North Stonington News

Janetha Sander, right, and Sue Pianka make pies Tuesday at North Stonington Congregational Church as part of its annual Pie Festival.

Dan Curland, owner of Mystic Disc, is one of 38 local business owners in the new SouthEastern Alliance for small, local, independently owned businesses.

A North Stonington psychologist will have his license suspended by early next year, after a decision Monday by the state Board of Examiners of Psychologists on charges that he violated patient confidentiality rules by sharing information about patients with one another, including a woman now suing him for malpractice and another woman with whom he ...

Connecticut state police say an eight-hour search for a driver who went missing after a car crash ended when authorities found a woman hiding in her North Stonington home.

North Stonington A 25-year-old local woman was found hiding in her home after police and emergency crews spent more than eight hours searching for her Tuesday night when they came across her damaged car at a crash scene.

Members of the state board that oversees psychologists agreed Monday to suspend the license of North Stonington therapist Reuben Spitz, who was accused of disclosing confidential information about a patient to a woman with whom he had an affair.

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.

North Stonington Police are searching for a man who robbed the Xtra Mart convenience store early this morning.

By Peter Huoppi Bill Stewart of North Stonington, John Mauritz of Mystic, Gary Baron of North Stonington and Joe Bunkley of Waterford, all military veterans, play the bagpipes and drums at war memorials in Westerly, Pawcatuck, Stonington and Mystic in honor of Veterans' Day.

Happy post- Election Day . While the winners revel and the losers plot their comebacks, let's run some numbers.

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribe's incumbent treasurer will serve as its new chairman, and many observers believe he will be a big success.

State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal called Wednesday for an overhaul of the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs' land-annexation process.

Ledyard Mayor Fred Allyn Jr.'s first meeting with Rodney Butler, chairman-elect of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, was a jocular one.

Voters across the state once again get the opportunity Tuesday to have a say on things like how often the roads get plowed, the maximum number of students in a classroom, hours the local library is open, and how high, if at all, their local taxes will increase in 2010.

First selectman and selectmen candidates see tough budgets ahead and said it will take strong leadership to get the town ready for economic recovery.

It's autumn in New England, and as the leaves change, my appetite is changing with them.

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

Hartford police have identified the man who robbed a McDonald's restaurant and then shot himself to death as 21-year-old Kyle Smith of North Stonington.

The man had told family members he was traveling to Hartford to commit a robbery, then take his own life, according to law enforcement officials.

Even though Guilford Whaling Capt. Fredrick Weld died in 1893, his heirs kept his personal belongings in the attic of a building on the Guilford green.