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Chelsea Groton Bank reinvents branches, hosts classes to attract in-person visits, boost business
May 13 2022It’s a conundrum facing banks around the country and world — with fewer people visiting branches to do in-person banking, what should be done with all that underused real estate?
Many banking chains have closed branches as consumers have migrated to more online banking. But a Connecticut bank has come u...
The developer of a 324-unit apartment complex proposed for a formerly town-owned site received the go-ahead from town council Tuesday night to seek approval from the Inland Wetlands Agency and the Planning and Zoning Commission.
Jason Kambitsis, president of A.R. Building in Pittsburgh, presented a plan showing six four-story buildings containing a tota...
Nestled along the Noank shoreline, the critically acclaimed Abbott's Lobster in the Rough has been a staple for seafood lovers for three-quarters of a century.
Celebrating its 75th year of operation at 117 Pearl St., Abbott's opened for the season last Friday, and on Sunday people bundled up in winter coats celebrated Mother's Day by sitting at one of th...
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Commercial real estate sales in New London and Windham counties skyrocketed in the first quarter of the year compared to the same period last year, with the number of units sold increasing from 29 to 121, according to statistics from the Eastern Connecticut Association of Realtors.
The median sale price increase...
New Pfizer site lead shares role Groton employees played in COVID-19 drug development — and what’s next
Apr 29 2022When Pfizer was developing and testing the COVID-19 antiviral pill Paxlovid, the first molecule was analyzed in Groton. The initial studies to determine the potency were done in Groton. The regulatory work needed to file for emergency use authorization was done in Groton.
And for the COVID-19 vaccine before that, employee...
Treetop Thrill Seekers Reach New Heights
Apr 26 2022Gina Bertucci envisioned a 'higher' purpose for the former Fields of Fire property at 715 Noank-Ledyard Road in Mystic.
Bertucci is the owner of TreeTrails Adventures, a Pennsylvania company that operates three aerial parks in that state as well as provides various services for other aerial park operators. Her company had conducte...
Two southeastern Connecticut corridors are now state greenways, a milestone intended to help with efforts to expand connections to open space and hiking and biking paths.
The Connecticut Greenways Council last week approved applications for the establishment of the Groton Cross Town Greenway, designed to run east to west and connect the Town of Groton with the Cit...
Submarine base announces partnerships with Capitol Region Council of Governments, DOT and Groton Utilities
Apr 14 2022The Naval Submarine Base on Wednesday announced partnerships with the Hartford-based Capitol Region Council of Governments, Connecticut Department of Transportation and Groton Utilities, which will allow the base to share services and save money.
The base and CRCOG signed an Intergovernmental Support Agreement, known as IGSA, to complete three projects: perimeter fence an...
Groton is making Juneteenth an official town holiday.
The Town Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution to recognize Juneteenth on or near June 19 annually, noting that the council “wishes to support the holiday in recognition of the end of slavery in the United States” and has identified Groton "as a proactiv...
It's been nearly two years since Norwich officials sprang into action blocking off downtown parking spaces with concrete barriers and providing picnic tables, so that establishments like La Stella Pizzeria and Billy Wilson's Ageing Still could have outdoor dining.
With diners leery of inside spaces amid the coronavirus pandemic, efforts were made acros...
U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., has named Groton-based ThayerMahan as “Innovator of the Month.”
The senator's office noted in a news release Thursday that the company, which "provides services and expertise to the maritime security, defense and intelligence, subsea infrastructure, offshore energy, living marine resources, and acoustic science sectors," was chosen "by the U.S. Department of Energy’...
Blood-red curtains, brass fixtures and a chandelier hang in the street-level lounge, atop teak floorboards made from the deck boards of the Joseph Conrad, a ship now at Mystic Seaport Museum. Fancy glassware sits on the "Million Mile Bar," made of wood reclaimed from the Charles W. Morgan, the las...
During the thick of the pandemic in 2020 and 2021, I developed a habit to satiate my pent-up wanderlust. Every time I felt a pang to hit the road, I went to my computer instead, and “traveled” via online street views, looking longingly at every place from Yellowstone to Ke...
A marine sciences and geography professor at the University of Connecticut at Avery Point is leading a team of about 100 researchers across the country — and in other countries — working on a satellite mission that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration says "will take Earth's pulse in new ways fo...
