Resident Birthday: Al Klingerman’s 90th Birthday Party

Columbus Day weekend in San Juan, PR at Al Klingerman’s 90th Birthday party. Al is the owner of Klingerman Travel Agency in New London Conn. (l-r) Roland Oullette of Groton, Bob O’Shaughnessy of Mystic, Al Klingerman, and Bob Offen of Mystic.

Positive Testimony Marks Prison Awareness Gathering at Shiloh

(l-r) Kimberly Haugabook, Annita Harris, Wanda Short, Trenton Phillips, Daryl Finizio, Mayor of New London, Taja Miller, Winston Taylor, James Miller, Jr.

by Jon Persson

America, bastion of freedoms unknown in many lands, has a higher percentage of incarcerated citizens than in any other land. This stark statistic—and the many sad stories it represents—represents [...]

Theatre of the Deaf Returns

Betty Beekman, Executive Director of the National Theatre of the Deaf.

Betty Beekman, Executive Director of the National Theatre of the Deaf.

The world-famous National Theatre of the Deaf has appointed a theatre veteran as its new executive director and has opened its a new main office in New London at Monte Cristo Cottage, the former summer home of playwright Eugene O’Neill. The group’s drama [...]

Art Costa: Building Resilience Into New London’s Economy

by Jon Persson

A new bookcase at the New London Library, a gift of the Thames Valley Sustainable Connection, carries messages. On its shelves are books—also gifts from the TVSC—about sustainable communities, local food supplies, energy conservation, carbon-footprint reduction, and more.

The objective is to educate people about the advantages inherent in a movement to [...]