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Graduate Jasmine Wigen is followed by Autumn Poletti and Cierra Menard at the Asnuntuck Community College commencement on May 25 at Dunkin’ Park in Hartford. ACC photo
Decide what’s ‘Best’ Readers get their say on top businesses, attractions The North Central News loves to hear from its readers, and in the June and July issues we do just that — asking you to vote for your favorites in a multitude of catagories in the annual Best of North Central CT Readers Poll. Look for the Readers Poll on Page 3 as well as in the July issue. Winners in the poll this year — the 21st year the North Central News has conducted this survey — will be announced in August. — Gary Carra, Publisher
Pomp comes after unexpected circumstances for Class of ’23 By Laura B. Hayden North Central Connecticut graduating classes of 2023 persevered through unheard of challenges early in their high school careers when the COVID-19 pandemic sent them home to be taught virtually starting in the second half of the 2019-2020 school year. Reflecting on that time, East Windsor
High School Principal Allison Anderson recalled how these students had to forego their school community just before the end of the third quarter of their freshman year, “canceling their spring sports season and altering their experience in ways they never could imagine.”
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