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St. Bernard community prays for Wilson brothers
Oct. 18—MONTVILLE — Lacrosse team captains on Friday morning placed team jerseys on the St. Bernard School auditorium stage to pray for the recovery of 17-year-old Skyler Wilson and remember his brother, 14-year-old Carson Wilson. Other members of the team stood in the aisle and formed an arch with their sticks as the captains walked to the stage. The jerseys were placed next to photographs of ...
Woman Takes Home Over $100K On Mohegan Sun's Wheel Of Fortune Slot Machine
While testing her luck at New London County's Mohegan Sun in the village of Uncasville on Sunday, Oct. 13, a resident of New Rochelle in Westchester County won a whopping $100,929.93, the casino announced on Friday, Oct. 18. The lucky winner, identified as "Donna Z.," won the jackpot while playing...
Griswold/Wheeler overcomes early deficit to edge Bacon Academy
Griswold/Wheeler rallied from an early two-touchdown deficit and escaped with a 28-27 victory over Bacon Academy/Lyman Memorial on Saturday in Colchester. The upset-minded Bobcats (0-5) stunned the Wolverines with sensational long touchdown plays while building a 21-7 lead in the first half. Griswold/Wheeler, however, answered with 21 straight points before thwarting the Bobcats' potential...
Report: The average New London household doesn't look the way you might think
Oct. 18—While the average household is getting smaller, the size of the average home is not. That's according to a report released this month using state and federal statistics to illustrate how the region is being affected by a housing shortage stretching from coast to coast. The Eastern Connecticut Housing Needs Assessment shows New London County's population shrank by 10,413 from 2010 to ...
Five of the Safest Cities in America Are in Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, & Vermont
While people from away, and younger people, may consider mostly rural New England to be 'boring', there are some major benefits to living in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and rural Massachusetts. One of the biggest benefits is how safe these states are. Sure, violent crimes do occasionally happen in rural...
Remembering slain UConn football star Jasper Howard, 15 years later
STORRS, Conn. — Fifteen years later, Oct. 18, 2009, remains the darkest day in UConn football history. Just after midnight, star cornerback Jasper Howard was stabbed to death outside the UConn Student Union after attending the university’s homecoming dance. The sudden, tragic murder of a rising athlete and...
East Lyme woman expected to avoid prison in beating, robbery case
Oct. 18—A plea agreement is expected to halt the upcoming trial of a 24-year-old Niantic woman charged in connection with the brutal beating and robbery of a man in the woods of East Lyme four years ago. Nicole Birch was one of three people charged by East Lyme police in the Oct. 5, 2020, assault and robbery of a 28-year-old Bloomfield man, who was discovered bloodied and beaten on the side of ...
25,000 visitors expected at 49th annual Glastonbury Apple Harvest & Music Festival
GLASTONBURY, Conn. — The Glastonbury Apple Harvest & Music Festival is in full swing this weekend. The Connecticut River Valley Chamber of Commerce anticipates 25,000 people will turn out for the 49-year-old event, made possible by hundreds of volunteers. Roberta Murphy works the pie booth, but it’s not the...
'Best effort we have had all season': Plainfield football puts East Haven to the test
There were moments in the third quarter where the Plainfield football team seemed poised to pull off the biggest upset of the 2024 season. Trailing by six late in the third quarter, the Panthers had possession at the East Haven 10-yard line late in the third quarter. Then there was an interception on a...
First Night: UConn women’s basketball facing start of season with news of latest injury blow
STORRS — The UConn women’s basketball team may be without forward Ayanna Patterson to start the 2024-25 season after she suffered a shoulder injury in practice. Coach Geno Auriemma said ahead of the Huskies’ annual First Night event on Friday that Patterson “whacked” her shoulder and is still in a sling. Patterson assisted at a Revolution Basketball Training youth clinic at Gampel Pavilion on ...
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