Royale Brothers ‘confront the sorrow’

Three years after the death of lead guitarist Phil Agins, The Royale Brothers will reunite in a concert to raise money for a scholarship in Agins’ name.

Mystic bands reunite for Depot Memorial Show

Mystic bands from the ’80s and ’90s, including Skimbleshanks, 17 Relics, The Afflicted, All Fall Down, Gogol and Doug reunited at the El ‘n’ Gee Club in New London for Four Roosevelt: The Depot Memorial Show to raise money for the family of Tom Falvey, a former Depot regular and musician who passed away in […]

Not your average sparklers

How to survive a helicopter crash: Survival Systems USA

I had the opportunity recently to do a story on Survival Systems USA, a business across the river in Groton that trains students to do things like escape from a submerged helicopter and survive at sea in a life raft. To add a first person perspective, we used a GoPro camera on one of the […]

Song Spinner: Raina Mullen

130-day time lapse: winter barn construction

Back in the fall, my colleague Jenna Cho wanted to do a video story about the crew from Erik Block Design-Build. They were going to be building a post-and-beam barn in Lyme. Problem was, construction had barely started, and we needed the story for the paper sooner rather than later. In brainstorming ideas for the […]

Zach Hurd at UConn’s Pro Day

I spent Wednesday afternoon at UConn’s football complex for their Pro Day. I can’t imagine the pressure these guys must be under, having one or two chances to perform a physical task that is being recorded by representatives from NFL teams. If that’s not enough, the scouts and coaches get to measure players’ bodies and […]

Redemption for Waterford’s Matt Irvine

As journalists, we’re not supposed to route for the teams we cover. We’re meant to be objective observers who report and analyze events without playing favorites. But when you cover a group of athletes for long enough, one can’t help but grow a little fond of them. This fall, I covered several Waterford High School […]

Combining two of my favorite things: cameras and maple syrup

After moving back to Connecticut from Vermont, I find I miss the ubiquity of maple sugaring. It’s not like Connecticut doesn’t have maple producers – back in high school I used to help my friend Ben collect sap during spring break – but there aren’t as many as there are up north. When I worked […]

Song Spinner: Joe Lussier

Joe Lussier is the youngest songwriter we’ve featured in our Song Spinner series on theday.com. I’ve enjoyed all of the musicians we’ve profiled, but after songs dealing with addiction, the death of a father, the financial crisis, and the dark side of religion, it was a nice change to have a young perspective and a […]

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