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Christa Maynard: At the Center of Chamber Action
Published Oct. 20, 2021 08:30 a.m.Promoting the places to be and things to do in Old Saybrook is nothing new for Christa Maynard.
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Tess Taft Cowan Edge Hopes to Spread Holiday Cheer
Published Oct. 13, 2021 08:30 a.m.Serving others has something that has long been important to Clinton native Tess Taft Cowan Edge. Now, Tess is hoping to spread some holiday cheer and kindness with her 12 Trees of Kindness auction.
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Terry Hathaway: A Tradition of Raising Spirits
Published Oct. 06, 2021 08:30 a.m.What’s Halloween in Clinton without a drive by the Halloween house? You know the house—the one at 9 Alden Drive with enough decorations outside that you can see it a mile away.
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Barks Yes, Shushes No: Westbrook Welcomes New Children’s Librarian
Published Sep. 29, 2021 08:30 a.m.Earlier this year Mary Nyman, the longtime children’s librarian at Westbrook Public Library (WPL), retired, leaving a hole in the library community. Tricia Carlin has stepped in to fill the void as the new children’s librarian.
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Lourdes Rojas: Changing the Mood Through Helping Others
Published Sep. 22, 2021 08:30 a.m.Earlier this summer Clinton started a new program aimed at helping seniors’ citizens with easy tasks around the house by utilizing volunteers. One of the first volunteers to sign up was Lourdes Rojas.
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David Bautz: Taking an Active Role in Preserving History
Published Sep. 15, 2021 08:30 a.m.Much as an engineer is always trying to learn processes to better understand why things happen, so too does a historian try to study the past to understand the present. As an engineer and a member of Clinton’s Historic Society (CHS), David Bautz understands both urges.
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‘No Typical Day’ for Tranquilli
Published Sep. 08, 2021 08:30 a.m.Everyone knows the last year and a half have been a trying time, especially for children in school. Luckily for kids in The Morgan School, social worker Maureen Tranquilli, Clinton Public School’s 2021 Teacher of Year, is there to help.
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Andrew Kressley: Where’s the Fire?
Published Sep. 02, 2021 08:30 a.m.One of the persistent dreams of childhood is of someday being a firefighter. Far fewer children dream of someday being a dentist. Andrew Kressley is both.
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Evan Kamoen: From a Life on the Water to Lifesaving
Published Aug. 25, 2021 08:30 a.m.“It’s a ‘We’re just a couple of teenagers’ kind of deal,” is how Evan Kamoen nonchalantly describes himself along with his friends Luke Voegeli of Guilford and Ryan Kelly of Stonington. What these couple of average teenagers did was save the lives of five boaters off the coast of Clinton in June.
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Volunteers Like Adam Riso Drive Clinton SummerFest
Published Aug. 12, 2021 12:16 p.m.On Saturday, Aug. 28, downtown Clinton will be the site of a major celebration as the town holds its annual Clinton Insurance Center Summerfest and Fireworks event.
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Ed Wilhelms: Making a Home for Serious Theater
Published Aug. 05, 2021 03:20 p.m.Who says you need to go all the way to Broadway for a great theater experience? Drama Works Theatre Company (DWTC) opened its doors in Old Saybrook last year to fulfill director Ed Wilhelms’s goal of providing interesting theater productions in intimate settings.
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Sharon Slaton: Keeping Things—and People—Together at ECSI
Published Aug. 04, 2021 08:30 a.m.This is how it started: Sharon Slaton’s mother-in-law was on the board of the Estuary Council of Seniors, Inc. (ECSI) and mentioned that the council could use some part-time help if Sharon was free.
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Building Resources in Clinton and Beyond
Published July 28, 2021 08:30 a.m.With skills earned as a local contractor and an appreciation for working with people, Richard Pleines has signed on as the new building official in Clinton.
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Sharon Tiezzi: The Pride of Local Lions
Published July 21, 2021 08:30 a.m.Whether it’s from food service, to volunteering, to court, over the last 30 years if you’ve lived in Old Saybrook you’ve probably run into Sharon Tiezzi.
