Starters Got It Going For Girls AAU Basketball
May 26, 2012
They might have been the Newmans. Or the Connecticut Clairols.
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Teachers Enjoy Being Wheels Of Change
May 20, 2012
Armand Saccomanno's commute starts in North Windham every day around 6:10 a.m.
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Race In The Park 5K: A Chance To Laugh And Cry And Share
May 12, 2012
NEW BRITAIN — Cherie Klewicki is a Crazy Sexy Cancer Goddess. At least, that's what her pink tank top with glitter letters said.
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Windham High Athletics May Be Losing More Than Its AD
May 5, 2012
Pat Risley grew up on Pleasant Street in Willimantic. His dad coached American Legion baseball. His mom drove a school bus.
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True Blue Devils Loyalty Behind The Microphone
April 29, 2012
NEW BRITAIN – He grew up in a small coal mining town along the Monongahela River in western Pennsylvania. Joe Arnone's dad was a coal miner in Vestaburg. So were his three older brothers.
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A Horseman And His Special Gelding
April 16, 2012
SHARON — When Scott Monroe first started working with horses, all he pretty much knew was which end to feed.
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At 41, After Nasty Injury, Female Boxer Is Back Stronger
April 8, 2012
What would have happened to Adelita "Addy" Irizarry, if she hadn't climbed into a boxing ring back in the early 90s?
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Edrie Buck, A Great Fan Of Connecticut Sports
April 1, 2012
It's been a busy week for Edrie Buck of Bloomfield.
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Andover's Cecilia Jayawickrema Excels At Fencing
March 29, 2012
WILLIMANTIC — Dressed in protective white garb, all fencers tend to look sort of the same during competition. Thick, white cotton jackets and knickers cover the body. White masks cover the head, with steel mesh over the face.
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Coaches And Daughters Share The Wins And The Losses
March 18, 2012
Rett Mancinelli started coaching his daughter Samantha's recreation league team when she was in first grade. He coached her travel team in fifth grade, her middle school team and for the past two years, her Coginchaug High School team.
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Swimmer With Muscular Dystrophy Makes Paralympics Her Goal
March 11, 2012
When she was 7 years old, Kristin Duquette dressed up like an Olympic swimmer for Halloween.
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Keeping The Duckpins In The Family At Lucky Strike
March 4, 2012
In 1966, 9-year-old Rich Dunnack and his friends would ride their bikes down the street to the skeleton of the new bowling alley and spend the day there, launching their bikes off jumps they made and swinging on ropes in the unfinished building.
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Wrestling Club Seeks To Put Kids On Productive Paths
February 26, 2012
Whoever vandalized the Silverback Wrestling Club's new weight room — punching 20 or 30 holes in the wall — one of the club's coaches, James Poulin, has a message for you.
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Westminster Squash Star Living The American Dream
February 19, 2012
SIMSBURY – Last January, as revolution swept through Egypt, Ahmed Abdel Khalek sat in his dorm room at the Westminster School watching YouTube videos, reading posts on Facebook and feeling guilty that he wasn't back home doing something.
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Stolle Sisters Make Their Marks In High School Sports
February 12, 2012
Mary Stolle graduated from Patchogue High School on Long Island in 1972, only a few weeks before the passage of Title IX.
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Al Phillips Honored at Bulkeley High For Coaching Achievements
February 4, 2012
— Al Phillips decided to grow a beard when he first started teaching in 1976.
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Sports Conference Lives On The Edge, With Pride
January 29, 2012
Whatever you do, don't call it the "tech school league." Especially when Bob McNamara is around.
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Hartford Distributors Shooting Victim Craig Pepin Was Respected Ref
August 22, 2010
Thirty-three years ago, Rich Tuller took the soccer officiating test. Craig Pepin was in his class.