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By SHERMAN TARR; Courant Correspondent, June 20, 1995
A pirate ship is setting sail this summer, carrying nearly 200 children on an adventure in reading. These young "bookaneers" will be participating in the Tolland Public Library's and the Tolland schools' annual summer reading program for children in the kindergarten through Grade 8. Children can sign up all summer. The program challenges youngsters to "Dare the Depths with Captain Elias K. Bookaneer," as deckhands aboard the H.M.S. Readaway. A list of suggested readings is heavy on pirate themes, from the picture book "Maggie and the Pirate" to "Peter Pan" and "The Barbary Pirates."
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Laura Sheehan, University of Saint Joseph and Hartford, September 3, 2014
To launch its Peace and Human Rights theme, the University of Saint Joseph's School of Humanities and Social Sciences will partner with Hartbeat Ensemble, a Hartford-based theater company, to examine global food security issues. On Sept. 3, the program will feature excerpts from Thook, an original work by the Indian Ensemble of Bangalore, India. The play examines the economics of day-to-day life and the factors that affect food prices and food availability. The performance will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Hoffman Auditorium, Bruyette Athenaeum on the University's main campus: 1678 Asylum Avenue, West Hartford.
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September 9, 1996
The special photography contest theme for the 1996 Harwinton Fair is "Taking a Snooze." Each exhibitor may enter only one photograph and it must be a 5- by-7, 8-by-10 or 11-by-14-inch color photograph, mounted, not framed. The dates of the fair are Oct. 5-6.
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By Merja H. Lehtinen, ReminderNews and Reminder News, August 19, 2014
Engagement is the theme for the new academic year, according to Colchester Superintendent of Schools Jeffry P. Mathieu. The theme is meant to encourage the schools to work together as a community among students, parents, staff and townspeople. After a tumultuous budget year where a new school building plan was defeated soundly earlier in 2014 and passing a town and school budget required three referenda with the narrowest of victories, it was obvious there was a divide in town regarding spending and priorities.
COMMUNITY
Joan I. Sizer, Publicity Chairman, Somers Senior Center and Somers, November 21, 2012
Each year the Somers Human Services Department helps families who are in need, enjoy a special holiday season. Through our Adopt a Family Program, groups, businesses, churches and individuals have the opportunity to help make the holidays brighter! So far, we have over 75 children in Somers in need this year and are seeking sponsors to adopt these children for the holidays. This program is very rewarding for all involved! If you are a Somers family needing such assistance or if you wish to become a sponsor, please call 860-763-4379.
ENTERTAINMENT
By -- SUSAN DUNNE, November 2, 2006
The battle of the sexes is probably the most often-visited theme in the movies, since they started being made, all over the world. A new film at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art is a new expounding on relationship disconnect from Turkey. Nuri Bilge Ceylan's "Iklimer" ("Climates") centers on a middle-aged university professor, played by the director, and his younger, pretty wife, played by Ceylan's real-life wife, Ebru Ceylan. He communicates by grunting and avoiding meaningful responses.
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By DONNA LARCEN, November 19, 1998
Kathleen Kelly, a master's student at the Hartford Art School at the University of Hartford, is exhibitingpaintings at the art gallery at the University of Connecticut, West Hartford campus Friday through Dec. 10. "Water Rising" is the theme of the work. She works in oil and other media. Kelly, who is a graphic designer and project manager for the education division of McGraw-Hill, will hold an opening reception Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the gallery, 85 Lawler Road, West Hartford.
NEWS
By PHIL MARTY; Special to The Courant, November 8, 2009
Here are some of the more interesting deals and websites that came across our desk recently: Five cruises targeted for photographers and one for John Steinbeck buffs are among the theme cruises being offered for the 2010 season by Cruise West: cruisewest.com/theme-cruises-search The "Double Dog Dare You" Facebook contest in Crested Butte, Colo., gives you a chance to win three nights' lodging, four lift tickets and a $100 restaurant credit: facebook.com/GCBTA Also in Crested Butte, from Nov. 25 through Dec. 16, you get free lift tickets when you book lodging at 888-280-5726.
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By DAVID FINK, May 31, 1998
Just when it seemed time to break out the embalming fluid, Barbara Kennelly stirred this past week, hard by the banks of the Naugatuck River, of all places, looking very much alive. She wore a lovely turquoise jacket that matched the color of the water in 1994 after a Waterbury chemical company dumped toxic waste into it, killed 12,000 fish and -- thanks to Gov. Rowland's environmental regulators -- pretty much got away with it. Her point, clearly stated: that Rowland, when his administration weighed a response subsequent to the spill,permitted MacDermid Inc. to make a meager contribution instead of making them an example with a heavy fine and other penalties.
NEWS
By KYM SOPER; Courant Staff Writer, February 25, 1999
Each Manchester elementary school has chosen a theme under the voluntary school choice program, which is designed to balance the racial and economic enrollment at the town's 10 elementary schools. Parents may select three schools in priority order when they register their youngster. The program is for kindergarten and first-grade students. It will be fully implemented through Grade 5 by the fall of 2001. This is the fifth in a series of profiles in The Manchester Extra exploring the themes of each school.
