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As Sunday’s Mystic Irish Parade kicked off at 1 p.m., many thousands were sitting or standing on the sidewalk or along the drawbridge to watch the parade procession.Meanwhile, inside bars and restaurants behind them, workers were getting ready for the second rush of customers that would crowd their businesses after...
Hanging with Chester in the New Land of BBQ
Feb 21 2024Evenly spaced on the dining room walls of the main dining room in Chester’s Barbecue is a series of framed black and white photos of various smokehouses and barbecue-eaters from generations ago and from across the country. The antiquated nature of the images — along with the accepted notion that...
Getting a tour before the ribbon cutting Thursday for Chelsea Groton Bank’s new headquarters building on Poquonnock Road in Groton was like being transported into a vision of the future, the Jetsons cartoon show in real life.All around the 37,000-square-foot building, which not so long ago looked like a relic...
The town has approved plans to renovate the former Densmore Oil Co. building at 1 Water St. into a mixed-use space with a Boost Bowls restaurant on the first floor.Last week, the town’s Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously approved a plan from Blue Turtle LLC to renovate the former office...
ThayerMahan growing quickly in Groton
Jan 29 2024Vice Adm. Mike Connor had spent 35 years dragging his family from one Navy station to another during a career capped by being named commander of U.S. submarine forces, so after military retirement he gave his wife the chance to decide where to settle down.She chose Mystic. And he chose...