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More than a century of locally-owned, independent journalism.

The Day newspaper, formerly known as The New London Day, is a local newspaper based in New London, Connecticut published by The Day Publishing Company. The newspaper has won Newspaper of the Year and the Best Daily Newspaper Award from the New England Press Association. It has twice won the Horace Greeley Award for "courage and outstanding effectiveness in serving the public." It has won the Ameri

can Society of Newspaper Editors Example of Excellence in Small Newspaper award and the Columbia Journalism Review has listed it as one of the top 100 newspapers in the country with a circulation of less than 100,000 copies.

09/21/2024

Latasha Harris, lead plaintiff in the case, said this week that many people were depending on the money to buy their children school clothes, move or replace lost items, and feel totally let down by not receiving their money yet.

Groton ― While a $12,250,000 settlement was reached earlier this year in a class action lawsuit brought by Branford Manor residents over claims of mold and other issues at the housing complex, residen...

09/21/2024

Whether a 911 call is about a burglary, a cat in a tree, a house fire or a medical emergency, there is a good chance Theresa Hersh is among those heading to the scene. *If you don't subscribe and would like to read this article, buy a Day Pass on our website for $2 for 24 hours access.

Stonington ― Whether a 911 call is about a burglary, a cat in a tree, a house fire or a medical emergency, there is a good chance Theresa Hersh is among those heading to the scene. As a first responde...

09/21/2024

Popular Waterford restaurant closes, but family's bakery remains open.

Waterford ― Outside NV Bakery and Market Wednesday afternoon, five tables of customers laughed, chatted and ate in the shade of yellow umbrellas, while more people lined up inside to pick up or place ...

09/20/2024

For the six couples Little Pink Houses of Hope hosted for its third annual Mystic retreat, it was a chance for individuals battling breast cancer and their spouses to relax, find support, reconnect and make memories.

Mystic ― At the Ocean Community YMCA’s Naik Family Branch on Wednesday, couples were learning archery, kayaking, enjoying lunch and laughing. For the six couples Little Pink Houses of Hope hosted for...

09/20/2024

“Espy’s paintings and words offer us a pathway to unite in mourning, stand in resolve, and share in our hopes,” the exhibition text states.

The paintings of the man immediately draw the attention of anyone venturing into the gallery at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London. The figure is set on a dark canvas, but there are swaths of vi...

09/20/2024

Brighter, cleaner quarters for Montville's social services staff and clients.

Montville ― Mold, asbestos and a buckling floor had kept the town’s Social Services department out of its former building for more than three years, but the department next month will return to a newl...

09/20/2024

Remembering a beloved man and music maker. *If you do not subscribe and would like to read this article, purchase a Day Pass on our website for $2 for 24 access to all our content.

Of the literally thousands of songs jazz pianist Charlie Holland knew by heart ― and fingers ― his favorite was a Fats Waller standard musicians like to call “I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself...

09/19/2024

Havok was one of five belugas transferred from Marineland Canada to the aquarium in 2021.

Mystic ― Under terms of a settlement with the federal Department of Agriculture, Mystic Aquarium has agreed to pay $12,200 to resolve its alleged violations of the Animal Welfare Act. The Aug. 13 agre...

09/19/2024

Facing multiple lawsuits from a group of more than 140 alleged victims of sexual abuse by diocesan priests and employees, the Norwich diocese filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in July 2021.

Parties to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich bankruptcy are set to appear Thursday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Hartford, where a judge has ordered a new round of mediation in the three-year-old ca...

09/19/2024

Fluffer's story has a bittersweet ending in New London.

New London ― A local couple’s nearly decade-long search for their beloved cat came to a bittersweet end last week after the feline was discovered more than 120 miles away in New York. Kimberly and Wil...

09/17/2024

Court ends prosecution of woman charged in beating of Black Mystic hotel clerk.

Crystal Caldwell, the victim in what police have described as a racially-motivated 2020 assault at a Mystic hotel, called the decision by a judge on Monday a “punch in the gut.” New London Superior C...

09/17/2024

Stonington, Westerly urge parents to delay student smart phone use until 8th grade.

Stonington ― A billboard on Route 1 near Fleming’s Feed now asks parents to delay giving their children smart phones until eighth grade, but it’s just one part of a larger collaboration between the to...

09/17/2024

The Day is moving to new location on State Street in New London.

New London ― The Day announced Monday that its newspaper staff will move to a new headquarters in the former Frontier Communications building on State Street, across from City Hall. The move, which ha...

