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By Katie Jeffrey-Lunn: Hardship , suffering, emotional challenges, physical limitations...none of these sound very desirable, but all of us experience these sometime in our lives. Isn’t it interesting that school doesn’t prepare us with the tools we need...
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By Larry Kelley, Special to the Times: Cara Bowles of Gales Ferry is a member of the Eastern Connecticut State University women’s swimming team. The 22-year-old’s most memorable collegiate swims, however, won’t happen in a pool. Bowles has joined Swim...
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By Amy J. Barry: If you’re a ‘tween or teen girl looking for a definitive guide to the male species—or if you’re a parent that wants to get up to speed on girl-boy relationships in this new age of technology, “Boyology: a teen girl’s crash course in all...
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By Albert Burchsted: A reader wrote to ask about the identity of an odd egg she found in a house finch nest. There were three pale blue eggs with a few spots and one larger tan egg covered with spots. The odd egg was a brown-headed cowbird ( Molothrus...
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By Joe Wojtas, Staff Writer: For most of his time at Stonington High School, Brian Arruda didn’t care about much. He got Ds and Fs and got kicked out of class a lot. With long hair covering his face, he rarely looked anyone in the eye. Living with an...
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By Joe Wojtas, Staff Writer: Retiring Assistant Principal Patricia Jeffrey will be the commencment speaker when Stonington High School holds graduation exercises on Thursday. The ceremony is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. on the football field. Jeffrey...
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By Susan Cornell, Special to the Times: Three Stonington students were recognized as winners of the Securi ties Industry Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) Foundation’s statewide Stock Market Game. Juniors Lily Clift, Jessica Scott, and Lindsey Sutton...
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By Amy Renczkowski, Staff Writer: East Lyme — Most people don’t associate hip-hop dancing with this small town, but now they have a reason to. Eastern Connecticut Ballet’s senior hip-hop team—Street Elite—are world champions. They recently competed in...
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By Larry Kelley, Special to the Times: OK, all of you objective ECC baseball followers out there, let’s play a little game. Forget everything that happened after June 1 and raise your hand if you thought New London had the best baseball team in the area...
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By Marilyn Mackay: During the 20th century, the League of Women Voters represented one of the few organizations that allowed women to learn, expand their intellectual horizons, stretch their abilities, and meet like-minded women. It was not until the...
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By Amy J. Barry, Special to the Times: Bank Square Books in Mystic is known as an independent bookstore that supports local authors, but owners Annie Philbrick and Jane Hannon are also keen on supporting local farmers, the environment, and healthy eating...
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By Penny Parr: I am a cat person! How did I end up writing about dogs? How did I end up owning two Australian Shepherds? How did I end up being in love with Greyhounds? And Rottweilers? Poodles? Salukis? Chihuahuas? Even Soft-Coated Wheaten Terriers?...
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By Amy J. Barry, Special to the Times: Local history and local music meld in Music at The Lighthouse, a new series of outdoor concerts produced by the Stonington Historical Society (SHS). The concerts will take place at the Old Lighthouse Museum overlooking...
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By Amy J. Barry, Special to the Times: The devastation of the Gulf Coast af ter Hurricane Katrina struck three-and-a-half years ago is no longer splashed across front pages or at the forefront of most people’s minds here in Connecticut. But the fact remains...
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By Larry Kelley, Special to the Times: Though his resume suggests he’s a renaissance man, Greg Gilmartin prefers to label himself as a storyteller. “I’m not sure what a renaissance man is,” Gilmartin said with a tinge of amusement. The Waterford resident...
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