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Not long ago, the LaFleur family of Waterford would pile into a canoe and set out around the region’s waterways. That hasn’t happened for some time. “We hardly get the canoe out anymore,” Dave LaFleur said. These days, it’s all about kayaks. “Kayaking...
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By Stephen Chupaska Senior Staff Writer The first day of school. The words seem to land on the page with a thud. “The summer went by much too fast,” Don Macrino, Waterford High School’s principal, said. Although students came back on Tuesday, the town...
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Zach Perry, a skateboarder of some local distinction, gave a mostly positive review to the newly opened Waterford Skate Park. “It’s a good park,” said the 15-year-old, clad in a T-shirt heralding the ’80s punk band The Misfits. “It’s a little small, but...
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By Stephen Chupaska Senior Staff Writer The Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation is looking for volunteers to help out with its annual marathon-length Walk Across Southeastern Connecticut. According to marketing director Shawna Constantine, organizers...
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By Michelle Royce Williams Special to the Times Kerry Sullivan used to see a lot of Waterford residents at Groton’s dog park. And so in January 2007 when a few of them began approaching her about trying to open one in town, she wasn’t too surprised. But...
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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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It’s not just another art gallery and studio in Niantic. Maribeth Stone plans to make the Art ‘n Image Gallery and Studio, at the corner of Hope Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, a supportive place for aspiring and accomplished artists in the area, as well...
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When Margaret Ormond, assistant principal at Norwich Technical High School, adopted an English mastiff named Porter four years ago, she became inspired by a friend who owned a therapy dog she would take into the Janet S. York Correctional Institution...
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There’s no place like Camp Harkness. It’s not just the setting, though its location on 102 verdant acres on Long Island Sound is certainly stunning. No, it’s the people who spending their summers working as counselors, lifeguards, and cooks there, all...
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The Waterford Police Department is joining more than 13,000 law enforcement agencies in a nationwide crackdown on driving under the influence violators. Waterford Police are participants in the Comprehensive 2008 DUI Enforcement Program. This program...
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Though the forecast for Thursday called for brilliant sunshine and temperatures in the 70s, Principal Don Macrino was fearing the worst. The night before Waterford High School’s graduation day, a series of violent thunderstorms slashed through the region...
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Class One: June 2, 2008, 12:40 to 1:40. Michael Cannamela stands in the doorway of his classroom toward the end of one of Waterford High School’s dimly lit corridors, like he is waiting for a late-arriving student, only this time it’s a tardy reporter...
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The Board of Education cut $325,000 from its 2008-2009 budget, leaving the public schools with a $39.73 million spending plan for the coming fiscal year. Superintendent of Schools Randall Collins said last week that while any budget reductions are tough...
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Nero is barking, not fiddling, and he’s in a safe place. As his name suggests, the jet black Nero is a mixed Labrador with a little bit of terrier in him and he is looking for a home. “He’s a great dog,” said Robert Winters, the animal control officer...
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On long road trips, Connecticut Sun point guard Jamie Carey gets a fair amount of reading done. “I read 15 books last year,” she said. “That’s all I do on the road. Carey, who just finished David Sheff’s addiction memoir Beautiful Boy, teamed up with...
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