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Norwich school leaders thankful for quick, orderly response to threat at NFA game
Sep. 30—NORWICH — Norwich Free Academy has never held a drill testing the evacuation of its football stadium, let alone a packed one filled with two teams, band members, cheerleaders and fans. But on Friday night, such a real-world operation was carried out smoothly after FBI agents detected a threat posted on social media. "We do tabletop evacuation (plans) with different scenarios," NFA Head ...
Aces' quest to threepeat hits 2-0 hole vs Liberty while Sun and Lynx are split in WNBA playoffs
NEW YORK (AP) — The Las Vegas Aces and Connecticut Sun head home with two very different feelings after the opening two games of their playoff semifinals series. The Aces are trying to save their season against New York while the Sun hope to close out the Minnesota Lynx. Two-time defending champion Las Vegas trails New York 2-0 in the best-of-five series. The Sun split the first two games in Minnesota. The Aces aren’t panicking, despite needing to pull off a historic comeback to advance to the Finals for the third straight year.
Killingly's Sumner voted athlete of the week, vote now in new poll
Killingly’s Quinn Sumner has been voted The Bulletin ‘Athlete of the Week.’ The Killingly junior quarterback completed 5-of-9 passes for 160 yards and tossed three touchdowns in a 49-0 win over East Lyme. Sumner’s passing helped Killingly (2-0) build a 42-0 halftime lead in their season home opener. ...
East Lyme XC team takes care of business
Oct. 1—EAST LYME — The East Lyme boys' cross country team is a loose bunch. But the Vikings are all business when they step to the starting line. "These guys know when to flip the switch," coach Mike Flynn said. "I let them be super loose. I always joke with them that a lot of days if people came to practice they'd be like, 'You guys don't have one of the best programs in New England, right?' ...
Mike DiMauro: Michael Burrows is a victory for all of us
Oct. 1—The Michael Burrows Story, which has gone national in recent days, touches all the notes that touch us all: Small town kid. Against the odds. Overcomes adversity. And then ends up at Yankee Stadium, striking out Aaron Judge, earning his first Major League victory. Even your humble narrator here couldn't screw up telling THAT story. But there's more to this, more because when one of us ...
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