Event: CT Family Festival, June 3rd 10-3

Saturday, June 3rd from 10 AM to 3 PM

City Pier and Hygienic Art Park

Fish Tales, Tugs and Sails has been combined with the Hygienic Kidzstock and more to bring you the largest family festival in southeastern Connecticut and beyond! This free family festival celebrates literature, the arts, boats, music, and the environment.

The Festival will include The day will include: Project Oceanology, Thames River Tug Boat, sailing with NESS, and environmental stewardship activities, hands on children's activities, food and retail vendors, and BAM bookstore. Join us in the Hygienic Art Park for an afternoon full of interactive art activities, music, dancing, and more!

For complete schedule, click here.

The Farmers Markets Are Coming!

Have you been waiting all winter for the quality, local foods and great entertainment of our local farmers markets to return? Well, the wait is almost over.

Craig Edwards plays for the youngest customers
Source: Newlondonfarmersmarket.com

The Field of Greens Farmers' Market returns to New London's Williams Park on Friday July 7th, and will run every Friday from 3 PM to 6 PM through October 27th.

More details and special events can be found at the Field of Greens Farmers' Market web site.

Help Wanted: Seasoned IT Professional

Inet LLC, based in New London CT is a managed service provider seeking a seasoned IT professional to join our busy support team. This role is best suited to an individual with existing customer-facing help desk experience. Our ideal candidate will be a self motivated, well organized team player who can complete most responsibilities with minimal assistance. Ability to take direction, follow through and pay close attention to details are essential.

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Your Community, Your Forum

Every day, decisions are made in our community that affect us directly. While the media is distracted with the goings on in Washington and New York, there are things that are happening right here that can affect our lives far more profoundly.

The value of our homes. The quality of our children's schools. Local policies that affect whether businesses move to our community and create jobs. Zoning and transportation policies that affect the very fabric of the city.

These are just a few of the major issues that decided every day right here in New London.

New London is blessed to have a great local paper in The Day, but their staff is limited. There is only so much space for an article. Only so much detail that a reporter can gather before press time, so the view of the issue is shaded by the nature of the medium.

Your site administrator
Michael Whitehouse
(Yes, he does live in Groton,
but this site is for you, he
just manages it.)

What if there was a place where people directly involved in the issues that shape the lives of our community could share their perspective directly?

That is one of the missions of Hyperlocal Now. This site is built to be a place to get the perspectives directly from those who are closest to the issues. This is not a place where the loudest voice is heard. It is not a place for namecalling or casting of blame. Rather, it is a place for reasoned discussions about issues that affect the New London community.

Is there a topic that you have particular knowledge of which you would like to share with the community? Email michael@hyperlocalnow.com. Articles of 200 to 2500 words are accepted as long as they are informative in nature and respectful in tone.

We also welcome a variety of topics from city government to better living though healthier choices. If you have something to share, we'd like to hear from you. This is your forum for your community.

Free Frozen Coffee on Friday

There is also a contest where you can randomly win $1000 plus
a summer worth of free frozen coffee.

Free Coffee You Say?
According to the Dunkin Donuts web site, local stores will be offering free 3.5 oz samples of Frozen Dunkin Coffee from 10 AM to 2 PM tomorrow.

Of course, this is a just a ploy to get us addicted to their delicious, cool, refreshing drink, and, of course, this ploy will work very well. I know I could go for a frozen coffee right now.

While Dunkin Donuts is a national chain, the local stores are locally owned and active in our local community.

Car Shopping Made Easy

What's the worst part of buying a car? It's the dealerships that keep calling you weeks and even months after you are done car shopping.

How'd they get your number? You gave it to them. Or you gave it to Edmunds or KBB or one of those car web sites. They sell your number to every dealership in town and here you are getting calls 6 months later from the Lexus dealership after you buy your new pick up truck.

There's a Better Way!
Wouldn't you rather be able to contact every dealership in town but not give them your number? You can. The same problem solver tool that helps you find a roofer or an accountant can also help you find a car.

Click here for more information on how our free Problem Solver can solve the problem of car shopping.