Mystic News

In response to Carol Kimball's excellent column titled "Requiem for a house in Mystic," published Nov.

Brussels might be the best place to make a business connection inside the North Atlantic Treaty Organization , the 28-nation military alliance based in the Belgian capital.

Wally Lamb will talk about his new book, "Wishin' and Hopin': A Christmas Story," Tuesday in Mystic.

Merrick Alpert of Mystic, right, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, walks along Route 1 in Old Lyme in opposition to the war in Afghanistan on Wednesday.

Above, Adele Erisman, a lifelong environmental advocate and an original activist involved in the founding of the Avalonia Land Conservancy in 1968, enjoys a piece of birthday cake as she celebrates her 100th birthday at her North Stonington home with friends on Wednesday.

Stonington police are investigating an apparent suicide after a local woman reported missing early Thursday morning was found dead on the property of a Mystic business.

A Mystic-based firm will soon operate all of Mystic Seaport's food, beverage and catering services.

Jason B. Giesing, 34, of 21-3 Fort Hill Road, was charged Monday with evading responsibility, failure to carry proof of insurance and driving an unregistered vehicle.

William Celtruda, a probationary volunteer firefighter who wanted to impress his colleagues, pleaded no contest this morning to torching three houses in Mystic last year and will be sentenced in January to up to 14 years in prison.

The sad blackened hull of the once beautiful house at 23 Library St. in Mystic is gone now, a year and three months after an act of arson.

It was a blue-gold, poet's fall afternoon, so why would 50 or so citizens shut themselves inside Waterford Town Hall to sit for 90 minutes on fold-out chairs? Why, to see Mel "Dr. Mel" Goldstein, the chief meteorologist for WTNH Channel 8 in New Haven- who forecast the gorgeous day to begin with.

Tomorrow is Election Day. With only town positions at stake this year, it has been very quiet, a welcome change from the hurly-burly of last year's national election.

The schooner Mystic will be auctioned off Nov. 9 in U.S. District Court in New Haven.

NEW LONDON, in southeastern Connecticut about midway between New York and Boston , seems on paper a lot like Mystic , its neighbor to the east - all sea views, seafood and seafaring history.

Daniel Pont, 28, of 155 Cliff St., Mystic, was charged Monday with criminal impersonation, driving with a suspended license, misuse of registration, driving an unregistered motor vehicle and failure to have insurance.

Third-grade students at Oswegatchie School in Waterford watch a wood-carving demonstration by Mexican artist Ventura Fabian on Monday.

Robert C. Luna, 22, of 43 Denison Ave., Mystic, was charged Saturday with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

It is interesting that Sen. Chris Dodd and his Democratic challenger, Merrick Alpert of Mystic, are both promoting books, one just out, the other resuscitated, in these opening months of the campaign season.

Jason Sherman throws an old board into a trash bin as the historic home at 23 Library St.

What's this I hear about changing the name of the Groton-New London Airport? An airfield has existed on the plains of Poquonnock in the town of Groton since 1928 when the State of Connecticut took an option on 275 acres of the Morton F. Plant estate to provide a landing field for military and commercial use.