Found In Translation: The Cost of Understanding, the Value of Words

Nataly Kelly, reading from her new book, Found In Translation

by Jon Persson

When a 911 operator receives an urgent call from a Spanish-speaking citizen, a national service of interpreters is immediately called upon. Within 30 seconds, the caller is able to describe her dire situation; an intruder with a gun, outside her bedroom [...]

Coast Guard Cutter Eagle Departs for Spring Training deployment

Coastguard Cutter “Eagle”

PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The crew aboard the U. S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle is scheduled to depart Friday, with Coast Guard officer candidates for a 17-day training deployment.  Due to current budget reductions,  crewmembers aboard the Eagle will not make a previously scheduled port call to Savannah, Ga., March 15 [...]

Kelly Middle School Science Classrooms Restored after Fire

Pfizer and it’s local employees help restore the science classrooms at Kelly Middle School, Norwich.

The long-standing relationship between Pfizer Inc. in Groton and and Kelly Middle School in Norwich has enabled Pfizer to donate the $5,000 insurance deductible, 40 computers, and seven printers to help the school recover its science-teaching capability after a [...]

Dominion’s Bulkeley to Receive Bethsaida Impact Award

by Susan Cornell

Nancy Bulkeley

Nancy Bulkeley, Community Affairs Representative for Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, will receive the Bethsaida Community Impact Award at the Community‘s Fifth Annual Gala on April 25 at The Spa at Norwich Inn.

The mission of Bethsaida Community in Norwich is “to create a hope, a home, a family for homeless or at [...]