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This Weekend: Groton Fall Festival, Chowder Days

Don't miss Bark for Life, Comedy for a Cause, an afternoon at Sawmill Park and the birthday celebration at The Dinosaur Place.

Though this weekend’s predicted weather may not scream fall, our lineup of events sure does! Don’t worry, no one will judge you for showing up for these autumn-themed events in a T-shirt and flip-flops. But this unseasonably warm weather certainly does not give you any excuses for skipping out on apple cider or pumpkin muffins. Ready to start planning your weekend? We sure hope so. Here are our picks for a fun-filled fall weekend:

WHERE/WHEN: Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Poquonnock Plains Park.

WHY GO: Experience fall to the fullest! 

PRICING: Admission is free.

WHERE/WHEN: Saturday through Monday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

WHY GO: Join the birthday fun with cake, a moon bounce, a scavenger hunt, face painting and more!

PRICING: Special activities are free with Outdoor Adventure admission.

WHERE/WHEN: Saturday and Sunday from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Monday from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Mystic Seaport.

WHY GO: The makings of a perfect fall day—chowder and beer. Yum.

PRICING: Museum admission required. Food and beverage tickets will be sold on site.

WHERE/WHEN: Open Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m.

WHY GO: Pack the minivan with the family and a picnic!

PRICING: Free.

WHERE/WHEN: Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at .

WHY GO: Support the American Cancer Society and spend some quality time with your best pup.

PRICING: Registration fee is $20.

WHERE/WHEN: Sunday in the ballroom. Doors open at 3 p.m. and the show starts at 4 p.m.

WHY GO: Comedy, theater and music—all in one afternoon!

PRICING: Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students and seniors.

Still need more to keep busy? Here are some ideas.

: All things penguin from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday at Mystic Aquarium.

: Rides run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Cost is $1 per person.

Show is Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20.

: Show is Sunday at 2 p.m. in New London. No tickets are required—concert is free and open to the public.

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Just a short thought to get the word out quickly about anything in your neighborhood.
Share something with your neighbors. Write a new post... What's up? Make an announcement, speak your mind, or sell something
Richard Waselik May 19, 2013 at 05:57 am
There is no "suckles away". The money is deposited by those that use it. The rest isRead More relentless retoric...
Daniella Ruiz May 19, 2013 at 05:44 am
another 'not for profit' that suckles away at the very core of peoples generosity?? better toRead More 'retire' the banking/WS thieves that casually gore the system with relentless greed, schemes and secrecy.
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nascarblue May 17, 2013 at 08:05 am
happy happy anniversary, i love your food, you can tell when a business takes pride in what they do.Read More wishing you many many more years, i will definatly be back, along with my friends, we love your food.
Kate May 19, 2013 at 02:05 pm
Oh, and please spread the word, and bring a friend to the meeting! :)
Kate May 19, 2013 at 02:03 pm
Hi Naty! That would be so great! The next RTM meeting in Waterford is on June 3rd, at 7:00 p.m.Read More The more people who show up and tell the town we want Cohanzie School to be repurposed, the better! This is politics, after all, and it is the residents showing up and telling the town this is a building we care about, this is a property we want access too. Imagine at least the 1923 section being repurposed into some department that would benefit the town. The town will demolish Cohanzie, sell the land and the bricks, and turn around in a year or two and say "We need more space! Let's build a new building!". Why should we do that when Cohanzie School is there, it can be repurposed, and it is so important for our town's history and the Cohanzie community? What if there was a park area where the basketball courts are, a path to walk around the building and down a part of the hill. Sledding could still happen, ball playing or other activities on the lower level. This retains the historic building, the architecture, the Cohanzie name, the community "presence", the hill, the ball field. It can be a place to go and relax. Even a dog park can be built on part of it! There is nothing like that in that section of town. Leary Field is remote and isolated. It is a ball field. With Cohanzie Firehouse and Lisa Dedrick Field right there, you feel the presence of community, without being isolated or unable to grab a quiet moment or more. Come on Waterford. This building and grounds belongs to us. Let's reclaim it before it is demolished and the bricks sold. Don't believe it cannot be repurposed. Asbestos, oil tanks, and other environmental factors are ALWAYS present in old schools, so the experts have told me. Old schools are repurposed all the time. It is a matter of convincing the town officials that this is what we WANT. Please speak up! Please SHOW UP, at the RTM meeting on June 3rd, at the Town Hall at 7:00 p.m. They are waiting to see what kind of turnout we get. Ignoring one resident or twenty is easy. Ignoring 100 or 500 is hard. We can do this, if you HELP.
Naty Bush May 18, 2013 at 11:44 am
Where will the meeting take place? I might be able to go to say why it shouldn't be demolished.
Liz May 12, 2013 at 09:06 pm
Mr. Steiner wants to build 72 three story homes on 32 acres in addition to the 60 condos in the twoRead More large buildings. That is more than two individual units per acre or if you include the 60 condos - that is MORE than 4 units per acre! The area around the property for new building is zoned 3 acres per unit. The average of currently built housing abutting the property is about one acre per unit. That is not in keeping with the neighborhood character.
Daniella Ruiz May 12, 2013 at 05:36 pm
Mr Steiner may be the last hope for this decrepit place. The neighbors need to move along, or buyRead More the place themselves. Change might help the stonewalling attitude that has become evident in nearly the entire town, revolving around exclusive entitled old farts with nothing better to do than remember their glory days of Seaside. Its gone, & it's not going to revert back to a pasture either. (too many complaints about that cow smell and so forth). My advice is to listen carefully and try to work something out, get over your own selfish grandious dreams of Pelham Manor style estates and do SOMETHING before it simply falls apart like Norwich Hospital, the countless thread/manufacturing mills, and every other historic building that has been left to rot.
Daniella Ruiz May 14, 2013 at 08:53 am
mary m>> common sense? heee hee. in this day and age? lawyers have made every attempt toRead More eradicate that concept from our every life activity. write it into some law, that can be thence used as future gurantee of use of, by and for their own existence? it's like job security for that entire group, keep the general public at a disadvantage, unable to apply common sense (whats left of it they havent entombed in laws) and uneasy about acting on their own. John Y has the right attitude, heave the cra.pp on the peoples lawn, and hope it doesn't lay there for days as well!
John Yannacci, Sr. May 13, 2013 at 10:09 am
Mary May, I don't know the legality of posting signs on telephone poles. But, take a ride aroundRead More Waterford on Saturday mornings and you'll see signs on anything that is verticle. Take a ride around the same neighborhoods on Wednesday and half the signs will still be there. I wonder if the folks who have had the same yard sale sign at the corner of Great Neck and Rope Ferry Rds. for two and a half weeks wonder why cars are still stopping at their house every Saturday morning.
Mary May May 13, 2013 at 09:53 am
Um I believe it is ILLEGAl to post ANY sign on a telephone pole ANYWAY but free standing signsRead More should be removed after sale is over ! Really a state law just COMMON SENSE we have lost along the way !