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    Norwich looks to purchase blighted, vacant building at Norwich Harbor

    Norwich looks to purchase blighted, vacant building at Norwich Harbor
    The city of Norwich will consider buying the long-vacant, blighted former Marina Towers building that blocks the view of the Norwich marina and harbor on West Main Street.

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    Republicans on Tuesday nominated Mark Adams to challenge 16-term incumbent state Rep. Kevin Ryan, D-Montville, for the 139th state representative seat.
    New pickleball courts will be built on the site between the Thrive 55+ Active Living Center and the Groton Public Library on Newtown Road.
    Amid structural concerns regarding Stonington Middle School, students in grades 6 through 8 will spend the upcoming school year at the old Pawcatuck Middle School.
    The town has been making some initial improvements to the dilapidated animal control facility until it learns if it will receive $2 million from the state to help it build a new shelter.

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    Legislative action came amid a decrease in reported sexual assaults in the military, as well as a drop in the number of service members who said they had experienced some type of unwanted sexual contact.
    Once freed, the man was taken by ambulance to Lawrence + Memorial Hospital. A town official said he could not comment on the man’s injuries.
    State Sen. Cathy Osten said Wednesday she supports many of the goals of those trying to eliminate child poverty in Connecticut, but the co-chair of the legislature’s Appropriations Committee doesn’t want to raid the state’s surplus funds to do so.
    Motorists should expect traffic delays and closures between 7 and 10 a.m. as more than 2,000 runners compete.
    Crew members train to climb the main mast shroud of the sailing schooner Argia in downtown Mystic on Wednesday.

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    Members expressed frustration Tuesday that after eight months there has been no resolution to an investigation into allegations against Superintendent Kristen Stringfellow and Assistant Superintendent Tamara Gloster.
    The honor rolls for a variety of local schools have been published online over the last few weeks. The Day prints honor rolls exclusively online.
    Formerly active in Stonington politics, Mastroianni said he moved last year to Old Lyme, where he lives with his husband and daughter.
    The school system will create a new special education program to serve elementary and middle school students with severe emotional and behavioral disabilities.
    Democrats unanimously endorsed six-term incumbent state Sen. Cathy Osten, D-Sprague Tuesday, and Republicans unanimously endorsed Hebron Republican Town Committee Chairman Jason Guidone to challenge Osten.
    The goal is to reopen next May with menu offerings similar to the lobster rolls, fried clams and burgers for which Dad’s is known.
    Eastern Connecticut Democrats endorsed U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney’s bid for reelection Monday night during a nominating convention at Coventry High School.
    Quaker Hill Elementary School arranged a surprise assembly to honor William Krajewski for finishing in the top three in the CINTAS national “Custodian of the Year” competition.
    New London Beautification Committee member Caroline Driscoll, left, pulls out weeds while fellow member Donna Vendetto, in background, replants several plants in a traffic island on Governor Winthrop Boulevard on Tuesday.
    Speakers gave the Norwich City Council mixed messages on the 2024-25 budget during a brief public hearing Monday night.