Weekend Weather + Pets Up For Adoption: New London

Chris Rhatigan
·5 min read

Welcome back, New London. Here's all the local news, events, and community posts you need for Friday, Jan. 14.

First, today's weather:

Increasingly windy. High: 40 Low: 7.

Here are the top stories in New London today:

  1. New London Weather Forecast For The Weekend Ahead: What to expect from the weather this weekend in the New London area. (New London Patch)

  2. New London: Check Out 2 Local Houses On The Market: See the most recently listed houses available now in and near the New London area. (New London Patch)

  3. New London Area Pets Up For Adoption: Dogs, Cats, More (New London Patch)

  4. The Day - A fetching lunch break in New London - News from southeastern Connecticut (theday.com)

  5. Fire Damages Building Under Renovation in New London (NBC Connecticut)

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Today in New London:

From my notebook:

  • Naval Submarine Base New London: "Hooya Mighty Mo! We remembers when Missouri was homeported at SUBASE New London? https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=290588006439338&set=a.228738109290995" (Facebook)

  • U.S. Coast Guard Academy: "🏀🏀🏀 Hoop there it is! 🏀🏀🏀 Congrats to 2/c Jacqueline Ward who scored a career-high 25 points, and to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Women's Basketball team on their 65-55 win over neighbor and host the Connecticut College Camels. #Go..." (Facebook)

  • Naval Submarine Base New London: "We heard it was Throwback Thursday! https://www.facebook.com/SUBPAC/posts/295349932636457" (Facebook)

  • Naval Submarine Base New London: "Be Vigilant The continued use of [Force Health Protection] tools will increase readiness and enable DoD to continue to protect the force, protect our families, and defend the Nation. - Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readine..." (Facebook)

  • U.S. Coast Guard Academy Athletics: "U.S. Coast Guard Academy Women's Basketball used a 15-0 fourth quarter run and Jacqueline Ward had a career-high 25 points to lead the Bears past Conn. College #gocgabears" (Facebook)

  • Coast Guard Academy Lacrosse: "BEARS STICK TOGETHER (BALTIMORE): just got this great photo featuring COAST GUARD ACADEMY MEN'S LACROSSE program 'Old Bears' LTJG Kurt Caminske, CGA '18 (Goalie/Sayville, NY/Sayville) and LT Stu Carley, CGA '14 (Attack/Houston, TX/James ..." (Facebook)

  • Ledge Light Health District: "Along with getting vaccinated and boosted, wearing a well-fitting mask helps protect yourself and others from COVID-19. Check out this handy graphic and take a second to check where your mask falls on this and how it fits your face. Simp..." (Facebook)

  • The Williams School: "Boys Varsity Basketball takes on @woosterschool this afternoon! #goblues" (Facebook)

  • U.S. Coast Guard Academy Athletics: "U.S. Coast Guard Academy Cross Country/Track & Field opens their winter season this weekend at the Tufts Invitational! Before the action begins, take a look at a preview to their season! #gocgabears" (Facebook)

  • U.S. Coast Guard Academy Athletics: "First W of 2022 ✅ Explosive fourth quarter ✅ Career night for Jac Ward ✅ 📸 with RADM Kelly ✅ Let’s go @uscga_wbb 👏🏀 #gocgabears" (Facebook)

  • Ledge Light Health District: "LLHD COVID-19 REPORT: We continue to see a significant increase in the number of new COVID cases within our jurisdiction. https://llhd.org/covid-19-data... Ledge Light Health District advises all businesses and residents take direct steps ..." (Facebook)

  • Custom House Maritime Museum: "Fire leaves significant damage in upper floors of downtown New London building 3 Published January 12. 2022 12:12PM | Updated January 12. 2022 8:20PM By Taylor Hartz Day staff writer t.hartz@theday.com taylorjhartz Get the weekly rundown..." (Facebook)

  • New London Public Schools: "Hi, Come join the MLK Book Drive for the New London Public Library. The purpose of the book drive is to collect new books with African Americans or Latino themes written by African Americans or Latino authors for elementary and middle sc..." (Facebook)

  • Custom House Maritime Museum: "Explore Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Legacy Explore some of the historic places that shaped the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.—places that continue to educate, challenge, and inspire us today. https://savingplaces.org/guid..." (Facebook)

  • Cultural Coalition- Culturesect: "👀 👀 👀 We see you New Haven! https://www.togethernewhaven.com/arts-culture" (Facebook)

  • Lyman Allyn Art Museum: "🔍It’s all in the details! Stop by and take a closer look at the beautiful portrait miniatures on view in “The Way Sisters: Miniaturists of the Early Republic.” The exhibition closes on Jan. 23. Plan your visit: lymanallyn.org" (Facebook)

  • Naval Submarine Base New London: "It's not too late to make your New Year's resolutions! Planning = success. https://www.facebook.com/MyNAVYHR/posts/436539111475063" (Facebook)

  • Spark Makerspace: "Join us every Thursday @ 6pm for Electronics Night at 7 Union Street. . . . #makerspace #sparkmakerspace #newlondonct #connecticut #CT #make #create #collaborate #7union #electronics #3dprint #coding" (Facebook)

  • Nextdoor Neighbor, Lower New London: "5 planes just flew over me (near Ocean Beach) within 5 minutes, a couple pretty low, too. - Is something going on?" (Nextdoor)

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— Chris Rhatigan

About me: Chris Rhatigan is a freelance writer and editor.

This article originally appeared on the New London Patch