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CT’s Performance on “Nation’s Report Card” Doesn’t Budge

By Jacqueline Rabe Thomas and Jake Kara | CTMirror.org

Connecticut’s performance this year on the so-called “Nation’s Report Card,” the country’s most comprehensive assessment of what students know, was remarkably the same as it was the last time the test was given two years ago. The average student’s performance and the gaping gaps in achievement between different groups of students were largely unchanged. This…

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Columns, What's Next In Your Life

2018 AARP Community Challenge Grant Program Now Accepting Applications

By Nora Duncan

The 2018 AARP Community Challenge is now accepting applications through May 16, 2018 to fund “quick-action” projects in communities across the country. Grants can range from several hundred dollars for small, short-term activities to several thousand for larger projects. The program is now in its second year and is part of AARP’s nationwide work on…

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Culinary // Food, Culture & Lifestyle

Carrot Cake Baked Oatmeal

By Alicia Ghio

According to the calendar, it is officially spring, but I don’t think anyone has mentioned it to Mother Nature. Chilly mornings, complete with a few snow flurries, are still hanging on. What better way to deal with them than a warm breakfast that reminds me of dessert? This carrot cake baked oatmeal is a healthy…

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Culture & Lifestyle, Sports

Call for Volunteers

By Estela Camacho

Volunteering in sports is indispensable and vital. We are very well aware that a good majority of parents are already volunteering at a school, a non-profit, a place of worship, work events or community events. How could we possibly ask for more in addition to what they contribute? It is simple; the Danbury Athletic Youth…

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Columns, Kids & Family

Spring Has Sprung: Activities to Help Build Your Child’s Knowledge

By Anne Mead

Spring is a time for awakenings, full of opportunities to integrate activities that promote learning in everyday situations. I enjoy taking neighborhood walks with my grandchildren as we can see the new signs of spring: tulips and daffodils arising from the ground and forsythia beginning to bloom. It is also a time to think about…

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Danbury Library Hosts a Special Naturalization Ceremony Nineteen New Citizens Took the Oath of Allegiance at the Danbury Library

By Angela Barbosa

April 11 marked the rebirth of nineteen candidates from Danbury and the surrounding area who took the Oath of Allegiance and became U.S. citizens in a ceremony at the Danbury Public Library, led by Ethan Enzer, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Section Chief at the Hartford Field Office. “What a better way than…

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Columns, Little Brazil

Public Libraries Offer a World of Knowledge for Free

By Karla Rensch

Nowadays, we notice that one of the biggest global concerns – education – transcends race, religion or cultural boundaries. Education causes constant uncertainty in parents who cautiously consider the planning of their children’s future. After all, children are the future foundation of humanity. It is a known fact worldwide that the United States is far…

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Columns, Community In Focus

Savings Bank of Danbury Foundation Supports New Healthy Living Community-Wide Website

By Tribuna Staff

Age Well Community Council members gather at the Savings Bank of Danbury Foundation Partner Breakfast to accept the Foundation’s contribution for development of an online audio/visual informational tour of the new Age Well CT community-wide website, www.agewellct.org. Pictured are council members: June Renzulli, Peter & Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation (front left) and Probate Judge and…

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Agenda, Culture & Lifestyle

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Ruben Studdard on his Appreciation of Luther Vandross and Life After American Idol

By Emanuela Palmares

In the world of contemporary music, there are just a handful of superstars whose first name alone brings instant recognition. But when it comes to male vocalists, one name towers above the rest in any discussion of black male singers whose impact and influence has been unparalleled – Luther Vandross. He was, and always will…