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The City of New London plans to move forward with a project to improve the Fulton Park Area.  Federal funding from the “American Recovery Act” will be used to replace and renovate multiple aspects of the park, according to Mayor Michael Passero. Fencing will be removed alongside Briggs Brook, a pedestrian walkway will be added and additional parking off...

A crime spree that unfolded within just hours launched investigations up and down the shoreline.

There are seven daycares with COVID-19 cases in the Ledge Light Health District’s jurisdiction, which includes East Lyme, Groton, Ledyard, Lyme, New London, North Stonington, Old Lyme, Stonington and Waterford. “Some are isolated cases. There are a few small outbreaks, but two of them are significantly large outbreaks. Currently our largest daycare outbreak involves more than a dozen staff...

The Ledge Light Health District is putting people on high alert after seven daycares in their nine-town jurisdiction near New London have COVID cases.

Summer of 2021 is officially here and businesses along Connecticut’s shoreline say they are ready for a more normal summer. “We should be happy that we are going to have a good season,” said Jerry Vowles, the co-owner of The Carousel Shop in Old Lyme. Last summer the shop opened in take-out style, selling beach items through a window. Shoppers…

Save the Sound, an environmental non-profit, has issued its 2021 Beach Report. Using water testing data from 2018-2020, the organization gave 200+ beaches around the Long Island Sound a letter grade.

The pandemic has introduced hundreds of people in Connecticut to boating. New boat sales increased statewide last year, as people looked for safe activities. The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection anticipates the waterways will be filled with newer boaters again this summer. “We encourage them to take a safe boating class, make sure they have their boating license…

Boat sales have increased during the pandemic. Owner of Boats Incorporated in Niantic said that he has never seen the demand so high.

Several shoreline fire departments teamed up to hold a record-breaking food drive to support families with food insecurity. Old Saybrook, Clinton and Essex were among the fire departments running the single-day food drive. Non-perishable foods were collected at various area firehouses, stores and restaurants. Old Saybrook alone collected 3,809 pounds of non-perishable food and over $1,500 in cash donations. The…

Several area fire departments hosted a one-drive food drive to support families with food insecurity.

Trees along the shoreline look like they have moved on to an early fall partly due to leaf damage caused by Tropical Storm Isaias.

More than 100,000 United Illuminating customers were left in the dark by Tropical Storm Isaias.

Taylor found out how business is going at Abbott’s, and of course sampled a lobster roll at the popular seafood spot in Noank.

Tropical Storm Fay is expected to bring heavy rain and strong winds to Connecticut, and could cause some flash flooding.

Bags full of human remains were discovered along the shoreline in Seattle, police said Friday night.

A week into the reopening of outdoor dining, many restaurants are trying to work through the challenges of operating in a pandemic