United Way Kicks-Off Campaign

story & photos by Jessica Warzeniak

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The United Way of SECT (UWSECT) kicked-off their Fall Fundraising Campaign at their Gales Ferry office on Friday, September 17 with a turn-out of nearly 200 supporters – pretty good for 7:30 a.m. on a drizzly morning!

Donning “Live United” t-shirts, [...]

New United Way President Introduced to Area Business Leaders

(l-r) Bob Hamilton, United Way Board Chair, Melodie Peters, 2010 Campaign Co-Chair, Virginia Mason, President & CEO, United Way, Nancy Bulkeley, Incoming United Way Board Chair, and Bill Satti, Director of Public Affairs, Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation (representing Rodney Butler).

New United Way President and CEO Virginia Lee Mason was introduced to community, labor [...]

Annual Golf Tournament for Habitat for Humanity

story & photos by Jessica Warzeniak

The eighth annual Eastern CT Association of Realtors Annual Golf Tournament was held at the Lake of Isles Golf Course on September 16th. Over the past eight years, the tournament raised over $100,000 for Habitat for Humanity of SECT. Once again, this [...]

MGM Grand Brings Extraordinary Customer Service

by Jessica Warzeniak

On my drive from the Resident office on Route 1 in Stonington, I couldn’t help wonder about the excitement of Vegas coming to the woods of Mashantucket. As a child, I remember driving with my family down the narrow Route 2 to the Rhode Island [...]