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It's patently unfair to encapsulate a person with one word but Stephen George is a builder. On one hand, it’s his job title. As Connecticut College’s manager of planning, design, and construction, he’s overseen the school’s building projects for the...
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It makes perfect sense: watching a historic event in a historic place. The New London County Historical Society will be screening the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 45th president of the United States on a 50-inch television at the Shaw Mansion on...
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Malcolm and Wanda (Polnar) Champagne celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary at Beechwood Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in New London surrounded by friends and the Beechwood staff. Malcolm and Wanda were married on Dec. 18, 1943. When asked if there...
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A truly dazzling feature of the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History’s new “Gems, Rocks, and Minerals” exhibit is a suite of emer alds from North Carolina that includes an 8-carat faceted emerald considered the finest gemstone ever found in the U.S...
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"You, Platero, are in the past, but what does the past matter to you, who live in eternity—you, who possess, just as I do, as red as God’s heart, the sun of every dawn?” With those words ends a book about a writer and his recently deceased donkey...
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In compiling our top five photos of the year, we considered several criteria in the process. Overall punch, great angles, drama, and irony, among others. Using those criteria, we soon discovered several Times photos were contenders for the top five spread...
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Winter has already melted away the money stowed away for snow removal. Last month’s winter storms took up about a quarter of the salary budgeted for snow removal in the city. The twin snow and ice storms on Dec. 19 and Dec. 21 cost the city $24,507 in...
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On Dec, 17, Operating Engineers Local 478 delivered more than $1,600 worth of toys to the Gemma E. Moran United Way Labor Food Center in New London to benefit the Tommy Toy Fund. This year marks Local 478’s fourth annual Toy Drive, which donates and distributes...
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To the Editor: Congratulations to Coach Jack Cochran and the New London High School foot ball team. You have represented yourselves, your school, and our community with class and dignity. Now it is time for the community to step up and support you. The...
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Happy New Year! Please accept my very best wishes for 2009; I hope the year ahead is characterized by happiness and good health for each of you. Please celebrate responsibly this weekend and take care to avoid any increased risk of starting 2009 off on...
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The Big Two on New London High’s sports scene—football and basketball—made a lot of news in 2008. The football team won its fifth state championship in December. The basketball team rolled to a 23-1 record until falling in the Class L state semifinals...
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Caroling is a Christmas tradition in this country, along with making wreaths, cooking a turkey, and watching old movies on television. The folks at New London Adult and Continuing Education put a bit of a spin on the old customs this year, when it celebrated...
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It may have been a chilly December morning with snow and freezing rain in the forecast, but last week’s tribute to Tim West at Ocean Beach Park was summertime for a day. In fact, some of West’s close friends, including Probate Judge Matthew Greene and...
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Tracy Barber studied marketing in college, but wasn’t sold on it as a career. “The primary reason I didn’t pursue it, “ he said, “ is that I was concerned I might be forced to sell a product I didn’t believe in.” It’s what led Barber, who took over as...
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Here's a paradox I’ve been going 12 rounds with: Ever since I stopped believing in God, I miss religion. And my longing has nothing to do with spiritual yearning or a desire to fill some absence in my life. In fact, ever since I left the Catholic...
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