Hurricane Sandy Brings Out the Best

First Lieutenant Colonel Richard B. Hansen, HQ 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) 1st SF, Utah Army National Guard awards Alexis Ann a Special Forces Coin in 1979.

Well, we got through it, mostly.

Hurricane Sandy proved kind to some and harsh to many, but brought out the best in us. In downtown Mystic, the [...]

Pumpkin Seedlings Sprout Success

Hard to believe…but true! This 1,200-pound Great Pumpkin is this year’s fall feature at Whittle’s Willow Spring Farm. Alexis and Rick Whittle marvel at the harvest in Mystic.

Agriculture is a mainstay of Southeastern Connecticut, and is enjoying a resurgence with the local-produce movement. We have skills, traditions, soil, and weather to keep “Connecticut [...]

Jim Spellman Left a Legacy of Kindness

2012 PNC Good Neighbor Award winnerAlexis Ann with PNC Past President Martin(Marty) Pierce.

They’ve been dubbed the “Greatest Generation,” those who emerged from the Great Depression, fought a great war, built a modern nation. And there are those within that generation who chose to focus on what they knew and loved, building and preserving [...]

Happy Anniversary!!!

by Alexis Ann

First, the Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center is celebrating its 10th Anniversary. Since opening on August 11, 1998, the Museum hosted nearly two million visitors who toured its permanent and special exhibits, attended performances and presentations of Native American culture, and [...]