Category: News
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The power to overcome
His pain level was nine out of 10. Confined to his hospital bed, sweating and aching all over, he could hear his skin crackling, the result of gas gangrene inside his legs, caused by bacteria eating away at his muscle tissues. Seventeen-year-old John Tartaglio was dying. His diagnoses couldn’t keep up with his rapid decline.…
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Catharsis through creativity
After 26 people died in a senseless shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, community members started placing teddy bears, flowers and small gifts near the site to honor the victims. Bob and Josie Schmidt, town residents for 31 years, recalled visiting the makeshift memorial on a rainy, cold day. “Everywhere we went…
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The type of students I despise
I clearly recall the third grade when I participated in a class spelling bee. At that time, I still struggled with spelling and I had let myself think that I could never learn. It was my turn in the spelling bee, and the teacher requested that I spell “beyond.” But I spelled “beyond” as “beyonded.”…
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‘You couldn’t ask for a better teammate’
When he was seven years old, North Haven resident Andrew Campion swam because he simply enjoyed being in the water. Now, 30 years later, he still swims — and wins medals. Recently, Campion won two golds and one bronze at the Special Olympics Connecticut Summer Games. The annual three-day event took place at Southern Connecticut…
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Fairfield U mourns Sandy Hook shooting massacre victims
On Dec. 14, the Fairfield University community gathered in the Egan Chapel to remember the victims killed in a Newtown elementary school shooting massacre, which occurred early Friday.
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