NEWS
By Sarah Simmons, ReminderNews and Reminder News, August 6, 2014
On the steamy afternoon of Aug. 5, Mill Pond Village held a community event for National Night Out. Although the gathering was something like a festive block party, there was a purpose that went beyond music and games. National Night Out, "America's Night Out Against Crime," began in 1984 as an effort to promote involvement in crime prevention, activities and police-community partnerships to let criminals know that neighborhoods are aware and they are organized to fight back. NNO now involves more than 37.8 million people and 16,124 communities from all 50 states, in addition to U.S. territories, Canadian cities and military bases world-wide.
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By GRIFFIN COLOPY, gcolopy@courant.com and The Hartford Courant, July 28, 2014
Get lost among 350,000 red and yellow sunflowers in the maze at Lyman Orchards, which opens this year on Saturday, Aug. 2. This year's maze is cut into the shape of a bookworm, and the facts and clues within the towering flowers will be book-related. Lyman is partnering up with several local libraries to organize story times and author meet-and-greets. The Orchards will also be partnering with Read to Grow, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting early literacy, to organize a book drive that will run the entire time the maze is open.
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Central Connecticut Senior Health Services and Newington, July 20, 2014
Cedar Mountain Commons residents were busy throughout June crafting various items to decorate the new ladybug garden that was dedicated in the rear courtyard on July 10. "Our grounds at Cedar Mountain Commons are beautifully landscaped, however, residents and staff decided to create this haven where people can enjoy the sunshine, birds, chipmunks and other wildlife," said Debra Labbe, activity director. The ideas soon blossomed into transforming the area into a garden with a ladybug theme.
FEATURES
Jim Shea, July 5, 2014
Some random thoughts on summer to weigh as you sit on your deck on this July 5th morning sipping coffee amid the debris of yesterday's cookout while the shock and awe of neighborhood fireworks still rings in your ears: Speaking of which … can we all agree that the ban on illegal fireworks in Connecticut is the state's most ignored law. I mean it's a free fire zone out there. After this one, there will not be another long holiday weekend until Labor Day. We need to find something or someone to celebrate on the first weekend of August.
NEWS
Letter to the editor, June 27, 2014
Regarding Gregory Schmidt's letter "Why Aren't All Schools Magnets?" [June 25]: How difficult would it be to convert all schools into magnet schools? Enrollments are dropping in many suburban schools. Conversely, enrollments are mushrooming in many urban communities. Why not send more city students to the suburbs for school? On another level, perhaps each school, magnet or not, could develop its own theme, whether it be math or technology or aviation or the arts, and then build a curriculum around that theme.
NEWS
Jim Shea, June 27, 2014
Last week it was noted that they are beginning to seriously talk about replacing the elevated I 84 viaduct in Hartford and how when the construction does begin — in a time warp still far, far away — commuters would come to envy the dead. OK, maybe that was a little strong, but I don't think anyone would argue that commuters would at least come to envy those on life support. Anyway, give the enormity and duration of the massive project, which will take at least five years, it was thought that such an undertaking merited a catchy name, something along the lines of Boston's "the Big Dig. " Readers were asked to send in suggestions.
BUSINESS
By SANDRA JAMES; Courant Staff Writer, February 16, 1992
There are some things you expect and some things you don't. You don't expect, for example, to find a railroad track in a restaurant. But at an increasing number of restaurants in the state -- including Airstream's Roadside Cafe in Avon, which sports the track on its ceiling -- the unexpected is becoming the ordinary. With the economy forcing many people to think twice about dining out, many restaurateurs are finding that dishing up an unusual environment is the way to survive.
NEWS
October 30, 1997
Country western is the theme of Harvest Festival Auction 1997, sponsored by the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce and Marc Inc. It will be held Nov. 14 at Adams Mill Restaurant. The $25 admission includes food, a complimentary beverage and a more than 200-item silent auction. The best-dressed cowboy and best-dressed cowgirl will each take home a $25 gift certificate.
ENTERTAINMENT
June 27, 2014
New Haven Free Public Library, 133 Elm St., presents a series of programs commemorating the centennial of the start of World War I, for three Thursdays in a row in July at 5:30 p.m. The first event is on July 3, when Nick Rutter, a visiting assistant professor in history at Colgate University, will offer an historic overview of the war. On July 10, the library will screen the 1957 Stanley Kubrick war classic “Paths of Glory,” starring Kirk...
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By KATHLEEN McWILLIAMS, kmcwilliams@courant.com and The Hartford Courant, June 19, 2014
BRISTOL — Bristol Central High School's graduation ceremony followed the class theme "carpe diem" with each speaker encouraging graduates to be proactive. Principal Pete Wininger said that the Class of 2014 defined itself by seizing the day to do good during their four years at Bristol Central. "Together, they have contributed their time and effort to make this school a better place," Wininger said, adding that the graduates had also pushed a portable toilet into his parking space as a senior prank.
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