Week In Review: Homicide, Sea Swirl, Hollywood

The week started off with some sad news. The iconic clam shake, Sea Swirl closed early for the season on September 18, and on Monday the Blaney Family confirmed that the restaurant is up for sale. Owner David Blaney said they were currently negotiating interested party and that he did not know what if any changes the potential new owners will make.

While last week residents packed into public hearings on the unofficial dog park and the proposed subdivision plan in Pawcatuck, this week only, to vote on three separate ordinances. Those in attendance adopted new town rules DMV fees, anti-panhandling and road construction.

On Tuesday, the Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled that the death of Ryan O’ Loughlin of Mystic a . O’Loughlin died following an arrest by Westerly, RI police in June. The case is under investigation by the RI State Police.

Patch added a poll feature this week. Each weekday at 4 p.m., you can vote in a new daily poll and also voice your opinions in the comments section. Some of the polls featured over the past week included: , What’s Your Favorite Part of Fall?, What’s Your Opinion On The Death Penalty?.

And over the past few weeks Patch has added new bloggers to our Local Voices section. Some of our new bloggers include , blogging about, food, health and the planet, , blogging about financial planning, and blogging about health and running. Stonington-Mystic Patch is always looking for more local voices to become .

Stonington is no stranger to Hollywood and locals are getting ready for the start of filming of the Merly Streep movie Great Hope Springs. Did you get a casting call back for the movie? Patch wants to talk to you, email bree.shirvell@patch.com. And speaking of Hollywood do you remember Stonington native William Walsh? You may remember him playing soccer at the COMO or acting in Westerly’s Shakespeare in the Park at Wilcox Park. Today, Walsh now goes by Cannon and is a with a new web series The Bomb Shelter.

Congratulations to Stonington’s , 10, who is playing on the state champion U14 Team in USTA Nationals.

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