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07.01.2010: New Haven, CT - "I've had the fireworks tattoo for 15-years. My wife's name I've had for seven," says Mike Gotler (L) of Hamden’s Pyro/Fx Entertainment Group while describing his tattoo and working with Phil Gauvin, Jr. to set up a fireworks show scheduled to be launched from atop East Rock in New Haven. Gotler, who will miss the show because he is needed to run a fireworks show at Six Flags this Sunday says of the New Haven show's 2200 shot fireworks show featuring 8 and 10 inch guns, "I'd rather be here."

07.01.2010: New Haven, CT - "I've had the fireworks tattoo for 15-years. My wife's name I've had for seven," says Mike Gotler (L) of Hamden’s Pyro/Fx Entertainment Group while describing his tattoo and working with Phil Gauvin, Jr. to set up a fireworks show scheduled to be launched from atop East Rock in New Haven. Gotler, who will miss the show because he is needed to run a fireworks show at Six Flags this Sunday says of the New Haven show's 2200 shot fireworks show featuring 8 and 10 inch guns, "I'd rather be here."

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06.29.2010: Hartford, CT - Window Cleaner Dan McHugh.

06.29.2010: Hartford, CT - Window Cleaner Dan McHugh.

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06.28.2010: Coventry/Mansfield, CT - Making the best of a day off and Monday's high temperatures, Richie D'Elia, 19, of Ashford, does a backflip into the Willimantic River, off the Plains Road bridge with Sean Hills (L-R) of Willington, Mykaila Hills, 6, and Danielle Perkins, 25, watching.

06.28.2010: Coventry/Mansfield, CT - Making the best of a day off and Monday's high temperatures, Richie D'Elia, 19, of Ashford, does a backflip into the Willimantic River, off the Plains Road bridge with Sean Hills (L-R) of Willington, Mykaila Hills, 6, and Danielle Perkins, 25, watching.

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06.25.2010: Farmington, CT - Mom Barbara Baechler, standing amonst friends and family of Farmington High School seniors, offers a thumbs-up to seconds after her daughter, Cindy Baechler, received her diploma at Friday night's graduation ceremony.

06.25.2010: Farmington, CT - Mom Barbara Baechler, standing amonst friends and family of Farmington High School seniors, offers a thumbs-up to seconds after her daughter, Cindy Baechler, received her diploma at Friday night's graduation ceremony.

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06.24.2010: New Britain, CT - Known by many for his affable bedside manner, Dr. Robert Dudley (L) examines three-year-old Elvis Garcia while his sister Walmeri Abreau, 11, observes their interaction at the New Britain Community Health Center.

06.24.2010: New Britain, CT - Known by many for his affable bedside manner, Dr. Robert Dudley (L) examines three-year-old Elvis Garcia while his sister Walmeri Abreau, 11, observes their interaction at the New Britain Community Health Center.

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06.01.2010: West Hartford, CT - With a painting he made of the Buddha behind him, Alan Schiffer comforts his dog Molly after she was barking at people at the door of the West Hartford Art League studio on Raymond Road. Schiffer, a clinical psychologist, said he started coming to the class about three months ago because painting was something he always wanted to try. Art instructor Deb Wadsworth, who teaches Schiffer's class, said she invited him to bring Molly after he left her outside when he first started coming to the class. "They were inseperable," she said.

06.01.2010: West Hartford, CT - With a painting he made of the Buddha behind him, Alan Schiffer comforts his dog Molly after she was barking at people at the door of the West Hartford Art League studio on Raymond Road. Schiffer, a clinical psychologist, said he started coming to the class about three months ago because painting was something he always wanted to try. Art instructor Deb Wadsworth, who teaches Schiffer's class, said she invited him to bring Molly after he left her outside when he first started coming to the class. "They were inseperable," she said.

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06.04.2010: Lebanon, CT - An Oberhasli goat named Daisy nuzzles her unnamed calf, born Tuesday, as cheese maker and goat farmer Paul Trubey works behind them in the cheese making section of Beltane Farm.

06.04.2010: Lebanon, CT - An Oberhasli goat named Daisy nuzzles her unnamed calf, born Tuesday, as cheese maker and goat farmer Paul Trubey works behind them in the cheese making section of Beltane Farm.

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05.28.2010: Farmington, CT -  Bill and Nancy Mellow tour the Stanley Whitman house with guide Kristen Wands. The historic home is celebrating its 290th anniversary as well as it 75th anniversary of it becoming a museum.

05.28.2010: Farmington, CT - Bill and Nancy Mellow tour the Stanley Whitman house with guide Kristen Wands. The historic home is celebrating its 290th anniversary as well as it 75th anniversary of it becoming a museum.

06.17.2010: West Hartford, CT - Northwest Catholic's Tom Bourdon is the All-Courant high school player of the year.

06.17.2010: West Hartford, CT - Northwest Catholic's Tom Bourdon is the All-Courant high school player of the year.

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06.22.2010: Bloomfield, CT - All-Courant girls tennis player Margot Schumann of Mercy High.

06.22.2010: Bloomfield, CT - All-Courant girls tennis player Margot Schumann of Mercy High.