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June 20, 2013
Profiles

Alice Fitzpatrick has woven a rich life from unusual choices

If life, as Forest Gump's mother advised him, is like a box of chocolates ("You never know what you're going to get."), then Alice...

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Bilingual preschool prepares children for life in a pluralistic world

On a recent afternoon, Ginny Brown kicked off her shoes and sat on the rug for circle time at The Global Child in Stonington. After a...

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Barbara Stillman proves where there's a will, there's a way

March 5, 2013
It is four months since Superstorm Sandy swept through the Rhode...

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This teacher and mom brings art to everyday life

Erica Connolly is an elementary school art teacher in Thompson, a wife, and mom to three young children — Maggie (Magnolia), 6, Fiona, 4 and Felix, 3. In addition to blocks and unmatched socks, her exuberant household is filled with objects of imagination. "Papel picado" — a Mexican folk art in which paper is cut into elaborate...

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When disaster strikes, she's on the scene

All is calm at the moment, but Sue Rochester Bolen is thinking about the next big storm or mass casualty incident from her desk at the regional headquarters of the American Red Cross in Waterford.
"I would say 90 percent of my job is preparedness and 10 percent is the actual response," says Bolen, the senior...

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