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  • The Day, New London, Conn.

    Mike DiMauro: Dr. I has a new hero: Bill Belichick

    Jun. 15—Idle Thoughts, while waiting for an abrupt end to Road Construction Season, the Celts to wrap it up Monday and for schools, roads and at least one airport to be named after Dan Hurley: — Dr. Idle, Dr. I to his close friends, would like to take back every rotten thing he's said/written about Bill Belichick. Per published reports, the Hoodie, 72, is dating 24-year-old former cheerleader ...

  • The Day, New London, Conn.

    Dutch treat: Longtime owners pass the torch at New London's cherished bar

    Jun. 15—Peter Detmold, a lifelong San Francisco Giants buff with a fan's acuity for quickly tabulating batting averages, encountered a different kind of calculation Wednesday afternoon. He was seated at the bar in the Dutch Tavern, the iconic New London spot he owns with his wife, Martha Conn. Detmold was whimsically asked: In his duties as proprietor/bartender/cook at the Dutch, could he ...

  • Associated Press

    Trump challenges Biden to a cognitive test but confuses the name of the doctor who tested him

    Donald Trump on Saturday night suggested President Joe Biden “should have to take a cognitive test," only to confuse who administered the test to him in the next sentence. The former president and presumptive Republican nominee referred to Texas Republican Rep. Ronny Jackson, who was the White House physician for part of his presidency, as "Ronny Johnson.” The moment came as Trump was questioning Biden's mental acuity, something he often does on the campaign trail and social media.