Recreation: Miscellaneous results

12/14/10 EQUESTRIANMystic Valley Hunt ClubGales Ferry - Mystic Valley Hunt Club, Inc., held a rated show series award for all of the 11 rated hunt seat shows held at the farm this year.Starting in

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Norwich woman honored for service

12/02/10 Norwich - Noemi Tello of Norwich was one of five Eastern Connecticut State University business and accounting students who were honored by the Willimantic-based Access Community Action Agency at its

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Local Dunkin' Donuts don't honor free coffee offer for military

11/28/10 I first heard about the Dunkin' Donuts' failed offer for free coffee for active military personnel and veterans around here from a local Coast Guard morale officer.This officer, thinking he was

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Cell tower proposal gets poor reception

11/23/10 N. STONINGTON - A cell phone tower proposed for Mountain Avenue, near Billings Lake, could pose health problems, reduce property values, and stick out like a sore thumb in a rural neighborhood, residents said during an informational meeting Monday night.

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Westport veteran inducted into state Hall of Fame

11/23/10 Gathered at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford on Monday, Nov. 22, 2010, to honor the 2010 inductees to the Connecticut Veterans Hall of Fame are, from left, Connecticut National Guard Adjutant General Thaddeus Martin, Doris Troth Lippman of Westport, Gov. M. Jodi Rell, and Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs Commissioner Linda Schwartz.

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SIMMONS AMONG LOCAL VETS NAMED TO STATE HALL OF FAME

11/22/10 Four southeastern Connecticut residents including former U.S. representative and Vietnam War veteran Rob Simmons of Stonington are scheduled to be inducted into the Connecticut Veterans Hall of Fame

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11 to be inducted into state Veterans Hall of Fame

11/22/10 Eleven people will be inducted into the Connecticut Veterans Hall of Fame today at the Legislative Office Building. This year's class includes four people from southeastern Connecticut- former U.S. Rep. Rob Simmons, of Stonington, John Carcioppolo, of Gales Ferry, who leads the Groton chapter of the U.S. Submarine Veterans Inc., along with Griswold residents Edmund Burke, a staunch advocate and ...

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Karen Werner:A proud contributor to enhancing ski patrol first aid in Michigan

11/09/10  Karen Werner knew how to take care of people so well that she taught others how to do it.

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Reviving A Tradition: Hard Cider

11/09/10 As the leaves on the trees at Holmberg Orchards in Gales Ferry turn the brilliant colors of fall, Russell Holmberg ramps up the cider-making equipment that will turn Russett, Macintosh and Cortland apples into the traditional drink. While he runs the apples through the pressing and fermenting process, Holmberg thinks ahead to next summer, in his mind, the best season for savoring cider.

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Cieplik, a fixture at CGA since 1970, announces retirement

10/27/10 When Ray Cieplik interviewed for the job as men's soccer coach at the Coast Guard Academy in 1970, the man on the other side of the desk was Otto Graham, academy athletic director and Pro Football

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Over 40 and laid off? Good luck

10/24/10 At ages when many people are joining AARP or thinking about retirement, Jim Candee of Gales Ferry and Frank Siniscalchi of Hope Valley, R.I., have been scrambling to find work - for a year and a half.

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Local Roundup: Speedbowl in midst of final weekend

10/09/10 The final weekend of activity for the season began at the Waterford Speedbowl on Saturday with qualifying races and six feature events.

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Big Y taking over local stores

09/10/10 The owner of seven A&P Supermarkets in Connecticut is selling the stores - including one in Mystic and another in Old Lyme - to Big Y Foods, Inc., which won't decide until later this year which

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Local roundup

09/06/10 Caley McClendon won't have any trouble remembering her collegiate debut. The freshman scored three goals to lead the Mitchell College women's soccer team to a 3-0 win over Anna Marie College on Sunday in the Mariners' season opener.

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It's Country Fair Time in Connecticut

08/19/10 We're coming into country fair season in New England. It's about our agricultural past (and present); about bizarre food experiments (the Craz-E burger); and entertainment.

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FEMA aid to EL residents totals almost $316,000

08/06/10 he town's emergency management director, Pearl Rathbun, reported to town officials Wednesday that East Lyme residents were given almost $316,000 in disaster assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for damage that occurred in storms from March 12 through May 17.

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FEMA aid deadline is today

07/27/10 Today is the deadline to apply for disaster assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for damage that occurred in storms from March 12 through May 17. To register, call 1 (800) 621-3362

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Unions assist food center

07/11/10 AFT CT Health Care Workers Local 5123, LPN & Techs Local 5051 and Registered Nurses Local 5049 teamed up with the Stop & Shop Groton supermarket for a recent food drive that collected 1,880 pounds of food and $345 in cash donations to benefit the Gemma E. Moran United Way Labor Food Center in New London.

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In the colleges

07/02/10 GRADUATES Flagler College :Emily Whritenour, Mystic. Elizabethtown College :Zachary Miller, Old Lyme.Lasell College :Kenzie Komarinetz, Uncasville; Samantha Plack, Oakdale.Pace

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Alleged drunk driver hits five parked cars in Norwich

06/28/10 Norwich - Police said a Gales Ferry man whose license was suspended was charged with drunken driving Monday after a motor vehicle mishap.Patrol officers were called to the Ames Plaza on Salem

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