New London

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Daniel Drainville |New London

Norwich — The City Council on Monday approved seven years of tax breaks for Heritage Housing, Inc., the firm renovating the Reid & Hughes building on Main Street into 17 apartments and a first-floor retail space. The tax break, approved unanimously by the city council after a public hearing in which no residents spoke, will decrease the real estate taxes on the property by 65%, or an estimated $226,982 over seven years, according to an estimate by city Comptroller Joshua Pothier.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Brian Hallenbeck |New London

Mohegan — Adam Young may have felt like he was rolling the dice a bit when he opened a French bakery in Mystic nearly a decade ago. But could he have imagined he’d be whipping up croissants at a casino one day? “Never in a million years,” Young said Tuesday at Mohegan Sun, where Mohegan tribal officials and invited guests celebrated the grand opening of Young’s latest tandem — his fourth Sift Bake Shop and second A.T.Y. Bar & Bonbons cocktail bar.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Daniel Drainville |New London

Norwich — Police said Monday they seized several ghost guns, including rifles, along with 3D-printed magazines and a tactical-style vest with body armor from a city man when they responded to a domestic disturbance Friday. Richard Menzano, 50, of 24 N. Fifth Ave., Apt.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Daniel Drainville |New London

Norwich – Before City Manager John Salomone unveiled his proposed $154.9 million budget for 2025-26 to the City Council Monday night, he described it as “one of the most difficult” city budgets he’s worked on over the past 10 years. “We – and I haven’t done this very often,” Salomone said. “We actually have layoffs in the budget this year.”Under Salomone’s proposal, seven City Hall positions would be cut.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Greg Smith |New London

Groton — In the 1960s, 82-year-old Navy submarine veteran Bob Kirby was part of the crew of USS Entemedor and remembers hopping on the USS Nautilus on a regular basis to get to his New London-based submarine. It would be years later during a return trip to Connecticut that he would discover that the Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine, is now a museum.