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OpSail invites all to join mermaid and sea monsters parade Saturday
The Day, New London, Conn. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 6—New London ‒ Opsail, or Operation Sail, will hold its first Mermaid and Sea Monster Parade as part of the Connecticut Maritime Heritage Festival on Saturday at 2 p.m. in the downtown.
Topsail's Carolina Coria named StarNews Athlete of the Week
Star News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBringing in 65% of this week's fan vote, Topsail girls basketball player Carolina Coria is the...
Sailfest in New London is back after two-year pandemic hiatus
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSailfest, the annual street festival on the Thames River waterfront in New London, returns July 8-10...
Things to do in Phoenix for July 4th; Are you a saver? Inflation isn't helping; Republicans argue...
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA look at some of today's top stories, the weather forecast and a peek back in history. From road...
Folklore and history celebrated at Maritime Heritage Festival
The Day, New London, Conn. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 11—NEW LONDON — Mermaids, sea monsters and pirates strolled down Bank Street and the City Pier on Saturday as people in costume celebrated the sea at the Connecticut Maritime Heritage Festival ...
A Deep Dive Into Germany's Submarine Force
THE WARZONE via Yahoo News· 11 months agoGERMAN NAVY TYPE 212 Matus Smutny, a features contributor to The War Zone, had a unique opportunity to visit the German Navy’s submarine base and its...
New London festival celebrates maritime history in Connecticut
The Day, New London, Conn. via Yahoo News· 8 months agoSep. 9—NEW LONDON — Sheila Delehanty of West Haven has never been on a boat in her life, never mind a 295-foot-long sailing ship with a 149-foot high main mast and miles of rigging that seemed ...
Bill Pinkney, first Amistad captain, remembered as 'consummate educator'
The Day, New London, Conn. via Yahoo News· 8 months agoSep. 6—MYSTIC — Bill Pinkney had already sailed solo around the world via Cape Horn ― the first Black man to do so ― when he joined the Mystic Seaport Museum's board of trustees in 1994. He ...
Joe Vecchione, past NY Times sports editor, dies at age 85
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJoseph J. Vecchione, whose decade tenure as sports editor of The New York Times included columnist Dave Anderson’s Pulitzer Prize and the hiring of William C. Rhoden to become among the earliest ...
Today in History: July 4, Declaration of Independence adopted in Philadelphia
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoToday is Tuesday, July 4, the 185th day of 2023. This is Independence Day. On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was adopted by delegates to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