09/16/2024

Illustrations in the book evoke Charley Chadwick's sprawling summer house on a hill now owned by billionaire businessman Herb Chambers, of Northeast car dealership fame.

Old Lyme ― It took less than a day for letters from young Charley Chadwick to be borne by packet ship from the end of Ferry Road to his father in Brooklyn, N.Y. It took the better part of a century an...

09/16/2024

Dancing was just one of the ways Hispanic cultures were embraced Sunday, at a celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15.

New London ― Jackie and Vicente Ithier, of Newington, stood Sunday in a small crowd of attendees who were all watching Hispanic dancers from in front of one of several food trucks parked on a blocked ...

09/16/2024

This retired Stonington couple wants to sell their home and start the next chapter of their lives. The only problem is that Amtrak may want to take some or all of the property.

Stonington — In late 2020, Thomas “Zack” Tsagarakis, and his wife Lynn, began planning their retirement and closed their popular Zack’s Bar and Grille after 16 years in business. But four years later ...

09/16/2024

09/15/2024

What’s the deal with heat pumps? A look at an emerging trend in heating and cooling.

Following a winter in his new 1970s-era house heated with electric heat, East Lyme resident Shaun Baker decided to look into switching to an air source heat pump. He had read about the rebates and tax...

09/15/2024

How close is too close? Montville residents complain about backyard gunfire.

Montville ― Isaac Tait, a 41-year-old U.S. Marine veteran, said he would not have moved out of town, had it not been for neighbors’ shooting in their backyards. After all, he said, the East Lake Road ...

09/15/2024

Stonington activists stand up to hate after K*K imposter crashed Trump rally.

09/14/2024

Blumenthal tells Coast Guard that Old Saybrook jetty needs safety improvements after fatal crash.

Old Saybrook ― U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal is asking the U.S. Coast Guard to consider additional safety measures, including lighting, on the Old Saybrook jetty following a Sept. 2 crash in which thre...

09/14/2024

Developing champions in life at New London boxing gym.

New London ― Whaling City Athletic Club is all about the intangibles. Sure, you can learn to be a professional boxer here, as New London’s heavyweight champion Cassius Chaney did while training at the...

09/14/2024

Suspect in beating of Black Mystic hotel clerk shows up late for court, wants special program.

One of the two people arrested in what police say was the racially-motivated beating of a Black hotel clerk in Mystic in 2020 is seeking a path to a clean criminal record. Emily Orbay, 31, of Brookly...

09/13/2024

Former state Troubadour Tom Callinan to perform at National WWI Memorial dedication.

Norwich ― Former state Troubadour Tom Callinan will have a traveling companion in the car when he drives to Washington, D.C., on Friday to perform at this weekend’s dedication of the new World War I m...

09/13/2024

Ledyard seeks to ban quarries, limit the size of multi-family housing.

Ledyard ― Proposed amendments to the town’s zoning regulations that would ban large-scale quarrying operations and limit the size of housing development was heard Thursday by the Planning and Zoning ...

09/13/2024

Judge will not lower $5 million bond for man charged with killing Norwich woman.

New London Superior Court Judge John Newson on Thursday rejected a request to reduce the $5 million bond for a man charged in a fatal 2022 shooting. Atlantikh Balidemaj, 23, has remained in prison on ...

09/12/2024

Drilling down into Waterford Police's quarterly reports.

Waterford ― Quarterly data released by the police department shows that while larceny arrests and motor vehicle stops are trending up over the last three years, arrests during that time have been goin...

09/12/2024

Columnist David Collins said he spit out his coffee when he read that a developer wants a big tax break to build market rate housing at Fort Trumbull.

I had one of those coffee-spitting moments recently while reading The Day, when I learned New London is considering giving substantial tax cuts to a developer the city is selling land to in Fort Trumb...

09/12/2024

Update on Wednesday's stabbing in New London.

New London ― State police said Thursday that a man suffered non-life threatening injuries in an assault on Wednesday in the Hodges Square area. Witnesses said they saw the man collapse onto a sidewal...

09/12/2024

Police arrest driver in R.I. in hit-and-run of worker on I-95 in Stonington.

Stonington ― Police in Rhode Island on Tuesday charged a driver who they say was intoxicated and struck a worker in a construction zone on Interstate 95 and then fled. The incident, which occurred on...

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Hip Hop Healing program provides musical mentoring

COMING SUNDAY IN THE DAY: Jontay Lapoint-General spent the spring of his senior year making music under the mentorship of Frank Colmenares and Brian Johnson. Colmenares started the Hip Hop Healing program to help young musicians emotions and experiences into meaningful songs.

