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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.
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.
03.12.2010: Farmington, CT - Wearing the bronze medal she earned as a bob-sledder in the Vancouver Olympic games, Erin Pac listens to the National Anthem before the start of the CIAC Unified Middle School Basketball Tournament. The Unified Sports program provides opportunities for students with disabilities to compete in the sports of soccer, basketball, bowling, volleyball, track and field. Events are held in New Canaan, Colchester, Glastonbury, West Hartford and New Haven. Nearly 200 athletes and partners played in the games today.
02.05.2010: Farmington, CT - Evan McKay, a six-year-old in Diana Petro's first-grade class at Noah Wallace, makes Valentine's Day cards for his parents.