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Reaching new heights
As students, teachers and administrators cope with Newtown shooting, officials look for best ways to keep kids safe By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER
Wethersfield students were seen sporting green and white clothing upon their arrival to school. Sandy Hook Elementary’s colors were found in abundance in schools all across the state, in fact. It might take a little while, but things are beginning to return to
Although Newtown and Wethersfield sit nearly 50 miles apart, the two communities were connected this week as Wethersfield residents grieved and prayed upon hearing of the tragic shooting of 27 people — 20 of them children — at See OFFICIALS, Page 10 Newtown’s Sandy Hook Elementary 50 Cents School. Volume 53, No. 46 The kinship between the two towns was illustrated Monday when
Rohan Freeman of Rocky Hill, president of Freeman Companies LLC., became the first African-American to climb the highest peaks on all seven continents, a challenge known as the “seven summits.” See story and photos on Page 2.
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Editor’s Note: The Wethersfield Post will not be published next week.