New London Breakfasts: Seven Years Of Feeding People Well

Deacon Kent looks on as volunteers Mike, Jamie, and Laurie man the serving line at New London Breakfasts.

by Jon Persson

“Good morning and welcome to breakfast!” These words, delivered with indefatigable gusto by a smiling Deacon Kent Sistare, greet a new day’s congregation of the hungry to New London Breakfasts. The program, in [...]

Service Person of the Month

(l-r) Denny Hicks, Chamber of Commerce ECT, presents Food Service Specialist First Class Brandon Ingram, with a plaque in honoring him as Service Person of the Month.

Food Service Specialist First Class Brandon Ingram was selected as Service Person of the Month for August.  The New London Kiwanis honored Ingram on [...]

USCG Cadets Advance to Ensigns

story & photo by Jessica Warzeniak

“As Coast Guard officers, you will swear to defend our nation against maritime threats be they small-vessel terrorist attacks, the smuggling of dangerous weapons and drugs or the scourge of maritime piracy, which in past months we have seen escalate to troubling new levels,” said Janet Napolitano, [...]

Local Airman Receives Wings

story & photo by Dan O’Donnell

LTJG Robert P. O’Donnell USCG graduated from flight school at the Naval Air Station Whiting Field, Pensacola, Florida on 24 April 2009. Rob is the son of Dan and Sheila O’Donnell of Groton. Rob graduated from Ledyard High School in 2002 and from the Coast Guard Academy [...]