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READER SUBMITTED: Goodwin College Nursing Graduate Sarah Bradbury Receives Alumni Award
Greater HartfordWhen the 2010 earthquake ravaged Haiti, Nurse Sarah Bradbury was among the many brave volunteers who sought to help people in the time of their greatest need. Bradbury, a 2009 graduate of the Goodwin College Nursing Program and employee of Hartford...Tags: Goodwin College, Port-au-Prince (Haiti), Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Specialization, Skin Rash
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Education Commissioner Dismisses Teachers Union Complaint About Bridgeport Schools
The Hartford CourantThe state's education commissioner dismissed a teacher's union complaint Thursday against the Bridgeport public school district. Commissioner Stefan Pryor said in letter that he is dismissing the complaint because the complainant — Gary Peluchette,...Tags: Teachers, Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), Teaching and Learning
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Amy Burkett: During mission trip to Haiti, 'I think I saw hope in their eyes'
What does it mean to be full of promise and possibilities? Growing up in the United States, even the poorest children have access to education, which leads to possibilities and promise. But in Haiti, which suffered a devastating earthquake in 2010, it's...
Tags: Philosophy, Trips and Vacations, PBS (tv network), Allentown, Port-au-Prince (Haiti)
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When retiring debt is the congregation's main financial goal
The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionI recently visited a small church in a tiny Georgia town. It would be tempting to say nothing much goes on in the little parish of St. Luke the Evangelist in Dahlonega, but in fact, big things are happening there. Part of it was the liturgy solemn and...Tags: Finance, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Judaism
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Teachers Union Files Complaint Against Bridgeport School District
The Hartford CourantThe city of Bridgeport's reform-minded superintendent of schools has come under fire from the state's largest teacher union, which filed a complaint Monday that the district is illegally excluding teacher, parents and community leaders from decision-...Tags: Teachers, Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), Justice System, Teaching and Learning
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For Philadelphia Futures director, this college success story was personal
The Philadelphia InquirerFor the last 13 years, Joan Mazzotti has made a public career of helping low-income, first-generation students from Philadelphia's public high schools get into and through college. Quietly, she and her husband, Michael Kelly, also have made it a...Tags: Graduation, Finance, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Separation of Church and State, University of Paris
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Plantation resident helps save lives
Heidi O'Mara has seen it all. From the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in Alabama to the wreckage left from Superstorm Sandy in New Jersey, the 64-year-old Plantation resident has made it her mission to help everyone she possibly can. O'Mara volunteers...Tags: Hurricanes, Hurricane Katrina (2005), Hurricane Sandy (2012), Natural Disasters, Tropical Storms
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Mary Novotny Jeffries advocates for amputees
Mary Novotny Jeffries was 11 when she lost her right leg, from the hip down, to bone cancer. When she returned to the home she shared with her parents and eight siblings on Chicago's South Side, everything — and nothing — had changed. "I...
Tags: Conservation, University of Illinois at Chicago, Northwestern University, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Colleges and Universities
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Much of Red Cross fund for Sandy aid still unspent
NEW YORK (AP) — Seven months after Superstorm Sandy, the Red Cross still hasn't spent more than a third of the $303 million it raised to assist victims of the storm, a strategy the organization says will help address needs that weren't immediately...
Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Federal Bailout Funds, Robin Hood Foundation, Natural Disasters, Bruce Springsteen
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President George W. Bush quiz: 10 questions on No. 43
It’s been four years since President George W. Bush left the White House, with the former commander in chief reentering the public eye with the dedication of his presidential library in Dallas on Thursday. Bush’s time as a former president...
Tags: George W. Bush, White House, Wars and Interventions, Barack Obama
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Amy Wilentz on her book and a passion for Haiti [video]
Before her panel at the L.A. Times Festival of Book, journalist and author Amy Wilentz dropped in at our video booth to talk about how she came to write her latest book, "Farewell, Fred Voodoo." Written after Haiti's devastating 2010 earthquake, this...
Tags: Truman Capote, Google+, Haiti
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Head: Oakland Park students head to White House to showcase invention to President Obama
Two students from Oakland Park’s Northeast High traveled to the third annual White House Science Fair on Monday to showcase their Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam project to President Obama. According to a news release, the students were among...
Tags: Intel Corp., Science, Financial Aid, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Invention and Innovation
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