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Healthy, happy for National Health Center Week

August 13, 2013 5:00 pm • Last Updated: August 14, 2013 12:34 am

By Tim Cook

Boerys Ortega, 5, flexes and gives a thumbs up for his painted on arm tattoo featuring the word "Mom" inside a heart as his aunt Ileana Ortega takes his picture at free health fair at the Community Health Center in New London Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013. The health fair was organized as part of National Health Center Week.

New London - To celebrate National Health Center Week, the New London Community Health Center hosted a free health fair Tuesday with nutritionists and dieticians in attendance to answer questions and cholesterol and blood pressure screenings.

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