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Susan Dionne, 6, jumps away from a kite that came down a bit faster than she expected while her mom, Beth, was reeling it in. The mother and daughter took advantage of strong, gusty winds that blew through Henry Park in Vernon, Conn., on April 1, 2013.
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Ron Dunleavy unloads a net full of trout into the Faun Hill River on Friday, March 22, 2013 in Marlborough, Conn. The State of Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection will stock lakes, rivers and streams with nearly 400,000 Rainbow, Brown and Brook Trout through the end of May 2013. The trout stocking, provided as a service for recreational fishermen, is done entirely by hand, from the harvesting of eggs and sperm from the young adult fish to the transferring of the fish from the hatchery to the waterways.
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Trout are counted as they are loaded into a tank truck at the Quinebaug Hatchery in Plainfield, Conn. on Friday.
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Jay Nisped unloads trout from his tanker truck to be stocked into the Dickerson River behind him, in Colchester, Conn. on Friday.
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Orlando Nunez dismantles a greenhouse that collapsed under the weight of snow at Sunny Border Nurseries in the Kensington section of Berlin, Conn., Feb. 13, 2013. Five of the nursery's 16 greenhouses caved in after the heavy snowfall Friday and Saturday. Much of the damage in Connecticut was to the state's nursery and landscaping businesses, which account for more than $1 billion sales, or about half of all agriculture in the state.
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A dangerous winter storm hit the Northeast last Friday.
NBC News reports:
The snow-weary Northeast is about to get hit again. And again.
Forecasters say parts of New England — still digging out from an epic snowstorm last weekend — should get several inches of snow Wednesday night, according to weather.com. New York and Philadelphia could see 1 to 3 inches.
Related story: For blizzard-weary Northease, here comes more snow
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Children from Sandy Hook Elementary School make their way to their new school in Monroe, Conn., on Jan. 3.
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A bus traveling from Newtown, Conn., to Monroe stops in front of 26 angels along the roadside on the first day of classes for Sandy Hook Elementary School students since the Dec. 14 shooting.
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The entrance of the new Sandy Hook Elementary School is guarded by a police road block on the first day of classes since the Dec. 14 attacks.
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A nation mourns after the second deadliest school shooting in U.S. history left 20 children and six staff members dead at Sandy Hook Elementary.
Hundreds of the children who escaped the harrowing attack on their elementary school in Newtown, Conn., last month head back to classes on Thursday for the first time since a gunman killed 20 of their schoolmates and six staff members.
School officials are preparing for droves of anxious parents to join the fleet of buses carting children to the new Sandy Hook Elementary School established in the neighboring town of Monroe.
Chalk Hill school, a former middle school, was overhauled especially for the students from the Sandy Hook School shooting.
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Students return to Hawley Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 18, the first day of classes since 20 students and 6 adults were killed in the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
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A school bus drives past a farm while picking up students on Dec. 18 in Newtown, Conn.
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Children return to school on Dec. 18 in Newtown, Conn. Children who attended Sandy Hook Elementary will attend a school in a neighboring town until authorities decide whether or not to reopen Sandy Hook.
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Easton police officer J. Sollazzo greets staff, parents and students returning to Hawley Elementary School on Dec. 18, in Newtown, Conn.
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Easton police officer J. Sollazzo greets parents and students returning to Hawley Elementary School on Dec. 18 in Newtown, Conn.
By Tracy Connor and Alexandra Moe, NBC News
With heavy hearts and amid high security, thousands of children in Newtown, Conn., returned to school Tuesday for the first time since a gunman killed 20 students and six staff at Sandy Hook Elementary.
It was a tiny glimmer of normalcy in a town that was also burying two more youngsters, but officials made it clear this will be no ordinary school day.
“This is a day to start healing,” Newtown High School Principal Charles Dumais wrote in an e-mail to parents before six schools opened two hours later than usual, with police officers and counselors on hand. Continue reading.
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A student looks for a place to leave flowers at a makeshift memorial for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting at the entrance of Newtown High School on Dec. 18 in Newtown, Conn.
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A nation mourns after the second deadliest school shooting in U.S. history at Sandy Hook Elementary, which left 20 children and six staff members dead.
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Veronique Pozner, front, the mother of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim Noah Pozner, arrives for his burial at the B'nai Israel Cemetery in Monroe, Conn., on Monday, Dec. 17. Two funerals on Monday ushered in what will be a week of memorial services and burials for the 20 children and six adults killed at the school in Newtown, Conn.
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A couple walks away away from the burial service for 6-year-old Jack Pinto at the Newtown Village Cemetery in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 17. Pinto was one of 20 schoolchildren killed in the Dec. 14 shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
By Tracy Connor, Miranda Leitsinger and Ian Johnston, NBC News
With tears and hugs, a grief-rocked Connecticut town said farewell Monday to the first of its slain children: two 6-year-olds being buried in unbearably small coffins on a cold, gray day.
