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Only sure thing about new school year is uncertainty By Laura Hayden
The coronavirus pandemic sent all Connecticut students home for fulltime, long-distance learning in March, giving them no choice but to finish the remainder of their 2019-20 school year from their homes. This month, as the 2020-21 school
year begins, there are a variety of return-to-school strategies in the works throughout the eight towns that make up the North Central Connecticut region. These include different plans to return to school buildings full-time and parttime.
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Honoring a hero Fran Benevides of Ellington was honored for his World War II service at Town Hall recently. Ann Cosgrove, founder of Hands Touching Hearts, presented Benevides with a beautiful banner with words of thanks from many people. See another photo, Page 7. Photo courtesy of Gary J. Benevides
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