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FREE! • EAST WINDSOR: Athletic Hall of Fame inducts Class of 2012 ........p. 5 • ELLINGTON: Tax exemption for agriculture goes before meeting ..........p. 8 • ENFIELD: Teacher grant award winners announced ........................p. 13 • SOMERS: Renata Bowers releases second ‘Frieda B.’ book ............p. 17 • SOMERS: Preparation helped town ride out superstorm ..................p. 19 •SUNDAY DRIVE: Columnist comes up with some ‘Bright’ idea ..............p. 27 • STAFFORD: High School honor roll students announced..............pgs. 32-33 •CLASSIFIEDS:............................p. 38
Hats Off To You Coventry/Windham RVT/Bolton Patriots running back Austin Ives (33) is tackled by the Ellington/Somers Knights during the third quarter at Ellington High School on Thanksgiving Day. Photo by David Butler II
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