The funerals of first-graders Noah Pozner and Jack Pinto will be followed by two dozen more services over coming days as the other children and staffers murdered at Newtown's Sandy Hook Elementary School on Friday are laid to rest.
A misty rain was in the air as mourners -- many in black, others in school gear emblazoned with a capital “N” -- gathered outside the Honan Funeral Home on Main St. for Jack’s funeral. Continue reading.
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A hearse carrying the casket of 6-year-old Jack Pinto is driven to the Newtown Village Cemetery during his funeral service in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 17.
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Mourners hug before the funeral service for 6-year-old Noah Pozner, on Dec. 17 in Fairfield, Conn.
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Mourners gather outside the funeral service for Jack Pinto, 6, on Dec. 17 in Newtown, Conn.
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Mourners arrive for the funeral service for Noah Pozner, 6, on Dec. 17 in Fairfield, Conn.
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A man comforts a boy outside Honan Funeral Home before the funeral for 6-year-old Jack Pinto on Dec. 17 in Newtown, Conn.
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Kanga Kanh, left, and Channary Pich prepare to place 26 balloons at a makeshift memorial at the entrance to Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 17 in Newtown, Conn.
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David Freedman, right, kneels with his son Zachary, 9, both of Newtown, Conn., as they visit a sidewalk memorial for the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims on Dec. 16.
Previously on PhotoBlog:
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A nation mourns after the second deadliest school shooting in U.S. history at Sandy Hook Elementary, which left 20 children and six staff members dead.
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People pray and stand outside the overflow area of a vigil at the Saint Rose of Lima church on Friday night.
M. Alex Johnson, NBC News reports: Residents from around the region streamed Friday into St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown, Conn., to mourn the 20 children and six adults who were killed when a gunman opened fire in an elementary school.
The church was packed, and hundreds of people who couldn't get in stood silently outside, where 26 candles were set up by a tree wth a cross. Some held hands, praying as a group. Others reverently touched a statue of Saint Rose, the first person native to the Americas to be canonized by the Catholic Church, before crossing themselves. Read the full story.
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Mourners gather inside the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church.
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Mourners gather inside the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church at a vigil service.
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Mourners look through windows from outside the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church on Friday night.
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The second deadliest school shooting in U.S. history sent crying children spilling into the school parking lot as frightened parents waited for word on their loved ones.
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Farah Sheikh takes part in a candlelight vigil in Times Square for the victims of the Connecticut school shooting on Dec. 14, 2012 in New York.
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Julie Henson of San Francisco participates in a candle light vigil outside the White House to remember the victims at the Connecticut school shooting on Dec. 14, in Washington, D.C.
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Local resident Rachel Perrone, left, and her five-year-old son Joe participate in a candle light vigil outside the White House to remember the victims at the Connecticut school shooting on Dec. 14, in Washington, D.C.
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People stand with candles outside the overflow area of a vigil at the Saint Rose of Lima church in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14.
Michelle Mcloughlin / Reuters
The second deadliest school shooting in U.S. history sent crying children spilling into the school parking lot as frightened parents waited for word on their loved ones.
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Dion Waiters of the Syracuse Orange reacts after a dunk against the Connecticut Huskies as Rakeem Christmas looks on during the quarterfinals of the Big East Men's Basketball Tournament at Madison Square Garden on March 8, 2012 in New York City.
AP reports: Dion Waiters had 18 points and James Southerland scored all 10 of his points over the final 8 minutes to lead No. 2 Syracuse to a 58-55 victory Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament.
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Jesse Rauscher, 5, gives a hug to East Great Plain firefighter Bill Guile after getting a ride to his first day of Kindergarten at Mahan School in Norwich, Conn., Tuesday, Sept. 6. Rauscher was one of seven kindergarteners in the district who won a ride to school on a fire truck.
If you were five years old, what would be cooler than riding a fire truck on your first day?
As we have blogged in the past, the first day of school is emotional for both kids and adults:
Mother and daughter say goodbye during the first day of kindergarten
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Forestry School graduate Christopher Kieran, of Philadelphia, wears a decorated mortarboard during commencement at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., Monday, May 23.
More PhotoBlog posts on weird hats.
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ET3 Christopher Shepardpearson and his wife, Gina, share the traditional first kiss as the Los Angeles Class attack submarine USS Memphis returns to the U.S. Navy Submarine Base in Groton, Conn., on March 2, after a two-month deployment that was the attack submarine's final mission. The USS Memphis, commissioned in 1977, will be taken out of service in a formal de-commissioning ceremony at the Groton base on April 1.
I hope this couple is able to hold onto the picture-perfect moment of their reunion that photographer Sean Elliot has captured here.
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