Theo Maryeski of Waterford sold his car and now commutes to New London by foot, bicycle or kayak. When he makes the five mile paddle from Alewife Cove to downtown New London, he pulls his kayak up the street on a skateboard.
Read more "No car? No problem, commute by kayak"When his father, Edgar Fontaine, died in June, Dean Fontaine promised to organize one final ‘jack-o-lantern castle’ as a tribute to his father, but a disappointing pumpkin harvest almost forced him to cancel. Longtime neighbor Charlotte Geer organized a carving party, and through donations and Fontaine’s meager harvest they managed to come up with enough […]
Read more "Jack-o-lantern castle glows one last time in Griswold"Gustav Mahler’s sixth symphony requires a hammerschlag or hammer blow. Mark Weaver of the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra constructed a hammer drum in his garage for principal percussionist Connie Coghlan to play during the ECSO’s concert at the Garde Arts Center on Saturday October 22, 2011.
Read more "ECSO’s homemade hammer of fate"The Whaling City Film Project is a competition in its third year in New London, CT. The challenge, create a short film in four days with a set of parameters provided to you at the kick-off event. After failing to get our act together in time to enter last year, I was determined to get […]
Read more "Making a short film with the Nikon D7000"The movie Great Hope Springs, starring Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones, was filming on Water Street in Stonington Borough on Wednesday.
Read more "Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones filming in Stonington"Commemorations at Niantic Baptist Church, the Navy’s Submarine Force Library and Museum and Mitchell College were among the events marking the tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Read more "Marking the tenth anniversary of 9/11"The attacks of Sept. 11 had a swift impact on security at nuclear power plants across the U.S. At Millstone Power Station, security teams undergo training at a $5 million indoor firing range.
Read more "Inside security training at Millstone nuclear power plant"Family Pizza in Niantic serves a 22-inch hot dog that they claim is New England’s longest.
Read more "New England’s longest hot dog"Emma Furgueson, 11, is directing a back yard production of The Wizard of Oz to raise money for the Humane Society.
Read more "Yellow brick road leads to Mystic"Russell Smith and Sean Bercaw will compete together for the eighth time in the Blackburn Challenge, a 20-plus mile race around Cape Ann.
Read more "Rowers prepare for open water race"
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