Brian Hallenbeck

Funded in recent years by the state Department of Early Childhood, Nurturing Families partners with a diverse group of institutions in New London County.

In a ceremony on its Willimantic campus, Eastern hosted tribes whose presence has shaped the history and identity of the region for centuries, including the Eastern Pequots, the Mashantucket Pequots and the Mohegans.

Eastern Connecticut's congressman had condemned reclassification of swastikas and nooses as 'potentially divisive.'

The reclassification of swastikas and nooses as "potentially divisive" had sparked outrage, including from eastern Connecticut's congressman.

Last month, the company landed an $800,000 state grant to boost foray into new, undisclosed product lines.

Bow section of the 560-foot-long ballistic-missile-firing submarine arrived here Friday from Virginia.

The state had earlier agreed to pay estate and family of Joyce Grayson $2.25 million.

EB had announced the acquisition last month but had not revealed the selling price.

Mashantucket Pequot chairman will represent interests of tribes in the National Congress of American Indians' Northeast Region.

In a conference call, the company revealed it laid off an unspecified number of corporate employees in October.