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Montville Reporter: Sten Spinella s.spinella@theday.com (860) 853-0085

Montville High School senior focuses on community

Tenzin Dadon a senior at Montville High School on campus Saturday, June 12, 2021. Dadon is an accomplished student, involved in student government and volunteers in the community. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Tenzin Dadon has tried to make her school, town and state a better place.

State Legislature addresses ‘prison gerrymandering’

York Correctional Intstitution in East Lyme
Jackson Meisner/For the Times

As the 2020 Census nears completion, states across the country are bracing for electoral redistricting, where seats in the national and state legislatures are redistributed based on population.

Senior profiles 2021

Kind-hearted Grasso Tech graduate to pursue career as veterinarian

Grasso Tech senior Sarah Cruz Velasquez Friday, May 28, 2021, at the school's hairdressing shop. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Grasso Tech graduate Sarah Cruz Velasquez, who loves animals and has a lot of compassion for them, plans to become a veterinarian.

Montville schools to have half day Tuesday

The school system has announced it will operate on a half day schedule Tuesday due to forecasted hot weather, the schools not being air conditioned and students being required to wear masks throughout the day.

Municipal meetings

Municipal meetings for the week beginning Sunday, June 6, 2021.

Saint Bernard graduation marks return to in-person ceremonies

Members of the Saint Bernard School Class of 2021 process from the parish hall to the cathedral for commencement exercises Wednesday, June 2, 2021, at the Cathedral of St. Patrick in Norwich. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Family members were welcomed back into the Cathedral of St. Patrick.

Montville POLICE & COURTS

Police issue bulletin for missing Uncasville man

Jamie Kasall, 49, is described as white with brown hair, six feet tall and 165 pounds.

Police logs - June 15, 2021

Arrests by state and local police departments across the region

Police logs - June 13, 2021

Arrests by local and state police in the region.

UPDATED: Police cancel alert for missing Uncasville teen

Police canceled a Silver Alert for Kylie Torrey, 16, and said she has been found safe.

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Rookie Carrington providing energy for the Sun

Connecticut Sun rookie DiJonai Carrington has brought effort and toughness to her new team, which...

PHOTOS OF THE DAY

Students at Sacred Heart School in Taftville hold their small flag high for a Flag Day ceremony Monday, June 14, 2021. A color guard from the Norwich post of the Disabled American Veterans presented the colors. Students read the history of the commemoration of Flag Day and the student choir sang the national anthem and a selection of patriotic songs. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Flag Day in Taftville

Tammy Hart, of East Lyme, looks through vinyl records for sale during the Second Sunday Market on Golden Street in New London on Sunday, June 13, 2021. The monthly event, organized by The Telegraph record store, features local vendors and artists as Golden Street is closed to traffic on the second Sunday of the month through September. The next event is July 11, 2021. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Open air shopping in New London

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)

Waterford celebrates seniors and centenarians

Outdoor music fans spread across the lawn to hear local band The Rivergods perform on stage for Music in the Meadow at the Connecticut College Arboretum Friday, June 11, 2021. The tenth annual concert featured The Bargain, The Rivergods, and Lizdelise. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Music in the Meadow returns to Conn College Arboretum

Saanen-Nubian cross, Saanen and alpine goats lounge Friday, June 11, 2021, on a 2-acre area at the Connecticut College sports complex on a trial run to see how successful they are at eating the Japanese knotweed, an invasive plant in background, that is taking over the area. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Yard goats take the field at Connecticut College

Kindergartener Amelia Pina tries to keep a flying disc on her head while competitor Kennedy Davis's disc falls to the ground while participating in one of the many relays Thursday, June 10, 2021, during their Regional Multicultural Magnet School field day at Williams Park in New London. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Regional Multicultural Magnet School has a field day in New London

Indy Holt, 8, of Stonington uses a net while trying to catch frogs Wednesday, June 9, 2021, in the pond at the Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center during the Nature Adventure Afternoons program on frogs in Mystic. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Children learn about and hunt for frogs at Mystic nature center

Bryan Dann, of Groton, adjusts his mask as he swims out to start a scuba dive from the Noank Town Dock on Monday, June 7, 2021. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Scuba time

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VIDEOS OF THE DAY

Class of 2021: Montville's Tenzin Dadon

Class of 2021: Grasso Tech's Sarah Cruz Velasquez

Class of 2021: East Lyme's Colby Balzer

Class of 2021: Stonington's Olivia Monte

Class of 2021: St Bernard's Jack Zachem

Highlights: Weston 14, East Lyme 8 in Class M boys' lacrosse semis

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