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No obstacle too great for Coast Guard boxer

By Peter Huoppi

Coast Guard Academy boxing coach Tom Barile calls Josh Surgeon the most determined person he has ever coached. After shattering his tibia and being dismissed from the academy, Surgeon won a national collegiate boxing championship and will graduate...

Macklemore song elevates thrift shops

By Peter Huoppi

The popularity of the song "Thrift Shop" by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis has led to an increase in...

Hiking the Pequot Trail

By Peter Huoppi

The Day's Hiking Guide staff hikes the 7.6-mile Pequot Trail, missing a trailhead and losing a map...

Alice Acres reopens for 2013

By Carlos Diaz

After putting his farm up for sale last summer, Pete Bargmann has reopened Alice Acres, the farm,...

Grey Sail Brewing's Hazy Day Belgian Wit

By Peter Huoppi

Brewer Josh Letourneau introduces Grey Sail Brewing of Rhode Island's Hazy Day Belgian Wit beer.

Raw video: Tyl choir at the Capitol

By Johanna Somers

The Leonard Tyl Middle School Chamber Choir of Montville sings at the 2013 Arts Slam at the...

Making a chair wih a chainsaw

By Peter Huoppi

Outdoors blogger Steve Fagin uses a chainsaw and an angle grinder to carve a chair out of the trunk...

Ice Climbing in Connecticut

By Peter Huoppi and Jenna Cho

The Day's Jenna Cho goes ice climbing for the first time in Peoples State Forest in Barkhamsted...

World War II veteran finally recognized

By Peter Huoppi

Earl Maxfield Jr. of Old Saybrook worked on board merchant marine vessels as a 15-year-old in 1944.

Fire department ice rescue training

By Peter Huoppi

Several area fire departments conducted ice rescue training on Long Pond in North Stonington.

From musician to guitar maker

By Peter Huoppi

A lifelong musician, J.W. Wasylik of Niantic found his calling when he learned how to make guitars.

Will Work For Wine

By Sasha Goldstein

Volunteers help harvest more than 50 tons of grapes each fall at the Jonathan Edwards Winery in...

22 miles on the Narragansett Trail

By Peter Huoppi

Our team of hikers covered 22 (or more) miles in about 13 hours on the Narragansett Trail, from...