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UConn and USC beginning two game series in 2024-25 season
STORRS, CT (WFSB) - After their matchup in the Elite Eight this year, the UConn Huskies and USC Trojans will begin a two game series next season. The programs announced this Monday on the back of the enthralling matchup which saw the Huskies advance to the Final Four in Cleveland. They would eventually fall to Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes.
In brief: Hampton area happenings, week of May 13, 2024
Pints in the Park events are scheduled for 5 to 9 p.m. May 17, June 28, July 26, Aug. 23 and Sept. 27 in the parking lot of the Hampton Community Center, 3101 McCully Road. The events feature food trucks, entertainment and beverages for over- and under-21 guests. Spring school...
On the Diamond: Pitching gems highlight big week in baseball, softball
Week 7 of the baseball and softball season featured a number of highlights and top performances. In baseball, Landon Manzi (Killingly), Keyan Mayernik (Plainfield), and Ian Brais (Ellis Tech) each tossed pitching gems to lead their respective teams to wins. On the softball diamond, Norwich Tech’s Autumn Hanks and Ellis...
In pictures: Dramatic moment horses are rescued from mud in Connecticut
Two horses stuck in thick mud were rescued after efforts by 40 local rescuers in the community to save the distressed animals, one of which was stuck for over seven hours in the swamp.Teamwork shone its best in the town of Lebanon, Connecticut, when a volunteer fire department teamed up with other various local services and a nearby farm, helping bring two horses in a sticky situation into safety, the Lebanon Fire Department wrote in a Facebook post.At around 2pm on Saturday, a call was made to the Lebanon Volunteer Fire Department (LVFD) reporting that two horses that had wandered...
Thoughts on the Norwich budget: Laughter isn't always the best medicine, so what do we do?
I was watching a video on a social media platform of a comic whose clips I follow, and in this one, he had the audience eating out of his hand from the moment he stepped on stage and cracked his first joke. There were images from throughout the room of people laughing and applauding. He was very funny.
Owner of Deary's Gymnastics in Killingly to be honored as business leader of the year
From the moment a child starts walking, they can begin classes at Deary’s Gymnastics in Danielson. The gym is a lifelong passion project for former All-American gymnast Robin Deary Fillmore, who started the gym after graduating from Southern Connecticut State University where Deary Fillmore picked up her All-American accolades on the balance beam.
Norwich school board grows impatient over status of superintendent investigation
Norwich ― School board members expressed frustration Tuesday that after eight months there has been no resolution to an investigation into allegations that Superintendent Kristen Stringfellow and Assistant Superintendent Tamara Gloster had created a toxic work environment. The Board of Education placed Stringfellow and Gloster on paid leave last...
Norwich hopes to bring some special education students home in new program
Norwich ― The school system will create Rose City School, a new program this fall designed to serve some special education students now transported to costly out-of-town programs. Rose City School will allow students with severe emotional and behavioral disabilities to better integrate with their hometown school district, Acting...
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