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The Meaning of Brown


by Chris DeSanctis

Who would have guessed? It was 1946 when a Republican last held what became Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat. That Republican, Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., lost the seat to John F. Kennedy in 1952, and Ted won it after his brother became president. Now, after 64 years of Democratic control, Republican Scott Brown holds what’s become the “people’s seat”. .... read more »
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  • Scanning the Headlines ... By Don Harrison
    When I wrote columns on a thrice-weekly basis (with the Waterbury Republican-American), many readers seemed to enjoy my comments on current headlines. I hope you feel the same.

    Headline: Dodd steps aside
    Headline: Blumenthal comes off bench for Senate run
    Headline: How Goring
    Headline: Dawson elected to Hall of Fame
  • New Board of Education ... By Robert Greenberger
    The Board of Education met November 24 and elected its new officers and immediately sat down to work and did the usual…defer items.
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    As I jogged my memory of Christmases Past to prepare to write this column, I remembered the fact that the first few Christmases that I spent as a youngster in Fairfield were always a little different than those experienced by my friends and classmates
  • The Meaning of Brown ... by Chris DeSanctis
    Who would have guessed? It was 1946 when a Republican last held what became Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat. That Republican, Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., lost the seat to John F. Kennedy in 1952...

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