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Students at an East Lyme elementary School met a puppy that is beginning training to become a service dog and they even got to choose his name.

Police have identified the 19-year-old man that drowned at Rocky Neck State Park in Niantic Saturday evening, according to EnCon Police. Officials with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection said they responded to the park, along with local police and emergency crews. The man who died has been identified as Dante Robinson of the Oakdale section of Montville. DEEP…

ABC Shoreline Gymnastics was damaged by flooding when the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida swept through Connecticut.

For the first time in 15 years, floodwater made its way inside ABC Shoreline Gymnastics in East Lyme. “We weren’t expecting what we saw,” said Kim Detuzzi, owner of the gym. On Thursday, Detuzzi and her husband walked into their business to find the floors drenched. There were puddles of water throughout the gym. “We had so much rain at…

Connecticut officials are paying $250,000 and admitting no wrongdoing in a settlement of a lawsuit brought by a state prison inmate who gave birth on a toilet in her cell and claimed she was denied medical care, according to details of the agreement obtained by The Associated Press on Saturday. Attorney General William Tong’s office provided the AP with a…

A Niantic man is dead after a car crash early Sunday morning on Route 95 in Richmond, Rhode Island. The accident happened at approximately 1:49 a.m. on Route 95 North near exit 3, Rhode Island state police said. Police said preliminary investigation showed a 2015 Hyundai Sonata left the right side of the highway, hitting several light poles and a…

Dozens of people in New Haven and Niantic showed up on Sunday to show their support for breast cancer survivors and caregivers. It was part of the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides yearly initiative.  “We still wanted to do something, we couldn’t go through this season with doing nothing,” said American Cancer Society Community Development Manager Graham Kobs. This...

Police are investigating after a car crash Saturday afternoon that left one injured in Niantic. The incident occurred at approximately 2:55 p.m. on Quarry Dock Road. Police said they received multiple 911 calls indicating a car vs. tree accident. When they arrived on scene, they found a passenger trapped inside the car. Fire crews extricated the passenger, who was then…

Make-a-Wish teen Ben, who was diagnosed with lymphoma in January, received a boat.