Voices of the Class of 2024

Graduating seniors from 15 area high schools talk about entering freshman year during the COVID-19 pandemic, their optimism in the face of conflict, and their future ties to southeastern Connecticut. You can read all of our 2024 senior profiles at https://www.theday.com/section/senior-profiles-2024/

A time lapse view of the first seven days of demolition of the First Congregational Church in New London.

A time lapse view of the first seven days of demolition of the First Congregational Church in New London. The video is accompanied by two poems written by Mary M. Anderson and read by her daughter Holly Camerota.

Nicholas Spera provided this video of the former First Congregational Church in New London collapsing. Read more at: https://www.theday.com/local-news/20240125/church-spire-collapses-in-new-london/

COMING SUNDAY IN THE DAY: Flo Turner, a popular personality at the Montville transfer station, has a passion for her job and the people who frequent the station. She maintains the station's "free area," a project she started to reduce waste by giving people a place to drop off and pick up used goods.

Massive ship delivers key wind turbine components to New London

Did you see the cargo ship carrying wind turbine components up the Thames River this morning? Read more about it here: https://www.theday.com/business/20230815/massive-ship-delivers-key-wind-turbine-components-to-new-london/

A one-mile stretch of Lyme Street in Old Lyme turned the summer solstice into a trick-or-treat for music. The occasion was Make Music Day, an annual international celebration of music in all its forms.

Frank Colmenares shares his trauma, brings therapy to the stage

In an effort to de-stigmatize therapy and speaking about mental health, rapper Frank Colmenares has conceived a live experience that combines musical performance with an on-stage therapy session. He will perform songs that discuss his personal traumas, and then discuss them on stage with a licensed therapist. Get tickets for the June 25th show at the Garde Arts Center Oasis Room at https://gardearts.org/events/group-therapy/

2023 ECC Baseball Final: East Lyme vs. Woodstock

No. 1 Woodstock Academy takes on no. 2 East Lyme in the Eastern Connecticut Conference baseball final live from Dodd Stadium in Norwich.

2023 ECC Boys' and Girls' Lacrosse Finals

The Eastern Connecticut Conference boys' and girls' lacrosse finals live from Waterford High School. 5:00 p.m. boys' final: No. 2 Stonington vs. no. 1 East Lyme 7:30 p.m. girls' final: No. 2 Stonington vs. no. 1 East Lyme

2023 ECC Girls' Tennis Singles Final - Sarah Hage vs. Grace Duggan

Waterford's Sarah Hage (no. 1) vs. Stonington's Grace Duggan (no. 2) in the Eastern Connecticut Conference girls' tennis singles final live from Stonington High School.

In January 2020, police found the bodies of Megan, Alek, Tyler and Zoe Todt in their Florida home. Father and husband Tony Todt, who had been living in the home for weeks, was arrested and eventually convicted. For the full story, listen to The Day's podcast series "Looking for the Todt Family" on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/show/29zG7tmpSbFyAy7IwF6J5c

CuriousCT is back

We are relaunching CuriousCT. Tell us what you want to know about the people, places, and issues in southeastern Connecticut. Learn more and submit your question here: https://www.theday.com/section/curiousct/

CuriousCT is back

The Day's podcast "Looking for the Todt Famil" investigates the 2019 murders of a local family in Celebration, Florida. Listen to all 16 episodes on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/show/29zG7tmpSbFyAy7IwF6J5c

Time lapse: Wyland paints new whale mural in New London

The Day's Peter Huoppi created a time lapse video to document Wyland's new mural in New London, starting with a blank wall on Thursday morning and finishing with a group photo in front of the completed mural on Monday afternoon.

Introducing "Job Description with Rick Koster"

The Day's Rick Koster launches a new podcast this week, where he interviews people with jobs that he couldn't imagine doing. Look for the first episode on Thursday on theday.com and wherever you listen to podcasts.

Colchester motorcyclist promotes helmet safety after crash

Andrew Pisano of Colchester suffered a traumatic brain injury in a motorcycle crash, and travels to Wallingford each week for physical, speech and occupational therapies. Gaylord Specialty Healthcare, where he does his rehab, is sharing Pisano's story during Brain Injury Awareness Month in hopes that it will convince more motorcyclists to wear a helmet. Read more: https://www.theday.com/local-news/20230401/colchester-biker-becomes-poster-child-for-motorcycle-helmets/