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A bit more normalcy as new school year begins By Laura B. Hayden More than 13,000 North Central Connecticut students have returned to an as-close-to-normal start of the school year as any of them have experienced since the COVID-19 virus shut down classrooms in March 2019. The new school year begins with
eased COVID restrictions, teacher shortages, and, for one district, a public conversation on racism. Few COVID restrictions New advice released by the federal Center for Disease Control and
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Fair warning New England’s great state fair, The Big E, returns for another big run at the Eastern State Exposition grounds in West Springfield from Sept. 16 to Oct. 2. For more on the fair and other area happenings, see Fall Fest, pages 4-7. Photo courtesy of The Big E
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