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June 20, 2013

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 Island coastline, and the scene in Misquamicut is grim. The lonely and quiet spell of solitude that hovers over the beach in late winter is broken. The air buzzes with the...

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 Fitzpatrick's candy dish overfloweth.
Indeed, like the hapless yet lovable Gump, forever popping up at historic, game-changing moments in history, Fitzpatrick — retiring president of the Community Foundation of...

Kachina Bags carry spirit of culture

Milleonya, a member of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, has channeled her unquenchable thirst for knowledge, artistic sensibility, and spiritual connection to her Native American heritage into her own home-based business selling handcrafted handbags that she calls Kachina Bags.
"A kachina is a spiritual being representing anything from the natural...

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 full day of work as Director of Pupil Services for Guilford Public Schools, Brown seemed to have come home. Her son Owen, 6, climbed onto her lap and joined the other children in listening attentively as their two native Spanish-speaking teachers led...

Lisa Saccu guides women to a life beyond addiction

Lisa Saccu is all about straight talk. She can look at a person and tell where they've been and where they're headed, and doesn't have a problem sharing what is on her mind.
That's because she's been there. She's led the life of an addict, blowing her paycheck on drugs and emptying her savings account to maintain that lifestyle. And later, when that money was gone, selling herself to fund her habit. So when Saccu tells you she can pick out the...

The beauty of boudoir photography

It's long been a sweet but hushed tradition for a bride to gift her husband with an intimate photograph of herself on or before their...