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DECEMBER 2023
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Season’s Greetings
Melissa Maltese of East Windsor, second from left, was awarded the 2023 Outstanding Professional Award through Connecticut Recreation and Parks Association, Inc. This award is given to a CRPA member who has made outstanding contributions to the parks and recreation profession for 10 years or more. Photo courtesy Town of East Windsor
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No Problem! WFSB’s Channel 3 stopped by Dzen Tree Farm in South Windsor to celebrate the. opening of another holiday season. Pictured here, the television station’s Caitlin Francis and Mike Slifer at Dzen’s with the North Pole’s second most famous resident, Mrs. Claus. Mrs. Claus wants to only be called “Mrs. Merry Claus.” For more information on holiday happenings occurring this month, including the local whereabouts of St. Nick, see pages 3-8, this issue. Photo courtesy of WFSB TV
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