Otis Library’s 12th Annual O’tis a Festival is online this year! The festival of all things creative will be streaming live on Otis Library’s YouTube page on Saturday, November 21, from 10am to 3pm. Otis Library is taking this much-loved community event online for a virtual festival packed with entertainment and beautiful handmade crafts. Get all of your holiday shopping done from the comfort and safety of your own home. Enjoy the added satisfaction that you will be “shopping small” and supporting local New London Mayor Michael Passero and other dignitaries will be recognizing the incredible efforts of Rotary Clubs across Connecticut. Connecticut’s 92 Rotary Clubs and their 4,000 members have raised and spent more than $500,000 to help our communities during the Covid-19 crisis. This massive effort to provide PPE, food, and financial support is an unprecedented effort for Rotary, and it is far from over. Rotarians will continue to work hard, in their cities and towns, to help those who need it as we battle Mystic Seaport Museum and the Connecticut Library Consortium (CLC) launched a new three-year partnership in recognition of the enduring importance of museums and libraries to our communities. On behalf of the Museum, the CLC is managing an annual lottery for five free Mystic Seaport Museum Library Memberships, underwritten by the Museum’s Susan Lewin Memorial Library Membership Program.
The five winning libraries – drawn at random from CLC’s membership roster of libraries in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and
Eastern CT – On March 27, 2019, the Chamber of Commerce of Eastern CT was pleased to recap a year of successful 2018 activities, and share our vision for the future, at our Annual Meeting and Awards Reception. Over 230 regional representatives maxed out the meeting space at The Spa at Norwich Inn, demonstrating the breadth and importance of the Chamber’s work. Official business included Board elections, finance updates, and a report from our Foundation. The Chamber welcomed 17 new Trustees to its
Wednesday, April 10, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Norwich, CT – Three Rivers Community College will be hosting Vets Connect, its annual veterans resource fair, a one-stop resource for jobs, education, health services, networking and more. This year the fair will include 40 organizations and 20 yellow-ribbon colleges. Vets Connect will be held on Wednesday, April 10, 2019 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Three Rivers Community College’s Multi-Purpose Room, and the expanded education resources will be nearby in the The Connecticut Stonewall Speakers are coming to Norwich!
When: Wednesday, November 7th
Time: 5-7 pm
Where: The Community Conference Room at Otis Library - 261 Main Street, Norwich, CT
The Stonewall Speakers is a panel consisting of volunteer speakers from the LGBTQ Community who openly share their stories and perspectives in order to create an atmosphere where diversity is expressed and honored.
The Stonewall Speakers volunteers offer an opportunity for members of the community to become educated on Pfizer’s Groton Laboratories and the Clinical Research Unit, New Haven will support more than 60 programs in Southeastern Connecticut, the greater New Haven area, and southern Rhode Island through its 2018 competitive grants program.
Priority was given to programs that bring science and math to students from elementary through high school. Additional awards were made for programs that provide for the underserved or to support local civic and cultural institutions. Groups receiving support in 2018 The Board of Trustees of Otis Library
presents the 14th AnnualEvening with an Author
featuringKaitlyn Greenidge
Friday, April 28, 2017
6:00 p.m.
The Spa at Norwich Inn
Silent Auction
Cocktails
Dinner
Keynote Address
$125 per person
Includes a copy ofWe Love You, Charlie Freeman
Please join us for the 14th Annual Millie & Martin Shapiro Evening with An Author event featuring Kaitlyn Greenidge. The event will be held on Friday, April 28th at The Spa at Norwich Inn beginning at 6pm. The evening Groton, CT – Chelsea Groton Bank is producing and sponsoring a number of financial literacy seminars this September to educate members of the community on improving credit scores, home-buying, budgeting, preventing identity theft, and more. Classes are free and open to the public.
