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Members of the Board of Education turned down an opportunity Thursday to create their own Renzulli Academy, saying they hadn't seen any data to support the need for a gifted and talented academy or anything in writing detailing an implementation plan.

Witnesses said a group of Good Samaritans helped tackle a man who was stealing purses from Monica's State Street Diner during lunch hour today.

I am not a lawyer, but even a layperson can read the state law governing redevelopment projects like the one for Fort Trumbull and see that it requires that the land be titled in the name of the city.

This is the modest reason Swann gives now for joining the hospital staff as a floor secretary - the position now known as health unit coordinator - on Dec.

On Thursday, Board of Education Chairwoman Margaret Curtin appointed eight community members, including three Connecticut College professors, to a new ad hoc committee that will advise the board.

Cadet Cmdr. Alastair Young formally transfers power to Cadet Cmdr. Adnan Solomon at Herndon High School's Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps Change of Command ceremony May 17.

New London is among 38 communities nationwide that will receive grants for projects to protect families from the hazards of lead-based paint and other home and health safety hazards, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Thursday.

ConnectiCare Benefits Inc. submitted its proposed rates for individual and small-group health plans that will be sold starting in October on the state's public health exchange, Access Health CT, for coverage next year.

There are many theories, but a genuinely reasonable possibility might be this: Swift wants to be A) eligible and B) close by for all future Whalie Awards nominations and ceremonies.

WASHINGTON, May 22, 2013 - Vice President Joe Biden told the U.S. Coast Guard Academy's graduating class today they are entering a world of new threats, some that didn't even exist when they were born, and that the service's changing mission means they are not joining "your father's Coast Guard." "No graduating class gets to choose the time into ... (more)

In reading through dozens and dozens of emails between officials of the city and the New London Development Corp.

There is excitement, some skepticism and many lingering questions about the city's planned transition into an all-magnet school district.

USS Scorpion was a Skipjack -class nuclear submarine of the United States Navy , and the sixth ship of the U.S. Navy to carry that name.

A Connecticut foster parent faces 100 days in jail after acknowledging she spanked a 4-year-old girl with a wooden spoon.

The Kente Cultural Center, which promotes the importance of African-American culture and history, particularly through programs for children, is closing after more than 15 years.

Two years after a New London jury convicted Edward J. Allen of sexually assaulting a young girl who lived in his Groton home, the 67-year-old retired welder turned himself in today to begin serving a 13-year prison sentence.

Mystic Aquarium will honor the International Ice Patrol's 100th anniversary by opening a new gallery this week about its history as part of its "Titanic - 12,450 Feet Below" exhibit.

Three nursing homes in southeastern Connecticut face state fines of more than $1,000 for lapses in care cited by the Department of Public Health.

A group of community volunteers, including members from the Hearts, Hands and Homes Community Collaborative, state Department of Children and Families , Waterford Country School staff, and foster and adopted youth, perform a musical flash mob to the song "Give Love Away" by MC Yogi to celebrate National Foster Care Month on Sunday during the third ... (more)

Train schedule at Union Station in New London showing cancellations and a note saying no train service between New Haven and New York Monday, May 20, 2013.