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A native returns to Quaker Hill School
I was born in a little house on Old Norwich Road in Waterford, right beside the original Quaker Hill School built in 1915.
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Memories of giving thanks
Thanksgiving is coming, one of my favorite holidays. We always thank the Pilgrims and Indians for starting this celebration at Plymouth in 1621.
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Courtship Of Eddie
Does anyone really go to the dog pound just to look? Nell had been begging us to take her to the Humane Society for months.
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Readers Comment on Quaker Hill School
About 500 parents, alumni and students flocked to the Quaker Hill Elementary School to celebrate the official opening of the "green" schoolhouse.
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Radio Days
"Did you have radios when you were young?" Abi asked as we tried to program my new little portable.
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Echoes Of The Great Depression
I don't like what I'm hearing on TV and reading in The Day. Bad news from Wall Street.
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Shawn Monahan To Take The Field To Green In Town Fair Tire Finale...
While you might not want to go searching them out for legal representation, the offices of Monahan and Monahan will be open at the front of the field to start Sunday's 100-lap NASCAR Whelen All-American Series ...
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Motorcyclist Injured In I-395 Crash Is Police Officer Who Took Training Course
The Quaker Hill woman critically injured after a motorcycle accident Sunday night is an officer on the New London Police motorcycle patrol.
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Thoughts Of School Nurses
Another school year has started, and I'm remembering the good old days at Quaker Hill School and the periodic visits of the school nurse.
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Waterford fire stations in need of volunteers
The push is on to get more volunteer firefighters to join the ranks. Fire stations in Waterford are in need of extra help.
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The Great Chowder Debate
It is a question as old as time. Or at least dating back to when someone decided to mix clams and potatoes together and make soup: creamy or clear broth? It is perhaps a more vigorously argued question in these ...
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Law Changes, But Too Late For Quaker Hill Parents Of Runaway Teen
Heather Meucci moved out of her parents' Quaker Hill home a month after her 16th birthday, knowing they could do nothing to make her come home.
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Let's eat at home
An old idea is new again with a push to use and consume more locally grown foods.
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Cash only for gasoline: Isolated test case or wave of the future?
The dollar may be weak globally, but it's the only currency accepted at the Saver gas station on Broad Street.
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Judge rules dram shop law applies in fatal crash suit
A New London judge has ordered the attachment of $250,000 against the permittee of the former Aqua Ultra Sports Lounge in a ruling that indicates the relatives of a fatal car accident victim could prevail in a ...
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Roger's Rave Reviews
With sixties' icon Jay Black, you get two shows. There are his big hits from the sixties.
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Heat Wave? Not Quite ...
Hot spell didn't qualify technically, but don't tell those who sweated it out Josh Adamec mops the sweat from his face with his shirt as he and a crew from Treat's Pools and Spas install an inground pool at a ...
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Developer Misses Fort Trumbull Deadline
The Corcoran Jennison company will not meet today's critical deadline to secure financing for its $18.7 million proposal to build housing on the Fort Trumbull peninsula, company President Marty Jones said ...
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Quaker Hill Tragedy Leaves Firefighters Both Sad, Angry
"Stay here and protect them guys" Man who intentionally set his house afire put them at risk, some say Waterford RICHARD"SMOKEY" T. Kirchhoff, former chief of the Quaker Hill Fire Co., was in bed, dozing to the sounds of the scanner. via The Day
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Mail Order Catalogs
TThey come by the dozen, filling my mailbox, delivered by my cheery postman Bob Barber. via The Day
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