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As Russian troops advance into Ukraine, Lynsey Addario and Tyler Hicks — both Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times photographers, and both Staples High School graduates (1991 and ’88, respectively) are there, shooting important images and reporting too.
Today, Addario joined the paper’s podcast, “The Daily.” She’s on near the beginning. Click here to listen. (Hat tip: John Hartwell)
Ukraine president Volodomyr Zelensky (Photo/Lynsey Addario for the New York Times)
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Westport Volunteer Emergency Medical Services always needs help. Here’s your chance.
EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) and EMR (Emergency Medical Responder) classes begin March 16. They run through June 30.
They’re thorough. They’re intense. They’re also very important.
Click here for details. And thanks to all who enroll.
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“Westport … Naturally” can never get enough dog-at-the-beach photos. At least until April 1, when the 6-month pooch ban begins. Here’s Axel, yesterday:
(Photo/Zvi Cole)
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And finally … today is the 290th anniversary of the birth of George Washington. It’s also (coincidentally? probably not) the 131st anniversary of the day the state of Washington joined the union.
There aren’t a lot of songs about the Father of Our Country. Or about the Evergreen State. So these will have to do:
