Anna Maria Della Costa
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NFA history teacher a finalist for national award
NORWICH – A research project on Prudence Crandall sparked Karen Cook’s love of history when she was a child.The 48-year-old has been hooked → Read More
QVCC-sponsored summer camp explores fun side of science, math
DANIELSON — Emily Rosaci has always been interested in the natural world.The sophomore at Quinebaug Valley Community College is drawn to → Read More
Norwich business owners: We're getting hammered
NORWICH – Matt Ostrowski bought the building he owns on 279 West Main Street about 10 years ago. He gutted and renovated it the same year.A pair of → Read More
Kidney donor: I would want someone to do it for my child
FRANKLIN – There’s an unbreakable bond when you give someone an organ.For Maddie Martin and Tammy McManaway, the attachment began on the sidelines of football games at Norwich Free Academy. They met when Martin was a manager on the Wildcats’ football team and McManaway, the attendance secretary of the campus’ Shaddock Building, took photos of the games – her son played for the team.It solidified… → Read More
Baltic twins, 10, recognized at National Invention Convention
SPRAGUE — Aiden Walton likes to solve Rubik’s cubes and figure out puzzles. Landon Walton loves to cook and play baseball. The twin 10-year-olds from Baltic have their own interests but mimic each other in one pastime: They’re inventors with a penchant for safety. "I really like to challenge myself," Aiden said. "We like to help each other come up with ideas." The pair, who attend Sayles School,… → Read More
Dolliver's office empty, but not her impact
NORWICH – Abby Dolliver’s office, once packed to the brim with books and keepsakes, dotted with plants and a nook for snacks – stashes for the hundreds of meetings held at the large conference table – is all but empty.An M&M candy jar is the only token left."It’s like a shell," Dolliver said during her final week as superintendent of Norwich Public Schools. "There’s nothing here that’s really me… → Read More
Norwich church celebrates love, acceptance for Pride Month
NORWICH – Paul Doyle grew up understanding, at times, what the ugliness of the word "queer" meant.The 62-year-old Norwich native came out as gay when gay clubs were still being raided, and his first real challenge in ministry was in the 1980s caring for people with HIV/AIDS when many were convinced it was God’s wrath and plague on the LGBTQ community."In so many ways we are all looking for… → Read More
Army veteran on the road to raise money and save lives
MASHANTUCKET – Nearly three years ago, Eli Smith sold everything he had – his pickup truck, furniture, electronics - right down to kitchen towels to embark on a journey.His trek, to hike and bike across the United States and raise awareness for post traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, and how high the suicide rate is in the veteran community, is nearing 13,000 miles."I lost a couple of guys I… → Read More
Redmen mascot racist? Community weighs in
KILLINGLY – A pair of students is soliciting feedback from peers, teachers and staff on the high school’s mascot – the Redmen – → Read More
Otis to unveil Sikh genocide memorial
NORWICH – Swaranjit Singh Khalsa is hoping a new memorial – a first in the U.S. – will enlighten the community about one of → Read More
Norwich schools see payoff in outreach
NORWICH – In a bid to increase visibility of its schools and approachability of its staff, the district is hiring a part-time community ambassador. → Read More
Buses driving up Norwich education costs
NORWICH – The city’s public schools are responsible for educating about 3,500 students, from kindergarten through eighth grade. It is also responsible for transporting those students safely from home to school and back.But there are about 6,337 students overall within city limits – and the public schools are responsible for getting the vast majority of them to their schools as well – even if… → Read More
Mentoring can make big impact on little lives
Kiley Lynch is 10 years old and has the patience of the biblical character Job.She’s kind, thinks of others before herself and is a dog lover – Jerry is a 13-year-old mix and the pup is one of her treasures.A little more than two years ago, the youngster, now a fifth-grader at Dr. Charles E. Murphy School in Oakdale, waited weeks for someone she really didn’t know she needed but can barely do… → Read More
NFA program bolsters honors students
NORWICH – About a week before his senior year of high school began, Alex Wicken learned the art of interviewing, networked with local business men → Read More
Once bullied, Miss Connecticut Teen helping other students stand unified
PRESTON — Silence came first.When her tormentors finally spoke to her — calling her fat and ugly — Savannah Meaike would go home from school every day in tears.Before long, the bullying turned physical. She was pushed around "for no reason."Savannah, who is getting ready to represent Connecticut in the 2018 USA National Miss pageant in July, being the 15-year-old victim in what some have called… → Read More
Moosup girl refuses to let ailment define her
PLAINFIELD — Katalina Litchfield is sick and tired, sitting in a hospital bed while a chest port delivers infusions of medication through her → Read More
This fragile body has an unbreakable spirit
BROOKLYN — Samuel Silver is an unbreakable little boy born in a body as fragile as a thin piece of glass.His 17-pound frame is full of bones that are pretzel rods. They can snap at the slightest flex, sneeze, cough or startle.The 2-and-a-half-year-old has been confined to a Pack ‘n Play for weeks with two broken bones: a fractured femur from when his foot got tangled in a toy while he was… → Read More
Benches help build friendships
NORWICH – Two colorful benches face each other in the lobby of John B. Stanton Elementary School – a spot where Anais Tabora met a new friend."Buddy Benches work," the fifth-grader said. "My mom and I were sitting on the benches one time and I started talking to a girl who was sitting across from me. We sat and talked, and she was a new friend."Students at Stanton received a third Kindness Bench… → Read More
Senior mentors bring love, wisdom into classrooms
NORWICH – In the eyes of 10-year-old Josiah Johnson, Miss Edith is beyond brilliant.Josiah and Ezekiel Shuff, both fourth-graders in James Strauss’ class at Thomas W. Mahan Elementary School, were struggling with a math worksheet. It was involved – integrating long division and multiplication; finding measurements.But Miss Edith coached the youngsters through using a blend of current math and a… → Read More
Frozen inside: Looking beyond a child's silence
CANTERBURY — If you watch very closely in the quiet that surrounds her, Olivia Patenaude will speak.She’s shivering. On a frosty March morning, standing in the middle of a barn, she’s determined to finish grooming and saddling up her prized possession — a 27-year-old paint-pinto named Tina. The two exchange a nuzzle before the 7-year-old hops up, and the girl and horse start circling a small… → Read More