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It’s been eight years since the new C.B. Jennings School was first conceived, three years since the groundbreaking, five months since the principal was named, and about a week since the first lesson, which is “Don’t ask Laurelle Texidor about her summer...
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It’s been 40 years since the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, but Peg Curtin can still smell the tear gas. “It’s such an awful smell,” she said. “It was everywhere, it was nonstop.” Miriam “Mims” Butterworth, a 1940 graduate of Connecticut...
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By Larry Kelley Special to the Times There are certain entities that are readily identifiable by their acronyms. IBM, NFL, AFL-CIO, AT&T, ESPN, EB among many. In southeastern Connecticut, SNERRO, short and snappy for its original full title of Southern...
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I’ve considered writing about my cat for some time, but something held me back. It’s not that I’m embarrassed by Lincoln, my long-haired gray-black tabby of an as-yet-undetermined age. In fact, Linc, named, alternately, for the 16th president and former...
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Although school doesn’t start until next week, recess is already in session. About 30 kids with their parents were among the first to try out the new playground at the new Jennings School last week. “We want this playground and school to be the hub of...
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Lost in all the politics of the past month, it is easy to forget that the questions surrounding the emergency homeless shelter started as an internal debate among parishioners at St. James Episcopal Church. Earlier this year, the church formed a committee...
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By Jason J. Marchi Times Correspondent Long before the advent of radio, television, and telephone directory advertising, a small, illustrated advertising card was used by tradesmen to advertise their wares. The cards, known today as trade cards, were...
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I-95 in the summer. Normally, that’s something that a meteorologist would mention when describing say, the average temperature of Phoenix. Here, though, “95 in the summer” is usually accompanied by a grumble and one’s go-to profanity. Every summer in...
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T hough they may have different opinions, members of the newly formed Homelessness Working Group are saying, at the very least, one thing with one voice—they are not part of a debating society. “We are not here to just talk about homelessness,” said Barry...
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The City Council’s Public Welfare Committee appointed a nine-person ad-hoc committee to study the homeless issue in New London. The committee, which will report back to the city in late September, was formed in response to the council’s authorization...
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Joe Abrams, the executive director of the New London Housing Authority, keeps a plaque from the Boys & Girls Club of America in his office on Colman Street. He named the national organization in his vision statement, and now it’s no longer a vision...
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It’s 11 days before Sailfest 2008 kicks off and Barbara Neff’s State Street office is, in a word, nuts. Neff is in the Sailfest “War Room” making last-minute edits to the program for the 31st edition of New London’s annual summer weekender. “Sean!” Neff...
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Last week the minority Republican city councilors criticized the manner in which the ruling Democratic majority is proposing and passing policy for the city. GOP Councilor Rob Pero said the Democrats have abandoned the process the City Council uses to...
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I am a devout viewer of Meet The Press, a Latin Mass for Those Who Fancy Themselves Informed. So, like many others, I was glued to NBC News last week when it broke the news that Tim Russert, the 58-year-old moderator of Meet the Press, died of a heart...
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The unexpected death of Royale Brothers guitarist Phil Agins in April left a large hole in the hearts of many of New London’s band of musicians. This Friday, several members of the local underground rock scene will be filling that hole with music as the...
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