“Fiddleheads offers live music with groceries,” The Day

“In a corner of Fiddleheads Food Co-op in New London, three people pull cafeteria chairs away from bistro tables to create a small circle on an aged rug that would feel more at home in front of a fireplace than across from the frozen foods. Carrying cases are set down, music stands set up and flutes assembled…” (Read more)

First Prize, Arts & Entertainment Reporting, Society of Professional Journalists

“New app spurs conversation on college campuses,” The Day

“When a fire alarm went off on the Connecticut College campus in the early hours one morning last month, groggy students were begrudgingly forced from their dorms, into the night and onto their phones. Many took to the anonymous message board app called Yik Yak, where they exchanged tired and witty frustrations in 200 characters or less...” (Read more)

“Cold, ice and snow challenge oil delivery drivers,” The Day

“Marvin Stuart adjusted the mirrors on his oil tanker truck and began to back down a steep driveway in East Lyme Friday afternoon. The sun was warm, so there wasn’t much ice on the well-cleared driveway. Had there been ice or snow, ‘there’s probably a good chance this wouldn’t be getting done,’ said Stuart, an oil delivery driver for General Oil in Waterford. Stuart is one of many outdoor workers in southeastern Connecticut whose jobs don’t stop because the temperature drops and snow starts to fall. In fact, his business picks up...” (Read more)

“Gardens by the Sea beckon from the borough,” the day

In Stonington borough, where sidewalk-bordered streets are so thin in some places that drivers pull to the side to let others pass, the old adage stands true that good fences make good neighbors, and especially good gardens. At no better time is this displayed than every third year when, on a weekend in June, a small selection of gardens in the borough opens their gates wide and welcome residents and visitors from all across the Northeast for the Gardens by the Sea tour… (Read more)

“St. Hubert Kennel Club holds its 50th show in Salem,” the day

At the back of the usually calm Salem Community Town Park on Friday, hundreds of dogs with fur fluffed and shining followed their well-dressed owners from the grooming tent to the judging tent at St. Hubert Kennel Club's 50th all-breed dog show. Eight Great Danes — one gray, one brown, one spotted like a cow — stood tall and regal, awaiting judgment… (Read more)