Week In Review: Sandy, Mystic Restaurant Week and Whit Davis

Hurricane Sandy was still the focus of much of the week in Stonington, Mystic and Pawcatuck. Most businesses reopened and CL&P restored power to everyone in town by Tuesday. Some of the businesses used the days without power to clean up, and many individuals and businesses offered to help locals in need.

The week marked an end to the election season. In Stonington the polls were busy for much of the morning, but slowed in the afternoon. About 70 percent of the town’s registered voters cast ballots slightly less than in 2008. Stonington voters elected mainly democratic candidates.

Hopefully, you got your full of Mystic food during Mystic Restaurant Week. The 2012 event ended on Saturday with fireworks. Throughout the week 19 restaurants in Mystic and Groton offered one priced dining for lunch and dinner. You can still vote for your favorite Mystic Restaurant Week restaurant in the Patch Poll.

Whit Davis of the Stanton Davis Farm is retiring. A retirement party is being held on Nov. 16, 2012 in Davis's honor. Tom Santos wrote about Davis in his blog post Celebrating An Old Time Farmer. Davis, 88, has run the farm for decades and will now pass it on to his son Larry Davis.

Catch up on some of the other blog posts we had this week: Choosing The Right Paint Color With Confidence by C. Kramer Interiors, Mystic Country Connecticut Launches a New 'Antiques Trail.' by Karin Burgess and For Parents On "Unrealistic College Expectations" by Mark Greenstein.

Don’t forget the FEMA Mobile Disaster Recovery Center will be in Stonington from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. today.

Thanks so much to St Mark's Toddler Playgroup, Westerly Sanitation, Friends and Family Counseling Services, LLC and Advantage Personal Training for recently claiming their directory listings on Patch. If you have a business in Stonington, Mystic or Pawcatuck that you want listed on Patch for free or want to claim email Editor Bree Shirvell.

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