Fire Hits Downtown Building + Hospital Capacity: New London News

Welcome back, New London. Here's all the local news, events, and community posts you need for Thursday, Jan. 13.

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First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy. High: 43 Low: 30.

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Here are the top stories in New London today:

1. Large Fire Hits Downtown New London Building: The second alarm fire broke out Wednesday morning. (New London Patch)
2. Hospital Capacity In New London Area: See The Latest: Updated federal data shows how the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has affected hospitals in New London County. (New London Patch)
3. Water main breaks in New London (theday.com)
4. 'Completely Updated' Home Hits The Market In New London (New London Patch)
5. Watch live: Stonington at New London boys' basketball (theday.com)
6. New London fire officials offer portable heater tips in light of deadly N.Y. City fire (theday.com)

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Today in New London:

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From my notebook:

• United States Coast Guard Band: "Happy Birthday to the Father of the U.S. Coast Guard! Are we the only ones humming show tunes now every time we see his picture?" (Facebook)
• U.S. Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association: "Happy 267th birthday to Alexander Hamilton! The "Father of the Coast Guard" and first U.S. Secretary of Treasury, Hamilton made his reputation during the Revolutionary War and became one of America's most influential Founding Fathers. Du..." (Facebook)
• Naval Submarine Base New London: "National Human Trafficking Awareness Day is today - January 11th Human trafficking involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act. Every year, millions of men, women, and children are tra..." (Facebook)
• Naval Submarine Base New London: "SUBASE Fleet Supply Office side of Post Office will temporarily reduce hours to 0900-1300 until further notice." (Facebook)
• outCT: "Please join outCT for our annual meeting. We look forward to reflecting on the things we did for and with our community, as well as, look upon the things happening in 2022. We will also be joined by the fabulous Robin P. McHaelen, MSW, a..." (Facebook)
• Coast Guard Academy Lacrosse: ""OLD BEAR" TO TAKE COMMAND: just saw that COAST GUARD ACADEMY MEN'S LACROSSE program 'Old Bear' LTJG Matt Nagle, CGA '19 (Midfield/Burwyn, PA/Conestoga) is going to take command of USCGC TERN - an 87-foot coastal patrol boat homeported i..." (Facebook)
• U.S. Coast Guard Academy Athletics: "Bringing these vibes into the second half of the season 🏀😁 @coastguard_mbb opens up conference play on the road at MIT! @uscga_wbb travels across the road to Conn. in a New London battle! Both games start at 7 PM 🏀 #gocgabears" (Facebook)
• Connecticut College: "Too often, media frames stories of Black folk and other marginalized communities through extremes. Jeneé Osterheldt is a culture columnist who centers Black lives and the lives of people of color through her work covering identity and so..." (Facebook)
• Public Library of New London, CT: "Griffin Health will be here on January 26th for a free vaccination clinic. No registration required!" (Facebook)
• Naval Submarine Base New London: "Break the Silence. End the Violence. https://www.facebook.com/MyNAVYHR/posts/436090074853300" (Facebook)
• Bear Club: "Great to catch up with U.S. Coast Guard Academy Athletics Director of Athletics, Dr. Dan Rose to take a look back at some of the highlights from 2021 and the impact made by Bear Club support! View the recording below. Go Bears!" (Facebook)
• New London Public Schools: "Good Afternoon NLPS Families, During this challenging year, school staff are working to support the social-emotional and mental health of all NLPS students, including teaching students how to seek help if they are worried about themselve..." (Facebook)
• Public Library of New London, CT: "Check out these great graphic novels in Spanish. Visit www.plnl.org/aab2021 for a complete list of titles available for adoption." (Facebook)
• Mitchell College Integrative Career Development: "Are you interested in getting into the HR/Recruiting field? PRIDESTAFF is currently looking to hire an entry level Recruiting Assistant (on site) for their office in the Hartford area. https://jobs.pridestaff.com/job/452915/Recruiting-As..." (Facebook)
• Mitchell College Integrative Career Development: "Do you love baseball? The Rockland Boulders of the Frontier League are looking for clubhouse manager interns for the summer 2022 season. See the ICD office for contact information!" (Facebook)
• Spark Makerspace: "Only one spot left! Register NOW Learn Python (a programming language) at Spark Makerspace Python is an easy to learn programming language that's widely used for everything from embedded electronics to web servers to machine learning and..." (Facebook)
• Computer Science at Connecticut College: "A nice chat with some quantum computing researchers about their recent research..." (Facebook)
• U.S. Coast Guard Academy Cadet Blog: "How to stay resilient as a fourth class, 4/c Martinelli shares." (Facebook)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Riverside: "Odd grooved stone - Does anyone know what this grooved stone was used for ? It has groove down the side at the end of the circular groove. The stone is about 6 thick. It's located in the Copp Family Park in Groton on 184" (Nextdoor)

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