials and public employees in recent weeks due to their actions on social media — a Danbury Public School Teacher, a Groton Board of Education member, the Westbrook Fire Chief, a Stonington Police Commissioner and leadership of the Madison Republic Town Meeting and...
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STONINGTON — The Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously approved a five-story, 82-unit mixed-income housing project for the long-blighted site of the former Campbell Grain building in Pawcatuck, during a virtual meeting Tuesday night. Winn Development, a division of Winn Companies of Boston, proposed the project under the state 8-30g statute for...
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...said Roger Wolfe, the Wetland Restoration and Mosquito Management Coordinator at DEEP. At one point the state had made inroads in Stonington, Sterling, East Windsor and West Haven as well as along the Connecticut River. “Now you drive down 95 and it’s all you see,” Wolfe said. Unfortunately, phragmites control...
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...Park at 12 p.m. Sept. 25: Bassoon and Clarinet duet, Hygienic Art Park at 12 p.m. Sept. 26: Brass quintet, Olde Mistick Village at 2 p.m. Oct. 3: Radiance Woodwind Quintet and Trombones of the ECSO, Stonington Vineyards, 4:30 p.m. Concert at Stonington Vineyards, $20. All other performances are free....
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...nightmare,” said Linda Sample, owner of A Thyme to Cook, a catering business in North Stonington. Sample said that 2020 was expected to be her busiest year yet — until COVID struck. She has since postponed 53 events to next year, and returned at least $47,000 of deposits. By the...
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...officer places a call to the domestic violence advocate through the hotline. Coalition data shows that the number of calls that police officers made to advocates increased by nine percent this year. Not all police departments report a significant, or steady, increase in domestic or domestic violence-related calls. Stonington and...
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...going to be hard. There is a huge concern about it among owners,” Foulkes said. “I feel so much more comfortable knowing that I have a good delivery presence.” Over the next year, Ashe said that Shoreline Menus hopes to expand east through East Lyme, Groton, New London and Stonington....
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...year at this time. Stonington — which opted to offer deferral by application — reports an increase of a million dollars in collected property taxes compared to last year. Tax collector Linda Camillo said that the town consistently received more than $100,000 in online payments every day in July, and...
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...in the greater Groton, Stonington and maybe Waterford areas where you basically are in pretty tight proximity to major employers that are having kind of a housing crunch. These things are going to be more effective in those places where people want to move because of employment or a combination...
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...of Stonington, which includes the small 3.4-square-mile village of Pawcatuck, named for the river running through it. Two different states, two communities and a shared downtown — Dan Morely, Policy Development Coordinator at the Connecticut Office of Policy and Management, described the arrangement as maybe one-of-a-kind. “I believe Pawcatuck/Westerly is...
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...Urban Development Grants including $600,000 allocated for sidewalks in Stonington’s Pawcatuck village. “Persistence in trying to make this key section along Route 1 safer is paying off,” said Senator Heather Somers (R) who represents Stonington. “As someone who has been pushing for this funding for years through the legislative process,...
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...grants ranged from $4,500 to $15,000 and were awarded to: Avon, Barkhamsted, Bethany, Bloomfield, Bozrah, Branford, Brooklyn, Canaan, Canton, Chaplin, Cornwall, Durham, Farmington, Franklin, Goshen, Groton, Hampton, Harwinton, Lebanon, Mansfield, Morris, New Milford, Middlefield, Newington, Newtown, Norfolk, North Stonington, Old Saybrook, Plainfield, Ridgefield, Salem, Shelton, Sprague, Stonington, Suffield, Thompson, Torrington,...
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...weekly during the summer at beaches in East Lyme, Groton, Ledyard, New London, Old Lyme, Stonington, and Waterford. It started sampling on May 20 this year, and conducts weekly tests from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Advisory levels are set by the state: 104 colonies of enterococcal organisms per 100...
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STONINGTON — Bob Guzzo lost the steering in his conch boat on Monday, but somehow navigated back to the town dock. “The steering stiffened right up and I thought something was in the rudder. We tried it this morning, we thought it was a pump, but it doesn’t seem to...
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...North Stonington, Stonington and Waterford. The consultations and treatments are free to all residents in the eight towns. According to Philip Armstrong, a virologist and medical entomologist at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, neither of these types of treatments are necessarily helpful in preventing Eastern Equine Encephalitis, or EEE. “These...
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...Stonington, 25%; and Waterford, 22%. The data, developed for AdvanceCT, is as of 2017, when 16% of the state’s population was age 65 or older. The State Plan draft goes on to explain, “the population shift broken down by age creates a dramatic depiction of the Connecticut population. Between 2010...
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...public school environment next year because their schools have closed? We don’t have the seats for them,” Osten said. Wealth disparity State Rep. Kate Rotella, D-North Stonington, expressed concern that towns like North Stonington, which typically do not receive large grants of Title 1 funding, will come up short covering...
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...to accept their applications. “When I tried to apply there was no way for the self-employed people to apply. I went through the system until I couldn’t get any further,” said Carolyn Yost, an antiques and jewelry shop owner in Stonington. “They kept saying we could get it, but there...
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...lead, with plans for testing, response and sensible precautions. This plan must take into account the different characteristics and realities on the ground on a regional basis. The best timing and path forward to reopen Greenwich are not likely going to be the same as they are in Stonington. Connecticut...
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...rate Old Saybrook Low interest rate Stonington Deferment Waterford Deferment The programs offer taxpayers the opportunity to reduce or forgo interest typical for late payments as long as the payments are made within 90 days of the ordinary deadline. Local residents able to “attest to or document significant economic impact”...
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