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Korean War vet makes the grade in Montville

Premium Content Joseph R. Ali of Lisbon leaves the gym to a standing ovation from Griswold High School students Monday after receiving his diploma from principal Mark Frizzell at the annual awards ceremony.

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Artwork takes shape at Three Rivers Community College

Premium Content Bob Giza of Upscale Welding works on assembling The Nautilus, a sculpture by artist Agnes Dennis, on Monday outside Three Rivers Community College in Norwich. Giza began the installation months ago...

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St. Mary school in New London set to close

Premium Content St. Mary Star of the Sea School, the only inner city school in the Diocese of Norwich, will close at the end of the school year because of financial problems and declining enrollment.

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Stonington road worker hit with another suspension

Premium Content The town has again suspended highway department employee Ernie Santos, this time for getting angry with another employee and allegeldy throwing a five-gallon gas can on the ground while refueling a...

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Montville town councilors criticize school board expenses on trip to Boston

Premium Content Town councilors criticize school board's $7,164 conference in Boston while school officials defend expenditure.

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Ledyard votes today on $49.16 million budget

Premium Content Ledyard - Residents will vote on the proposed 2012-13 budget of $49.16 million at today's referendum. The budget would not increase the tax rate.

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Man gets 60 years in prison for 2008 murder in Groton

Premium Content Ryan Wright is sentenced to 60 years in prison for the execution-style murder of Jamel Campbell in 2008 at a Groton hotel.\n

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Council passes $83 million New London budget for second time

Premium Content Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio offered the City Council a way on Monday to avoid laying off 25 firefighters: Put $600,000 back in the budget and raise taxes. But in a split vote, the council rejected the...

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Premium Content Attorney questions proposed NPU water rate hike

The attorney representing several businesses opposing Norwich Public Utilities' proposed 37 percent water rate increase said the charter requires the City Council to approve the measure before it takes effect.\n

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Finizio: Layoffs 'the last thing I wanted'

Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio said Friday that he may be able to negotiate with the city's public safety unions to avoid laying off 25 fire department and 10 police department employees.


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SHAYS FILES PRIMARY PAPERS

Hartford - Former U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays filed the paperwork Monday to challenge former wrestling executive Linda McMahon in a Republican primary for U.S. Senate, despite her call for...

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McMahon says Shays should quit race so GOP can unite for campaign

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Hartford (AP) - Former wresting executive Linda McMahon, who won the Connecticut Republican Party's endorsement for a second campaign for U.S. Senate, said Sunday that GOP rival...

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Stamford police officer in critical condition day after fall

Stamford (AP) - A police officer who fell from a bridge abutment onto the edge of a highway while chasing a robbery suspect remained in critical condition Friday. The suspect's lawyer said...

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Edgecomb: Like it was yesterday

Premium Content I recently met up with some kids I went to elementary school with, and not one of them looked a day over 13 — which is amazing, since we all graduated from St. Joseph's School in...

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Photo gallery: Opera comes to Stonington

Premium Content Libby Hall, left, and Rachyl Jackson, both sophomores at Stonington High School and supernumeraries for Salt Marsh Opera, wait backstage for their cue Wednesday at the performance of "The Magic...

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Should the state intervene in the New London school system?
Yes, this should have happened a long time ago.
50%
Yes, I had hoped the city would improve the school system on its own but I now believe state intervention is the only option.
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No, local officials should be given more time to turn around the school system.
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No, I'm confident the city is already addressing this issue sufficiently.
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Premium Content Police logs for May 22, 2012

Lisa Ente, 49, of Levittown, N.Y., was charged Saturday with driving under the influence of alcohol...

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Eric Morabito, 30, of 45 Long Pond Road, Ledyard, was charged Saturday with driving under the...

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Trevor Kordo, 22, of 135 Sullivan Road was charged Saturday with driving under the influence of...

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Premium Content Groton police investigating theft at construction site

Groton – Police are looking for information after a thief or thieves stole $3,000...

Premium Content Police search yields 80 bags of heroin

Norwich – Police said a search of a Taftville man’s home Monday resulted in...

Premium Content Norwich man arrested on drug charges

Norwich – While arresting a Taftville man Monday on a warrant for selling heroin,...

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Premium Content Man gets 60 years for Groton murder

New London -- Calling it a "carefully planned out execution," Judge Arthur C. Hadden...

Premium Content Man sentenced in manslaughter, but mother's 'grief is forever'

Sitting before Judge Patrick Clifford, Maxine and Paul Gilson said they are a shell of their former...

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Mashantucket — State and tribal...

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