Pawcatuck News

A Hopefully you get to spend a bit of the weekend being lazy. After the busy week we had in Stonington, Mystic and Pawcatuck we all deserve it.

The Westerly Sun announced in its Friday edition that its building at 56 Main St., has been purchased by Washington Trust , and the newspaper will move its offices to the former Harris Graphics building in Pawcatuck.

A I'm a little ashamed to admit I had never been inside You've Got To Be Beading until earlier this week.

A The Stonington Police Department issued the following taffic alert: Dear Residents and Businesses: Be advised that on Monday, May 28, 2012, there will be two Memorial Day Parades going on in Stonington that might cause delays in traffic.

Stonington Police are advising drivers to expect traffic delays on Monday when there will be two Memorial Day Parades and a road race in town.

A I'm a little ashamed to admit I had never been inside You've Got To Be Beading until earlier this week.

A 1. First Selectman Edward Haberek is participating on behalf of the Town of Stonington, with Team New England in the MD&M East Expo and Conference at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia this week.

A There were a few nice days this week. So nice that I was able to sit outside and write some stories and instead of being stuck inside.

May 9 At 2:14 p.m., Montville Police responded to a three-car crash on Route 32 at Woodland Drive.

Few people have transformed a community - using neither earth movers nor commerce - quite as profoundly as George Kent.

A Mel's Downtown Creamery A is king of the scoop, according to people in Stonington, Mystic and Pawcatuck.

James C. Leen, 26, of 51 Poplar Road was charged Tuesday with unlawful restraint, third-degree strangulation and disorderly conduct.

A 1. Today is one of those days were you need to remind yourself to not eat too much for breakfast or dinner.

More than 175 parishioners of St. Michael Church in Pawcatuck gathered Tuesday night to begin discussing how they should address the closure of their church building.

Frederick Basnight, 38, of 22 Mechanic St., Jewett City, was charged May 2 with speeding and driving with a suspended license.

Local Officials along with shipmates and families of the USS Pawcatuck AO-108 gathered in downtown Pawcatuck Thursday to dedicate the USS Pawcatuck AO-108 Memorial in VFW Park.

The following arrests were recorded at the Stonington Police Department between May 7 and May 9, 2012.

Francisco Andino, 33, of 66 Jefferson Ave., Apt. 3, was charged Tuesday with disorderly conduct, third-degree strangulation, third-degree assault, carrying a dangerous weapon and second-degree threatening.

A In a cozy Pawcatuck kitchen, a union meeting is under way. Not so inexplicably a scene from the pro-union film Norma Rae comes to mind; workers gathered, organizing.

About 15 Mystic Seaport employees gathered Tuesday night in the kitchen of a Pawcatuck home to discuss forming a union at the maritime museum.