SHS Drama Wins Six Halo Awards for Theater Arts

by: Anna Maria Trusky

Libby Hall, Heather Jackson, Erin Lee Sousa Stanley (Theater Director), Rachyl Jackson, and Wyatt Floyd of Stonington High School Drama have a lot to celebrate—and to look forward to!

Students at Stonington High School (SHS) Drama started their summer on an award-winning high note—and unlike most students, who live for [...]

Carol Burnett, A Smash Hit

 

Carol Burnett received a standing ovation at the Palace Theater, Waterbury.

by Don Church & Tony Schillaci

 

When Carol Burnett made her entrance at the Palace Theater in Waterbury on May 22, 2,067 people gave her a rousing five-minute-standing ovation. You could literally feel the warmth [...]

Worldest Strongest Men at the Sun

story & photos by Christopher Annino

On Friday, May 15, 27-year-old Derek Poundstone broke a world record at Mohegan Sun. Derek, a CT native, pulled two busses weighing 56,000 lbs, 100 ft in 44.6 seconds across the Thames Garage M Parking Lot. Randall Bumgarner, a drywall specialist from Lebanon, was pulled from the [...]

Local Woman Turns 100

Cathy King, a resident of Harrington Court, Colchester, greeted a big milestone on February 5th. She turned 100 years old! Cathy is still spry and alert. It is hard to believe upon meeting her that she’s lived for a whole century.

Catherine was born on February 5, 1909 in Waterbury. “I [...]