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Small kid, big ambition in Groton

January 26, 2021 11:00 pm • Last Updated: January 27, 2021 4:50 pm

By Dana Jensen
Staff Photographer

d.jensen@theday.com

Jack Stahlberg, 4, of Groton Long Point tries to keep rolling a large snowball to make it bigger Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, at Washington Park in Groton. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Groton — Jack Stahlberg, 4, of Groton Long Point found a small snowball that someone had made, and decided to make it bigger by rolling it around in the snow on the ground at Washington Park.

But he made it so big, he wasn't able to roll it alone any longer without help from his grandfather, Nip Tanner of Noank.

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