...does help to control the adult population which therefore reduces risk.” Ledge Light Health District, by contrast, has decided against widespread use of larvicides. Instead, the regional health district is offering individual mosquito control consultations and larvicide treatment to private residents in East Lyme, Groton, Ledyard, Old Lyme, New London,...
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...[and] have consumer confidence in it, I think the business economy is going to be better.” Formica, along with State Sen. Heather Somers, R-Groton, and State Sen. Cathy Osten, D-Sprague, spent about an hour speaking and answering questions about reopening the state’s economy, the upcoming special legislative session that they...
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...summer in June, July and August,” Fortuna wrote. In Groton, Director of Parks and Recreation Mark Berry said by email Thursday that the town’s open spaces, fields within parks, and trails remain open, but the town’s senior center, skatepark, playground, tennis courts, basketball courts, and picnic areas are closed. The...
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Marine Science Magnet High School in Groton ranks 10th in the state and 532nd nationally of public high schools according to the U.S. News & World Report’s 2020 rankings. “LEARN’s Marine Science Magnet High School is a special community of intensely committed educators, students, and families,” said LEARN Associate Executive...
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...a swift and safe recovery — as well as support and relief for hard-hit workers, families and small businesses. With the right leadership and a comprehensive, sensible path forward, we will get through these tough times and emerge from this stronger on the other side. State Sen. Heather Somers Groton...
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GROTON — The Town Council on April 7 approved a purchase agreement with a North Haven developer, laying out a plan to eventually sell the town-owned William Seely School. The school is one of several unused, publicly-owned properties in Groton that town leadership have sought in recent years to redevelop...
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...the pandemic. Today, Ledge Light announced a partnership with PhysicianOne Urgent Care to offer testing to all essential workers and residents with a cough, fever or other symptoms in the region. PhysicianOne Urgent Care will offer drive-thru testing at Fitch High School in Groton on Sunday, April 19, 2020 from...
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...to require nursing homes to offer and facilitate reasonable and practicable alternative means of communication for individuals who would otherwise visit, such as virtual communications. If the topic interests you, or if you would like to support the AARP petition, you can find more information here. Chap. Matthew Shulman Groton...
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...dropped at least 40 percent. The couple opened Beer’d in the Velvet Mill in Stonington eight years ago and a second location in Groton two months ago. “We’ve had to lay off 60 percent of our staff,” she said. “With distribution, we’re doing okay. We had to switch our model...
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...most cases, where a person is living on April 1 is where the census asks them to list their place of residence. Elizabeth Porter, who chairs the Town of Groton’s local census complete count committee, said that the coronavirus outbreak has complicated her work and led to canceling kickoff events...
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GROTON — The Town Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to send a $130,453,984 budget for fiscal year 2020-21 to the Representative Town Meeting. With a budget increase of 1.1 percent over fiscal year 2019-20, Mayor Patrice Granatosky said the council had streamlined the budget process and cut expenses to prepare for...
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GROTON — At a Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut breakfast in Groton on Thursday, invited leaders from Connecticut’s Department of Economic and Community Development, and nonprofit AdvanceCT, spoke about government partnerships with the private sector. “South Carolina and other states down south have been calling our companies. Why can’t...
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...regular hours. Most seniors pay an additional fee to attend, said Gould. Recent senior center expansions in Branford and Groton have included “state-of-the-art” fitness facilities, Arcari said, although he acknowledged that large gyms can be a large financial ask for smaller towns’ senior centers. Arcari also said that many senior...
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GROTON — Years before the Connecticut Port Authority approved a $157 million deal to redevelop State Pier in New London as a staging area for offshore wind, and before a $22 billion submarine contract was awarded to Groton-based Electric Boat, a growing ecosystem of smaller companies have been setting up...
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...Sen. Heather Somers (R-Groton) said the costs of the project continue to rise, leaving taxpayers to pick up the tab, which could have an adverse economic impact on southeastern Connecticut. “With so much at stake, it is abundantly clear that greater transparency and oversight must be injected into this process...