“Chelsea Groton Bank is always looking for ways to provide financial tools and resources to the community,” said Pam Days-Luketich, AVP, Community Outreach Officer at Chelsea Groton Bank. “We are excited about the mix of Eastern CT – Participants of the newly established C.O.R.E. (Calendar of Regional Events) project announce outreach meetings to be held on May 24, 25, 31 and June 1 at various venues across the region to provide information about and a demonstration of this new regional calendar tool. Representatives of the participating agencies will be on hand at each meeting to preview the regional calendar and answer questions.Informational Meetings:Norwich: May 24, 4 PM Otis Library Community Room, NorwichStonington: “The Price They Paid – Enduring Wounds of War,” by Journalist Michael Putzel, shares the true story of a legendary helicopter commander in Vietnam and the flight crew that followed him into intensive helicopter warfare. It also discusses Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, (PTSD) with which many Vietnam Veterans continue to struggle even today.
Norwich Free Academy star athlete, Robert L. “Bobby” Howard, whose name appears on Norwich’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial, was killed in action at the age of 24 on June Mayor Deb Hinchey to Participate in Panel Discussion on Housing Need
Groton, CT – Chelsea Groton Bank is presenting an Affordable Housing Forum on Thursday, October 22 from 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. at the Otis Library in Norwich.
Mayor Deb Hinchey of Norwich, Selectman Rob Simmons of Stonington, Jude Carroll of the Connecticut Housing Coalition, Erica Schwarz of Local Initiatives Support Coalition (LISC) and Housing Connections, and Norbert Deslauriers of the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA), Join us and learn how you can make a difference at the 2015 Affordable Housing Forum.Otis Library, 261 Main Street, Norwich, CTThursday, October 22nd9:00 to 11:00 am
Attention business leaders, non-profits, government officials and concerned citizens...
Some of our towns have seen Grand Lists flatten or fall, challenging funding of increasing costs of municipal services. We need to think about housing proactively: What do we have? What do we need? What can we do?
You’re Invited to a free, fascinating The Power of Purple Hosts 3rd Annual Hot Cider Walk and Rally: An End to Domestic Violence
Sunday, October 25 at Eastern Point, GrotonWalk to Raise Awareness, Education and Take Action
Commemorates Domestic Violence Awareness MonthNew London, CT – The Power of Purple campaign, founded by the Rose Conrad Memorial Fund of Safe Futures in partnership with Hadassah American Affairs of Eastern Connecticut, will present its 3rd Annual awareness raising event to mark domestic violence awareness month, the Hot Groton, CT – Chelsea Groton Bank is producing and sponsoring a number of financial literacy seminars this fall to educate members of the community on improving credit scores, home-buying, budgeting, preventing identity theft, and more. Classes are free and open to the public.
“Chelsea Groton Bank is always looking for ways to provide financial tools and resources to the community,” said Pam Days-Luketich, Community Education Officer at Chelsea Groton Bank. “We host these types of courses throughout the Chelsea Groton Bank Celebrates Financial Literacy Month with Free Community Seminars
Groton, CT – In honor of Financial Literacy Month this April, Chelsea Groton Bank is producing and sponsoring a number of seminars throughout Eastern Connecticut. Sessions on home-buying, improving credit scores, and identity theft are free and open to the public.
“Chelsea Groton Bank is excited to provide a variety of tools and resources to the community, including classes for Financial Literacy Month,” said Pam
The 12th Annual O'tis a (Virtual) Festival
CT Rotarians Million Mask Challenge Tour Comes to New London
Mystic Seaport Museum and Connecticut Library Consortium Launch Partnership to Provide Free Institutional Memberships
Chamber Reports Successful 2018 at Recent Annual Meeting
Three Rivers Community College to Host Veterans Resource Fair April 10
Reliance Health GSA to Host Stonewall Speakers
Pfizer Announces Community Grants for 2018
Author Kaitlyn Greenidge Speaks at The Spa at Norwich Inn April 28
Chelsea Groton Offers Free Financial Seminars This September
Introducing CORE: A Shared Calendar of Regional Events
Author Michael Putzel to Speak at Slater Memorial Museum Jan 23
Chelsea Groton Bank to Present Affordable Housing Forum in Norwich Oct 22
Chelsea Groton Bank to Host Affordable Housing Forum Oct 22
Power of Purple Hosts 3rd Hot Cider Walk Oct 25
Chelsea Groton Bank Kicks Off Fall with Free Financial Seminars
Chelsea Groton Bank Celebrates Financial Literacy Month with Free Community Seminars
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