Joanie and Stanley Visit Mystic

In 1995, Dale Hubert, a Grade 3 teacher in London, Ontario, Canada, began the Flat Stanley Project. The idea came from “Flat Stanley,” a 1964 children’s book by Jeff Brown. The story goes, that after a bulletin board falls on Stanley while he is sleeping, he finds being flat has its advantages, such as the [...]

Worldest Strongest Men at the Sun

story & photos by Christopher Annino

On Friday, May 15, 27-year-old Derek Poundstone broke a world record at Mohegan Sun. Derek, a CT native, pulled two busses weighing 56,000 lbs, 100 ft in 44.6 seconds across the Thames Garage M Parking Lot. Randall Bumgarner, a drywall specialist from Lebanon, was pulled from the [...]

Groton Utilities Honored With National Award

Groton Utilities was one of sixty  of the nation’s more than 2,000 public power utilities to earn Reliable Public Power Provider™ (RP3) recognition from the American Public Power Association (APPA) for providing consumers with the highest degree of reliable and safe electric service.  Groton Utilities was one of nineteen  utilities to receive a [...]