Lance Corporal Tyler Griffin Returns Home to Voluntown

story & photos by Jessica Warzeniak

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Marine Lance Corporal Tyler Owen Griffin returned home to Voluntown, on Monday, April 12. The motorcade, escorted by State Police, Patriot Guard Riders, Leathernecks and Freedom Riders, was greeted by hundreds of townspeople along the [...]

Dr. Mary Ellen Jukoski Honored

by Alexis Ann

Tony Sheridan, President, Chamber of Commerce of ECT, welcomed 400 guests who came to celebrate Dr. Mary Ellen Jukoski, president of Mitchell College, for her exemplary service to our community.  Mary Ellen is this year’s recipient of the William Crawford Distinguished Service Award.

“Mary Ellen has [...]

Wreaths Across America

Local veterans, townspeople and students will again gather  in Old Saybrook to pay special tribute to the “Wreaths Across America” (WAA) traveling caravan escorted by the “Patriot Guard Riders.”

Old Saybrook is the major official stop in CT on WAA’s journey to Arlington National Cemetery, where the group will place wreaths [...]

Smorgasbord of Good News!

by Alexis Ann

Let’s blow out the candles for our New London Police Department…all 140 of them!  During the well-attended celebration here, Congressman Joe Courtney, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and State Comptroller Nancy Wyman presented Officers Joshua Bergeson, Douglass Williams, John Manavas, Kevin McBride, Jose Olivero, Leslie Smith [...]