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Summer preview in Groton

 May 17, 2013; Updated: 12:20 am

Beach-goers take advantage of a warm and sunny evening Thursday, filling all of the volleyball courts at Esker Point Beach in Groton.

Ready to roll in Groton

 May 14, 2013; Updated: 11:56 pm

Mike Mahoney of Norwich, a member of the Eastern Connecticut Roller Hockey League, stretches out prior to a Monday pickup game at the outside hockey rink called "The Arena" in the Town of Groton. The league consists of eight teams of 18-and-over...

Rubber ducky, you're the one

 May 3, 2013; Updated: 11:37 pm

A 54-foot-tall rubber duck created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman is towed Thursday along Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour. Since 2007 the rubber duck has traveled to various cities including Osaka, Sydney, Sao Paulo and Amsterdam.

Waterford's Harkness in bloom

 May 1, 2013; Updated: 11:44 pm

Barbara Yates of New London pauses to enjoy the warmth of the sun Tuesday by the field of blooming daffodils at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford. Yates tries to take a walk at Harkness every day and says it's her favorite park.

Introducing a seal pup named Coral

 April 24, 2013; Updated: 12:05 am

Coral was the name chosen by more than 8,000 people who cast votes on what Mystic Aquarium should name a rehabilitated harbor seal pup that the aquarium will now care for permanently because its injuries would threaten its survival in the wild.

Births - April 21

 April 21, 2013; Updated: 2:10 pm

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MAR. 13 - A son to Dane and Kelly LeBlanc of Waterford; a daughter to Antonio Acevedo and Luz Rivera of New London; a son to Jared Stuttle and Teresa Schmerber of Groton; a daughter to...

Planting ivy in New London

 April 12, 2013; Updated: 12:51 am

Carlos Belvalle of New London, a self-employed maintenance worker, plants ivy Thursday along the base of the Harris Building in New London. Belvalle, a 30-year resident of New London, performs interior and exterior maintenance.

Feels like summer in April at Ocean Beach Park

 April 9, 2013; Updated: 12:01 am

A group of Connecticut College first-year students took advantage of an unseasonably warm April day to catch some rays at Ocean Beach Park in New London Tuesday.

Having fun on the firetruck in Stonington

 April 5, 2013; Updated: 12:21 am

Instead of posing for a photo for his parents, Ben and Kierstan Field, Nico Field, 2, of Mystic sticks out his tongue while he looks at his reflection in the side mirror of the Stonington Borough Pioneer hook and ladder truck Thursday during the...

Crisis hotlines turning to text to reach teens

 April 1, 2013; Updated: 6:56 pm

DoSomething isn't a hotline, but its CEO, Nancy Lublin, decided to, well, do something. She's leading an effort to establish a 24/7 national text number across trigger issues for teens in the hope that it will become their 911, perhaps reaching...

Legacy of the Elephant Bird

 March 28, 2013; Updated: 12:11 am

Christie's scientific specialist James Hyslop poses for photographs Wednesday with a sub-fossilized pre-17th century Elephant Bird egg at the auction in London.

Dancing for Newtown in East Lyme

 March 16, 2013; Updated: 11:55 pm

Dancers practice their routines Friday night before the Kids for Newtown Talent Show.

Iditarod kicks off with fan-filled ceremonial start

 March 3, 2013; Updated: 12:37 am

Mushers and their dogs took a leisurely jaunt through Anchorage on Saturday in the ceremonial start of Alaska's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

Barque Eagle on shake-down cruise

 February 28, 2013; Updated: 9:03 pm

The United States Coast Guard Barque Eagle takes a shake-down cruise in the waters off Race Rock Light Thursday.
Eagle is departing next week for a training cruise with Coast Guard Officer Candidates...

Lyman Allyn goes pop

 February 22, 2013; Updated: 11:25 pm

Artist Nancy Davidson with help from others installs her inflatable sculpture "Let'er Buck" Thursday in a gallery at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London for the museum's "Pop Goes the Easel: Pop Art and its Progeny" show that runs March 3-Aug.

Slippery when wet

 February 20, 2013; Updated: 11:22 pm

Skating buddies Caitlyn Faubert, 8, left, and Gia Keegan, 7, take a minor tumble Tuesday while skating with family in the rain at the Washington Trust Community Skating Center in Westerly.

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