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CT Foodbank and Foodshare have just expanded offerings in New London to help those in need of a good meal.

New London police are investigating a hate crime after a member of the city board of education received what police called a “vile and threatening notification” at home on Wednesday. Police said the note was left sometime between 8 a.m. and 6:45 p.m. on Wednesday. Police said the board of education member received a packet of information with a racial…

Juanita Austin describes the last nine months as a “roller coaster.” Her performance art space, lounge and art gallery, Cultured Studios, was forced to close in the early months of the pandemic. By April, her team left their storefront on State Street permanently. “Making that decision was tough, but I knew that we would bounce back eventually,” said Austin, creative…

New London is using CARES Act funding to help connect local businesses with landlords to work on a plan to keep the businesses open.

New London public schools will be closed for in-person instruction for the rest of January. New London Public Schools said they will close all schools to in-person instruction from today through Jan. 29. The schools were virtual last week and reopened on Monday. A letter Supt. Cynthia Ritchie sent to the school community said that over the last 12 hours,…

Children have been more online than ever this year as the pandemic has moved learning out of the classroom and onto the internet. NBC San Diego has conducted a yearlong investigation, titled “Stolen,” into sex trafficking and the exploitation of children and found that the problem is much more widespread than most people realize. Investigative reporter Monica Dean joined LX...

Connecticut Food Bank and Foodshare, which are in serious merger talks, are already collaborating. The two organizations will be starting three new emergency food distribution centers. They’ll be located in New London, Norwich and Norwalk and will all be modeled after a very successful site in East Hartford. Day after day, month after month, people have been finding relief...

About a dozen people who work for The Williams School, a private school in New London, received a coronavirus vaccine that they weren’t eligible to get under the state’s current distribution phase. In a statement released Tuesday afternoon, Connecticut’s Department of Public Health said “This was a notification and user error. The school informed us of the error and...

About a dozen people who work for The Williams School, a private school in New London, received a coronavirus vaccine that they weren’t eligible to get under the state’s current distribution phase.

A recent study by the de Beaumont Foundation found that heath officials need to change the language they use to discuss the COVID-19 vaccine in order to build the public’s confidence in taking it. LX News talked to de Beaumont Foundation CEO Brian Castrucci, who shared four tips you can use when talking to vaccine skeptics in your life.

Healthcare workers in New London, Connecticut are forming a unique relationship with doctors in Nepal. Separated by more than 7,000 miles, the two groups of medical workers share a common bond: working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. “There is so much we need to learn from each other to get ahead of this pandemic,” said Dr. Prakash Kandel,…

In a medical emergency, doctors, nurses and other people on the front lines in health care and social services are our lifeline. But there is a danger that these lifesavers say they are facing on the job.

Lawrence and Memorial Hospital, based in New London, is preparing to receive hundreds of doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine by early next week. If the Pfizer vaccine is given the green light, about 31,000 doses are expected to arrive in Connecticut by Monday. Healthcare workers are among the first group to receive the vaccine in the state. “The hospitals will…

An ATM machine was stolen from a grocery store in New London early Saturday morning. Police said they responded to United Grocery on Jefferson Avenue at approximately 1:33 a.m. When officers arrived at the scene, they noticed the front door of the store was open and the ATM machine inside was missing, officials said. Police said the location was secured…

Police are investigating after a shooting in New London early Saturday morning. Officials said the emergency communications center got a call at approximately 12:30 a.m. reporting a disturbance with shots fired in the area of Ocean and Lee avenues. Police said they located spent casings at the scene. The scene was secured and process for evidence, according to officials. No…

Several New London nonprofit art organizations will receive grant funding to aid in COVID-19 relief. The state announced that they will provide $9 million in grant funding to 154 nonprofit art organizations in Connecticut this month under a new program to support the state’s arts community. The program uses federal CARES Act funding from the state’s Coronavirus Relief Fund, according…

Lawrence and Memorial Hospital in New London is treating more COVID-19 patients than ever before. The hospital peaked at 31 COVID-19 hospitalizations in May. There are 39 COVID-19 patients being treated at the hospital as of Monday, according to a spokesperson for the hospital. “It does not get any easier,” said Laura Arre, a registered nurse at the hospital. “It…

Laura Arre and Christopher Comfort have experienced COVID-19 from both sides of the spectrum: as caregivers and as patients.

Crews are investigating after a four-vehicle crash in New London Sunday night. The crash happened at the corner of William and Huntington Streets, according to officials. It is unknown is there are any injuries. No additional information was immediately available.

Thanksgiving is usually starts with a busy morning of all the best high school football rivalry games in the state. In 2020, football field are quiet. So NBC Connecticut took a look back at what some would say is the greatest high school football rivalry in the country and even those who might not want to say that, can at…