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Joined May 2008
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Wilderness Survivial
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Fishing at Sharpe Reservation!
Go Panthers!
Congrats ladies!! And to our Senior leaders on one last homecoming victory!! @pvillevgsoccer @pvillesoccer @Pville_6th_man
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Thank you to the faculty, students and members of the community who helped coordinate our pep-rally at PHS this morning. A great event, Go Panthers!
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First Amendment plates coming down on the Newseum.
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All non-essential Putnam County Government Offices closed today. Putnam County Moves, our public transportation system is closed. No senior lunches or home meal deliveries. The roads are dangerous. Stay home, let the highway crews do their jobs safely.
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Our @PutnamHealthNY vaccinated about 100 seniors and 200 essential workers at its first clinic in Philipstown. Volunteer firefighter Keith Ryan was given the COVID-19 vaccine by his son Kevin, who is also a volunteer firefighter. #vaccinateputnam
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.@AspenInstitute study warns nearly three in 10 students now “have no interest in returning to the primary sport they played pre-pandemic.” That could have disastrous consequences for learning, HS graduation, @gtoppo reports. @The74 the74million.org/?p=564558
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What a scoop. In April, HHS and the USPS were set to mail five face masks to every US residence. Imagine the impact--lives saved, jobs recovered--that would have had on the pandemic if the Administration hadn't called this announcement off. axios.com/newsletters/axios-…
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Daughters shouldn’t go off to college and then disappear. People also don’t just vanish. How did Lauren? #MISSINGPERSON @IUHoosiers #findlauren #sister #daughter #friend
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Beto O’Rourke in Newtown town hall meeting, promotes his gun-safety platform: mandatory bans, buyback of assault-style rifles. #CTPolitics
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When word came that a transmission cable for an offshore wind farm in the Hamptons would go though one of the most exclusive parts of the already exclusive area, the push protect the planet was out and the imperative to protect a golden plot of sand was in nyti.ms/2AnZV1U
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Sources: Police found blood in the New Canaan home of Jennifer Dulos as search for missing mother intensifies...⁦@hartfordcourant⁩ ‘s ⁦@davealtimari⁩ and ⁦@nickrondinone⁩ report. courant.com/breaking-news/hc…
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Yes, it’s another @NYCMayor presidential bid react story — but this time from the New Yorkers that get to share a locker room and stationary bike with him! patch.com/new-york/parkslope… – at Brooklyn, NY
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The case continues: Caitlin Clarkson Pereira of Fairfield files an appeal in Superior Court against the state elections board's decision to block candidates using public campaign grants from paying for child care with the money #ctpolitics ctinsider.com/politics/ctpos…
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I really hope people read the actual report.
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30% of the people changing healthcare today have Connecticut ties? I’ll take those odds! @KarenLynchAetna @ScottGottliebMD @annielamont businessinsider.com/people-t…
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Ray and Barbara Dalio joined Gov. Lamont to announce their foundation will give $100 million to the state for educational and job training programs, to be matched by the state+another $100m in matching donations. #ctpolitics
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A packed house at Plymouth Church tonight for @saveBHpromenade and @thebhanow’s Town Hall on the #BQE project. Just hours ago the mayor announced he’d create a panel to review the controversial plans – at Brooklyn, NY
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