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The City Council’s Public Welfare Committee appointed a nine-person ad-hoc committee to study the homeless issue in New London. The committee, which will report back to the city in late September, was formed in response to the council’s authorization...
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Joe Abrams, the executive director of the New London Housing Authority, keeps a plaque from the Boys & Girls Club of America in his office on Colman Street. He named the national organization in his vision statement, and now it’s no longer a vision...
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It’s 11 days before Sailfest 2008 kicks off and Barbara Neff’s State Street office is, in a word, nuts. Neff is in the Sailfest “War Room” making last-minute edits to the program for the 31st edition of New London’s annual summer weekender. “Sean!” Neff...
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Last week the minority Republican city councilors criticized the manner in which the ruling Democratic majority is proposing and passing policy for the city. GOP Councilor Rob Pero said the Democrats have abandoned the process the City Council uses to...
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I am a devout viewer of Meet The Press, a Latin Mass for Those Who Fancy Themselves Informed. So, like many others, I was glued to NBC News last week when it broke the news that Tim Russert, the 58-year-old moderator of Meet the Press, died of a heart...
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The unexpected death of Royale Brothers guitarist Phil Agins in April left a large hole in the hearts of many of New London’s band of musicians. This Friday, several members of the local underground rock scene will be filling that hole with music as the...
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The New London High School Class of 2008 speaker Shiniqua Flanders looked at her 168 fellow graduates and reminded them that through four years they have matured from juveniles to adults. “You’re still family,” she said, “and we are getting together one...
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After a decade in NL, are Parsekian and co. up to the task? Amid bottles of modestly priced domestic wine and hors d’oeuvres nearly 175 of New London’s movers and shakers crowded the Oasis Room at the Garde Arts Center last month to commemorate 10 years...
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Last month, Ledge Light Health District and Centro de la Comunidad announced the formation of a new group designed to inform Latino women and their families about the dangers of heart disease. Funded by a $100,000 grant from the Connecticut Department...
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From politicians to priests, from cops to kids, from Little League to the American Legion, nearly all of New London was on display at this year’s Memorial Day parade. More than 1,000 people participated and even more lined the route that began at the...
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At a New London coffeehouse, a local rock musician and a Republican city councilor have found some common ground on, of all things, bicycles. Earlier this month Sean Spellman, the guitar player and lead singer in Quiet Life, a local folk rock group, started...
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Despite being touted as “Bush’s Brain,” Vice-President Dick Cheney does not have the star power of the president, at least when it comes to attracting both pro and anti-war demonstrators. For the second straight year, anti-war activists and supporters...
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New London High School baseball coach Kevin Jaskiewicz says you can divide baseball players into two categories. “There’s the guys who play baseball,” he said, “and then there are the baseball guys.” The former know how to play the game and do it well...
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With possible exception given to interparty squabbles among the New London Democrats, the most potent political drama in the city this year has been the growing acrimony between the City Council and the Board of Education. And last week the vitriol was...
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Board of Education member Anthony Nolan shook his head silently after the school board’s meeting last week. “I think we can do better,” he said. “As adults, I think we can do better.” Nolan, a Democrat, was the lone dissenting vote in the board’s 5-1...
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