Business is Booming!!

Who says businesses aren't moving to New London, Conn. to exploit its ripe opportunities? A gala grand opening was held at New London's newest occupied storefront. The glitterati were out to be snapped by The Day's paparazzi. The party started at 4:00PM and the tuxedoes and gowns were out to take advantage of the last hour of daylight.

Every entrepreneur knows to fill a niche that's empty and that is just what New London's latest commercial emporium is doing. Bank Street Pawn has opened its doors with a selection of merchandise priced for the discriminating connoisieur. While chi-chi antique stores have infiltrated downtown New London in recent years, Bank Street Pawn, at 227 Bank Street offers something different from the pack.

The specially invited guests to the grand opening party were greeted by an accommodating sales floor laid out like a fashionable emproium from the Whaling City's gilded age. Bank Street Pawn promises to be one of the smoothly humming engines in New London's commercial juggernaut. The grand opening concluded at the sensible hour of 7:00PM. The revelers, still wound up from the marvels the entertainment provided by hosts Willow and Ozie. Though it was a suitable hour for bed, no one wanted to go home. The party was adjourned to the Thames Club for a round of dances between duckpin bowling frames.

Crystal Clear

The air in New London today is as clear as the crystals hung on the world's largest chandelier which happens to hang over the food court in the Waterford Mall. Yes, the Crystal Mall rivals Versialles, the way New London rivals old London.

Whalehead King found a shiny dime today in the Henny Penny parking lot. He held it up in his ungloved hand, risking chillblains, to marvel at its sparkles that caught the New London sun as crisply as the clouds overhead and the whitecaps in the Thames River. The dime made him squint to see it. He had found it tails-up, the New London way, so he knew today would be lucky.

How lucky was today? It is too early to tell, but if it is like another New London Day, it will be full of surprises, good news and constant change. It will be chockablock with timely topics addressed in depth. It will inform, delight, entertain and inspire. A New London Day will encourage effective democracy to action. I am sure this Day will be full of what makes New London, Conn. what it is.

You cannot make a phonecall with a dime, not even at the Dutch Tavern. You can't put a price on New London, Conn. The city has a value hard to measure with coins. Every yardstick aligned next to New London has the wrong marks. The voice of a people is written on paper. It is inscirved on the charter and the newsboy will bring a more current form to your doorstep. New London, Conn. is a place that wears its heart on the inside of its sleeve.