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John O’Connell: In the Center of It All
Published July 14, 2021 08:30 a.m.Go to any meeting, event, or referendum at Andrews Memorial Town Hall in Clinton and you may notice one person hanging out in the background every time.
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Kimberly Keinz: Making The Museum of the Kate Even Better
Published July 07, 2021 08:30 a.m.“A Real Tribute to Katharine Hepburn” Due to Reopen Fall 2022
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Judy Sullivan: Leading the Chamber Through Challenging Times
Published June 30, 2021 08:30 a.m.“My youngest started kindergarten and I realized I wanted to get back into the workforce, so I took a part time job,” Judy Sullivan recalls.
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Elijah Manning: Helping to Close Gaps in Education
Published June 23, 2021 08:30 a.m.Over the last year, many people across the nation have engaged in difficult conversations related to race and unconscious bias. Elijah Manning, a familiar face along the shoreline, has helped facilitate those conversations.
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Mike Houde: A Natural Affinity for Clinton
Published June 17, 2021 12:01 a.m.Talk long enough to any Clinton resident about their favorite aspects of Clinton and just about all of them will eventually mention the natural beauty found around the town.
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Peg Patierno: Dedicated to the Cause
Published June 09, 2021 08:30 a.m.Margaret Patierno moved to Westbrook in 1995. With her children grown, Margaret—or Peg, as she’s known to her friends—decided to acclimate to her new community by volunteering. Ever since then Peg has become known to so many for her dedication to a variety of causes.
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Kevin Fry: Scouting a Course through COVID
Published June 03, 2021 12:01 a.m.Kevin is actually the pack master, a position he’s held for two years. As master, Kevin often speaks with different dens and leaders in the region, helps coordinate pack activities, and finds outside speakers to come speak with the kids.
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Mary Angus: Celebrating a Career Caring for Kids
Published May 26, 2021 08:30 a.m.Mary Angus is retiring as director of Killingworth Nursery School (KNS) next month.
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Shelley Braza Still Carries a Torch, If not the Mail, for the Shoreline
Published May 19, 2021 08:30 a.m.For close to four decades, Shelley Braza has been a familiar face for 500 Clinton residents a day. That era is coming to an end on Friday, May 21 when Shelley is retiring from the Clinton Post Office.
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Tracey Celentano: Making Sense of Dollars and Cents
Published May 12, 2021 08:30 a.m.Tracey Celentano is celebrating an anniversary, a double anniversary, actually: her first year as finance director of Essex and the completion of her first budget cycle with the annual town budget meeting.
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Tom Kehoe Keeps Finding Ways to Serve
Published May 05, 2021 08:30 a.m.More than 10 years ago, Tom Kehoe was asked to join VFW Post 9918 in Clinton.
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Elizabeth Rieder Fights Disease by Day, Supports Community at Night
Published April 28, 2021 08:30 a.m.Everybody knows about foot-in mouth-disease. Who hasn’t said something they immediately wish they could take back?
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Kathleen Cartwright: A Place for People as Well as Books
Published April 21, 2021 08:30 a.m.It was some well-timed advice from her sister that set Kathleen Cartwright on her eventual career path.
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Bob Eburg: Keeping the Pantries Stocked
Published April 14, 2021 08:30 a.m.Bob Eburg said he recently learned how to search his emails so he went back trying to find one old message in particular.
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Barbara Oefinger Helps Neighbors Navigate COVID Vaccination Process
Published April 07, 2021 08:30 a.m.After facing challenges registering herself for the COVID-19 vaccine, Barbara Oefinger went to work helping her senior neighbors get registered and vaccinated.
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Diane Aldi DePaola is All About Volunteering
Published March 31, 2021 08:30 a.m.From a very young age, Diane Aldi DePaola—chair of the Old Saybrook Public Health Nursing Board (PHNB) for 18 years, member of the Historic District Commission, artist, retired nurse, and proud grandmother—was taught by her mother to contribute to her community.
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