HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — New data released Monday by Connecticut health officials shows immunization rates for measles, mumps and rubella among kindergarten students has continued to decline in more schools, a development that's being linked to more families seeking religious exemptions from r…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The owners of a Rhode Island restaurant say more than $60,000 in cash collected during the city of Providence's Columbus Day Festival has been stolen.
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut police officer who opened fire on an unarmed couple's car, seriously wounding a woman, was charged Monday with assault and reckless endangerment.
LANCASTER, N.H. (AP) — A pickup truck driver accused of causing a collision that killed seven motorcyclists in New Hampshire has been indicted on 23 charges saying he negligently caused the deaths and was under the influence of one or more drugs at the time.
WESTERLY — Saunderstown resident Lisa Utman Randall, a poet, writer, teacher and passionate supporter of the arts who helped grow the Jamestown Arts Center into a bustling cultural hub with a stellar statewide reputation, has been named the new executive director of the United Theatre.
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WESTERLY — National Grid said it expects to have electricity restored to most local customers by the end of Friday after a powerful Wednesday night storm brought wind, lightning and heavy rain that caused a considerable amount of damage around the region.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have discovered a mash-up of two feared disasters — hurricanes and earthquakes — and they're calling them "stormquakes."
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The weather was calm and clear at the time of a deadly B-17 crash at a Connecticut airport, and tests on the airplane's fuel did not turn up any sign of debris or contamination, federal investigators said Tuesday.
A Connecticut police officer's membership in the Proud Boys, a far-right group known for engaging in violent clashes at political rallies, didn't violate department policies, the town's police chief has concluded in response to a civil rights group's concerns.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A handful of states are celebrating their first Indigenous Peoples Day on Monday as part of a trend to move away from a day honoring Christopher Columbus.
PROVIDENCE (AP) — Several Christopher Columbus statues were vandalized with red paint and messages against the 15th century Italian navigator Monday when the U.S. holiday named for one of the first Europeans to reach the Americas was being celebrated.
BROOKLYN, Conn. (AP) — Police say a pickup truck crashed and caught fire in Connecticut, killing two teenage girls and injuring a third.
NEW YORK (AP) — Harold Bloom, the eminent critic and Yale professor whose seminal "The Anxiety of Influence" and melancholy regard for literature's old masters made him a popular author and standard-bearer of Western civilization amid modern trends, died Monday at age 89.
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a third from Harvard University won the 2019 Nobel Prize in economics on Monday for groundbreaking research into what works and what doesn't in the fight to reduce global poverty.
FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — The embattled mayor of Fall River has announced he plans to take a leave of absence from office and suspend his reelection campaign as he faces federal charges.
FALMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Police are investigating two recent incidents of white supremacist vandalism in a Massachusetts town.
STONINGTON — Absentee ballots are available for Stonington residents for the Tuesday, Nov. 5 municipal election. Anyone who is ill/disabled or expects to be out of town, may request to have an absentee ballot application sent to them.
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STONINGTON — Police have charged a Groton woman with two counts of negligent homicide for her role in a March crash in Mystic that killed a Stonington couple.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The University of Connecticut will redirect some of the money it received from the family that owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to support addiction research and education at the school, university officials said Wednesday.
EAST WINDSOR, Conn. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Interior has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by MGM Resorts challenging the agency's approval of plans by Connecticut's two federally recognized tribes to open an off-reservation casino in East Windsor.
GROTON, Conn. (AP) — A shipyard workers' union has overwhelmingly approved a new contract with raises and pension increases for eligible employees at General Dynamics Electric Boat.
KILLINGLY, Conn. (AP) — Students at a Connecticut high school have chosen a replacement for their Native American-themed athletic mascot.
ABINGTON, Mass. (AP) — Two adults and three children were found dead with gunshot wounds in a Massachusetts home Monday, authorities said.
BOSTON (AP) — Boston's regal Museum of Fine Arts, home to some of humanity's greatest artworks, is scrambling to make amends.
STONINGTON — More than two centuries ago, Stonington sea captain Isaac Pendleton sailed around the world in search of seals, and found them off a South Australian island that the mainland aboriginal people called Island of the Dead in honor of their long spiritless ancestors.
GROTON — The Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments will hold a public meeting on Thursday, Oct. 10, at the Groton Senior Center, 102 Newtown Road, at 5:30 p.m., about the 2019 Southeastern Connecticut Regional Bike and Pedestrian Plan.
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STONINGTON — After more than three and a half years as the town's director of planning, Jason Vincent is ready for new challenges.
NARRAGANSETT — Few regions on Earth have warmed as much as the Arctic over recent decades, but because of its near inaccessibility in winter, scientists lack year-round observations from the area. To gain new insights from this epicenter of global warming, four University of Rhode Island sci…
BLOCK ISLAND — The winds are blowing fair for America's wind power industry, making it one of the fastest-growing U.S. energy sources.
CVS has halted sales of popular heartburn treatment Zantac and its generic store brand after warnings by U.S. health regulators.
SALSA STEPSLearn to dance the Salsa on Tuesday at the Tapped Apple, 37 High St., with Salsa expert Mike Morency from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the tasting room. All dancers receive $6 glasses of wine and cider. Visit tappedapple.com for more information. FLUTES AND IVORIESSit back and relax to the f…
STRAW NIGHTWatch a screening of the movie "Straws" Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at Westerly Library and participate in a Q&A when the Town of Westerly’s Plastic Reduction Committee hosts an event designed to spread education and awareness regarding reduction of waste in Westerly. Visit faceboo…
John Coffey, man-about-town in New Haven who had rooms in his prime at the Hotel Duncan, who frequented the Owl Shop tobacconists, Blessings for its celebrated threecourse Peking duck, Yale Rep and Yale football; who was an avid squash player at the New Haven Y and a devoted member of the Br…
STONINGTON — Unexpected Treasures seems to be an ideal name for a shop where vintage wedding gowns are displayed alongside original oil paintings, designer handbags, costumes and fancy earrings and where wooden doll cradles, puzzles, books and games are peeking out from tables and shelves an…
MYSTIC — Alex Medina, a longtime truck driver and refuse hauler, was standing inside the Stamford Waste Transfer Station one morning last month, trying to get the attention of an equipment operator, when his life changed in an instant.
WESTERLY — Lisa Starr, the former state poet for Rhode Island, is looking forward to a new era, beginning with two landmark days ahead.
STONINGTON — Built upon large cuts of Westerly granite early in the 19th century, and known long ago as Steamboat Dock, then later Longo's Dock, the Stonington Town Dock anchors the village of Stonington as the backbone connecting Stonington to the sea and the generations of fishermen who se…
LOCAL AUTHORSMeet spiritual memoirist Valerie Dziengiel, author of “Alone in the Darkness: In Search of Hope;" Robert E.P. Elmer III, Alzheimer’s caregiver and author of "Join the Journey: Care for the Alzheimer’s Caregiver;" and Dr. Michael Fine, a health strategist and author of "Health Ca…
ATLANTA — Thousands of women in the U.S. have crossed state lines for an abortion in recent years as states have passed ever stricter laws and the number of clinics has declined.