Monthly Archives: February 2011

Immigrant stories spin web

     As a small girl I would often sit by my father, enthralled with his sto­ries of the “Old Coun­try.” With the skill of an old Irish shanachie, or story teller, he would weave his tales of giants and mere … Con­tinue read­ing

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Law brings order, relief to life of immigrant mother

Not too long ago, before the snow piles had made open-air igloos out of every inter­sec­tion, I came to some­thing of a cross­roads in my life. I became a lawyer at age 49. Sit­ting in the august cham­bers of the Con­necti­cut … Con­tinue read­ing

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Peril and tragedy mark heroes living among us

Not all heroes are cel­lu­loid heroes. Unlike the tough guys who save the world in movies or shoot to kill in video games, they come in flesh and blood. Con­tinue read­ing

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