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GROTON — Opportunities for Connecticut-based companies in the supply chain that services the undersea and maritime industries are increasing now that offshore wind has entered the market, according to Ali Halvordson executive director of the Naval and Maritime Consortium. “The offshore wind supply chain is very immature in this country....
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...2016. Locations providing breakfast in the Waterford-Groton-New London area “There was a major federal push in the years preceding 2016 with summer meals, but since then there has been a national dip with the decline in publicity. The USDA holds a lot of weight in promoting the program,” Frassinelli said....
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...substance just like any other kind of medication, and we’ve really tried to stay true to that pharmaceutical model,” Seagull said. The event was sponsored by Herbology, a medical marijuana company currently planning a dispensary in Groton. A presentation by Commissioner of the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission Kay Doyle outlined...
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EAST LYME — “If you drew a big triangle down Route 2 to Groton, and back along I-95 almost to New Haven, there was nothing — no highly-amenitized, new-ish, multi-family communities. And, I think part of that is because the towns that make up most of that big triangle traditionally...
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...happened last season and what to plan for in 2020. According to CAES, mosquitoes testing postive for EEE in 2019, were found in Bethany, Chester, Darien, Groton, East Lyme, Haddam, Hampton, Killingworth, Ledyard, Lyme, Madison, Middlefield, Monroe, North Stonington, Old Lyme, Plainfield, Shelton, South Windsor, Stamford, Stonington, Voluntown, and Waterford....
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...[to resolve the breach] that you’re going to do that.” More changes may come Board Chair Rita Schmidt, who represents Groton and was elected in 2016, said in an interview after Friday’s meeting that the board’s nominating committee is expected to recommend officers to the tourism board in the next...
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...to testimony at the state hearing in 2018. In 2019, State Representative Joe de la Cruz (D-Groton) sponsored the legislation. He explained that he had been contacted by a constituent whose entire family suffers from allergies. “I thought it was a win-win bill for consumers and restaurants,” de la Cruz...
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...for the changes in our lives, and things certainly will change a lot over ten years,” said Elizabeth Porter, who chairs the Town of Groton’s Complete Count Committee in a phone interview on Thursday. “We have to continue to fight to get our piece of the pie,” said Porter. The...
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...in Waterford. “The neighborhood came to the first selectman to ask if they could stop using the chemical and it became a town-wide change.” In Groton, where Schneider worked until this year in the Department of Public Works, a similar restriction was similarly adopted. “In Groton, it came from the...
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...Most of this change due to the fact that, for 2019-20, SCCOG received a $200,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to conduct a study of how area towns can continue to accommodate military housing and transportation needs related to General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton and the Naval...
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...put it mildly,” said Michael Graner, superintendent of schools in Groton. This is not Groton’s first school-based health center. There is one at the high school, one at each middle school, and at Title 1 elementary schools serving disadvantaged students. All are operated by Family & Child Agency and funded...
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...strong retail base compared to the surrounding of the region. “We’re still the shopping corridor for this area,” Avena said. “If you look at Crystal Mall’s maps and their appraisal, a big circle includes Groton and all the way to Old Lyme and all the way to Stonington. We’re still...
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...housing market would be affected by the $22 billion submarine contract that Groton-based Electric Boat and a partner firm recently secured with the Navy. New Plans for Waterford Chalder has been working with town staff to research Waterford’s existing housing stock in preparation for an upcoming a revision of the...
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...of dollars,” he said. Passero said Ørsted/Eversource’s failed bid also contained $40 million in regional economic investment in education, supply chain, and municipalities over a ten-year period, which would have been managed by the Southeastern Connecticut Enterprise Region, known as seCTer, a nonprofit economic development organization based in Groton. “We...
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...would still leave East Lyme residents still paying significantly less than customers of comparable town water systems such as Orange or Groton. The Board of Finance needs to approve the appropriation of the additional $950,000 for the project to move forward. The next finance meeting is scheduled for December 11....
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