Ten exemplary students from schools in New London were honored by the New London Rotary Club at its annual Student of the Year program May 16 at the Pilot House at Ocean Beach Park.
The students were.
The state Bonding Commission is expected on Thursday to approve $3 million in state funding for projects here including money to repair three Colonial-era
The Lantern Hill Valley Association and the McKee Farm Trust have begun an effort to obtain state and federal grants to repair three Colonial-era dams on
Stonington A group of residents and Old Mystic Fire Department Chief Ken Richards are pressing town officials to replace the deteriorated Lantern Hill Road bridge instead of spending $68,750 for a temporary fix that would keep the bridge open for the next five to 10 years but prohibit large vehicles such as firetrucks from crossing it.
If nothing is done, the 71-year-old bridge over Whitford Brook would have to be closed to all traffic. A recent study rated it as being in the worst condition of the town s 22 bridges.
Betsy Graham, the secretary of the Lantern Hill Valley Association, a neighborhood group, said Wednesday she has collected more than 300 signatures from residents and nearby businesses in Mystic calling for the replacement of the bridge, which connects Ledyard and Stonington.