New London County

Sunday marks the 10th annual Connecticut Historic Gardens Day. Fourteen lush and floral outdoor spots count themselves as members, and quite a few of them fall in our neck of the woods. Contact each site directly for more info about any special events...

Preppy fashion goes back to the '40s. It had its origins on Ivy League campuses among sporty men who played tennis, rugby, who sailed, hunted or rode horses. In the early days, Brooks Brothers was the premier merchandiser of preppy clothing. When...

In New London, town officials have instructed their police to refrain from inquiring about a suspect's immigration status and are encouraging more Latinos to get involved in education and politics. The city is the hub of New London County, where the...

More than seven dozen aspiring surgeons, ballerinas, teachers, paleontologists and, yes, Presidents of the United States were the winners of the fifth annual Connecticut Higher Education Trust (CHET) Dream Big! Competition. The contest encourages...

In her grandly illustrated, thick, literate new book, Lucianne Lavin takes us way, way back to the arrival of human beings in Connecticut. She helps us stretch our concept of time. "Connecticut's Indigenous Peoples" is at once an intimate story about...

Activists in Connecticut pushing for restrictions on how "running" bamboo is planted praised legislation that has cleared both the state House and Senate. "We are thrilled beyond belief," Terri Groff, a field researcher in Preston, who has documented...

The latest wage data for jobs in the nation's largest counties shows both how badly New London County is lagging the rest of the state, and how the trends of job growth and pay in Fairfield County compare to other counties full of high-skilled, high-...

As the state continues to struggle to balance its budget, the state will "probably not'' have any additional money to help the towns pay for the pre-Halloween storm cleanup, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Friday. "The state will have the same difficulties...

A few months after taking the helm as president of the Connecticut Light & Power Co., Jeffrey D. Butler spoke at a business breakfast in New London County, telling a receptive audience about his vision for a more dependable and respected electric company....

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