Ledyard

Ledyard was capable of scoring fast, three goals in the final 2 minutes, 36 seconds of the third period, for instance. That gave the Stonington High School boys' lacrosse team somewhat of a quandary at times on Tuesday afternoon. The Bears, playing...

Every year for the past four years, sophomores at Ledyard High School have been given an assignment to explore an issue many people find hard to talk about -- their personal experience with mental illness. "Mental illness is part of every family, but so...

One week before the spring recital, seven young ballerinas stand in formation, awaiting their cue. In the back, Sofia Priebe -- at 4 feet, 8 inches -- is the second-tallest girl in her class at Mystic Ballet. Where the others stare measuredly ahead,...

An affordable housing development for seniors on Church Hill Road will move ahead thanks to a $250,000 loan announced Friday by the state Department of Economic and Community Development. The Church Hill Woods project is planned on about 15 acres of...

Though the Town Council scrapped a $45 million middle school renovation last week after Superintendent Mike Graner told councilors the state would reject it, Graner now says that decision was made based on incorrect numbers he gave a state education...

Longtime Zoning Officer Joe Larkin, who has been involved in a number of high profile controversies over the years and recently served a two-week suspension for an undisclosed reason, has been hired by the Town of Ledyard to be its full-time zoning and...

A Ledyard police officer who learned Monday that he was fired from the police department after being arrested twice is vowing to get his job back. James Grzesiak, 48, who had been in the department for 19 years, was arrested in October and January. He...

State residents who want to file civil lawsuits but can't afford a lawyer can represent themselves, in some cases without paying fees associated with filing a suit. But with such cases topping 4,000 over the past five years, a lawmaker has proposed...

News that New London is planning a $100 million Coast Guard Museum was reported with the finality one might expect if someone had won the lottery. Facts don't lie. But this report was a puff piece, based on a rollout, based on a wish and a prayer....

Incumbent Democrat Joseph P. Courtney broke the photo-finish hex in the state's 2nd Congressional District Tuesday, sweeping through eastern Connecticut in overwhelming fashion and crushing Republican challenger Sean Sullivan. With 86 of 149 precincts...