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Patrons enjoy a beer and conversation at Tox Brewing Co. at 123 Bank St. in New London on Friday, Nov. 22, 2024, during its official opening. The pub moved from a smaller location on Broad Street. Photo by Lee Howard/The Day Buy Photo Reprints

Lee Howard, The Day, New London, Conn. 7 min read Nov. 23—The good news is that Connecticut hit a once-in-a-generation low in the unemployment rate in October.

Local real estate agent Joanne Kelley presents a PowerPoint on Thursday, Nov. 21, to the Ledyard Planning & Zoning Commission at Ledyard Middle School. Kelley was one of the first members of the public called to testify against a quarry proposal by Gales Ferry Intermodal LLC. Photo by Lee Howard/The Day Buy Photo Reprints

Anna Palosz of New London shops in KITCH at Olde Mistick Village in Mystic on Black Friday Nov. 29, 2024. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints

Mexican artists Manuel Abeiro Horta, right, and his brother Modesto Horta, hidden by patrons, carve Mexican masks and sculptures in the entranceway to Margaritas Mexican Restaurant in Mystic, Thursday, April 23, 2015. Margaritas funded an Education Outreach where Mexican artists tour schools and Margaritas restaurants demonstrating techniques of how the art is created. (Tim Martin/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints

Mystic -- “I married my Hallmark movie.” That’s the way Pantea Umrysz explains a life that somehow took her from her Iranian roots halfway around the world as a young girl to her new home in sunny Cal...

Judy Leonard Kathleen Gioffre Mike Scarpa Morgan O’Malley From left, Maggie Marley, community engagement labor liaison with United Way of Southeastern Connecticut, Patricia Casey, RN, and Lisa Cassel-Patrick, RN, members of AFT Healthcare Local 5049, and Lisa Ann Curtis, resource development manager for the United Way of Southeastern Connecticut. Sarah Shaw, food pantry manager and director of food programs at the Jonnycake Center of Westerly. Erica Suffoletto

TOM Blakeley is hoping the best of a bad season will bring benefits to the farm he runs for his father at Winchelsea. Login or signup to continue reading

At the same time as her Year 9 classmates are coming to terms with the new school year, Summer Kelly, 14, will be welcoming visitors to her Golden Park Charolais stud for her first Stock & Land Beef Week participation.