Niantic News

Connecticut State Police and East Lyme police pack up musical instruments at a press conference in November 2010 to display some $700,000 in goods recovered after breaking up a burglary ring.

Wilton police arrested a man Wednesday, Feb. 8, they suspect of having committed a series of house burglaries that took place in August 2010.

Construction workers transfer steel sections of the new Niantic River railroad bridge from the transport barge to the assembly areas on Monday.

Panna Krom was a Danbury High School senior, a onetime cheerleader and athlete bound for college, who hid her pregnancy from her family.

The Children's Museum of Southeastern Connecticut, 409 Main St., Niantic, announces that admission to the museum has been rolled back to $6 per person through March 31.

Sara Connolly, of Niantic, center, is one of the artists hanging their work Saturday morning, Jan.

This photo taken on Jan. 26 of Blackie, one of the horses seized from Pee Wee Horse Farm in Easton, shows a major weight gain for the once emaciated horse.

Dermott Weaver, 50, of 494 East Main St. was charged Wednesday with third-degree assault, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct.

New London - While others hunkered down during the holidays, Kenneth Hochstetler used the Christmas through New Year break to dramatically transform his three-year-old Kamp Dog restaurant across from the Huntington Street courthouse.

The League of Women Voters of Southeastern Connecticut will hold a forum called "Improving Elections in Connecticut," with Secretary of the State Denise Merrill, from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Feb.

A downtown townhouse project that includes affordable housing units on Thursday unveiled the first four completed townhouses of its second phase of construction.

A scale model of the ship Niantic is now on display at the community center, at 41 Society Road in Niantic.

Ken Turcotte, owner of Divine Wine Emporium in East Lyme, is shown in his shop on Monday.

New London - From sandwiches and burgers to pan-seared tuna, The Commoner restaurant on Bank Street promises an eclectic mix of American cuisine for a wide variety of tastes.

East Lyme -To the uninitiated, "tai chi" sounds like any of a number of exotic martial arts disciplines - and to think of it being practiced at a local senior center might suggest Social Security-aged ninjas running wild and breaking stacks of bricks with swift chops of their steely hands.