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Holiday helpers Friday, November 23, 2012
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A well-deserved honor
With residents’ help, Dept. of Youth and Social Services looks to ensure no one goes hungry on Thanksgiving
dinners: turkey and all the trimmings. It’s the busiest time of the year “The need is about the same for everyone, but especially the this year, we gave out about 100 town’s Department of Youth and thanksgiving meals Saturday and Social Services, which helps resiSee RESIDENTS, Page 4 dents having financial troubles make the best of their holiday Volume 53, No. 42 50 Cents season. It all started this Saturday with two separate food collections and distributions happening across town. At the Wethersfield Food Bank, families gathered to receive the makings of their Thanksgiving By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER
Wethersfield resident and Korean War veteran Herbert Hoover Northrop, center, is presented with the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal with one bronze service star and the United Nations Service Medal, by U.S. Rep. John Larson at the Pitkin Community Center Monday. His daughter Deborah E. Northrop, left, looks on with pride. See story and photos on Page 9.