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As the fog hovering over the redoubt and overgrown earthworks of Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park burned off Saturday morning, the sounds of cawing crows and pattering rain competed with the blares of barges from the nearby Thames River.It was from that waterway 244 years ago that 800 British troops...
A nearly decade-in-the-making plan for an apartment development on Gold Star Highway has met one of the final approval steps it needs to come to fruition.The Planning and Zoning Commission last week approved a plan for 395 market-rate apartments at 517, 529, 553 and 571 Gold Star Highway between the...
The Town Council is proposing to name Norwalk-based Spinnaker Acquisitions LLC as the preferred developer for the former Pleasant Valley Elementary School.After an executive session Tuesday, the Town Council at its Committee of the Whole took an initial vote to designate the company as the preferred developer for the town-owned...
Multi-unit residential developments and active senior housing soon will be allowed in the town's mixed-use industrial zone, amid demand for housing in the area.The zone is located between Route 117, Flanders Road, and the north part of Noank Ledyard Road, and is split by Interstate 95.The Planning and Zoning Commission...
Electric Boat is donating 25,000 hours of labor — representing about $2.5 million — to help restore the sail of the USS Groton (SSN 694) for the USS Groton Sail Monument.“Without this generous donation of time and talent, construction of this monument would not be possible,” John Padgett, USS Groton...
