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Does a gas station or factory belong in a neighborhood zoned “residential”? The simple answer is “no.” Neither does a house that is being us...

After looking over the state DOT’s plan for Route 82, it seems to me that someone has been playing too much. While roundabouts are an effect...

Marvis Joy thought it was bad enough that the gas he was pumping into his Jeep Wrangler cost $7.85 for a gallon of regular. But he was taken...

One hundred days into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, numbers tell the tale of the death, destruction and economic havoc caused by Europe’s wo...

A Massachusetts man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for sending an explicit photo of himself to someone he thought was a 13-year...

Deanna Brucoli replaces Tim Smith, who was recently appointed as the school system's new assistant superintendent of schools.

The city has received its first application for a recreational marijuana sales business.

NFA senior Micah Mlyniec is juggling AP classes, track, a job as a swimming instructor, scouting and volunteerism this spring.

Norwich events venue owner Huey Min Lee failed to appear in court Friday and filed a notice of intent to sue for false arrest.

Now, after students have fled public schools in record numbers, states are paying more to educate fewer children.

Voters who perceive the threat to our democracy must turn out in overwhelming numbers. Nothing less than the survival of democracy is at iss...

The annual budget meeting in the City of Groton will be held Monday.

A former Lyme Academy of Fine Arts student with a passion for sculpture has given a $1 million gift to bolster the academy's offerings.

After months of robust hiring, U.S. employers might have pulled back slightly in May, to levels that would still be consistent with a health...

The once-a-decade congressional redistricting cycle is ending in a draw

Harini Logan has won the Scripps National Spelling Bee, defeating Vikram Raju in the bee's first-ever lightning-round tiebreaker

The House Judiciary Committee has advanced legislation that would raise the age limit for purchasing a semi-automatic rifle from 18 to 21

Ukrainian forces in the country’s east are locked in a grinding battle as they try to prevent significant Russian advances before the arriva...

New York’s legislature passed legislation Thursday banning anyone under age 21 from buying or possessing a semi-automatic rifle

The deadly mass shooting at an Oklahoma medical office by a man who blamed his surgeon for pain following back surgery underscores the escal...

And the winner is ...

74% of workers 18 to 24 say they would vote to join a union if they could.

The actions of indifferent politicians show how little they care about the world they are leaving to future generations or about protecting...

Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech, on Wednesday finished submitting an application for regulatory authorization of a coronavirus vacci...

As health authorities in Europe and elsewhere scramble to roll out vaccines and drugs to stamp out the biggest monkeypox outbreak beyond Afr...