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    Sunday, May 05, 2024

    Waterford celebrates seniors and centenarians

    Aubree Paige, 4, eats her treat from Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard with her mother, Brandy Paige, looking on while they visit the food trucks on the Historic Jordan Village Green with their family, all of East Lyme, during the Waterford celebration for the high school seniors and senior citizens that celebrate their 100th birthday in 2021. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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    Waterford — The town celebrated its graduating seniors and its senior citizens with a 100th birthday this year in one big bash Saturday.

    The event started with a parade that began at the Jordan Fire House and ended at Waterford High School.

    Other activities included guided tours of the Waterford Historical Society buildings at the Historic Jordan Village Green, also with a blacksmith demonstration, live music and food trucks on the green, summer reading kickoff at the Waterford Public Library, Touch-A-Truck at the high school and community resource fair, craft fair and farmers market at Town Hall.

    The high school Jazz Ensemble also performed in the gazebo at Civic Triangle Park, where a crowd gathered to listen.

    Senior Sean Corman plays his trumpet Saturday, June 12, 2021, while he and his fellow members of the Waterford High School Jazz Ensemble perform in the gazebo at Civic Triangle Park in Waterford. The concert was part of the activities taking place during the Waterford celebration for the high school seniors and senior citizens that celebrate their 100th birthday in 2021. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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    People applaud the performance of the Waterford High School Jazz Ensemble in the gazebo Saturday, June 12, 2021, at Civic Triangle Park in Waterford. The concert was part of the activities taking place during the Waterford celebration for the high school seniors and senior citizens that celebrate their 100th birthday in 2021. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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