Trumbull teen beats cancer. Now she s helping others her age with disease.
Donald Eng
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Sonia Kocinsky listens to music during a break from physical therapy.Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less
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Sona Kocinsky and her best friend Ella Consla.Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less
TRUMBULL Most teens might be frustrated about losing a year of their high school career to cancer surgery and chemotherapy. But most teens aren’t Sona Kocinsky.
“I don t feel like I lost a year of my life to cancer it was a year of my life that I received an education, as if I have an appreciation for (the fight),” the 17-year-old Trumbull High senior said.
Trumbull school board seeks $4.7 million budget hike
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School Superintendent Martin Semmel shows the Trumbull school board a graphic of the 2021-22 budget request broken down by category.Zoom screen captureShow MoreShow Less
TRUMBULL The financial review that showed dozens of financial irregularities in the Trumbull school system continues to dominate the Board of Education’s budget discussions, even as the board voted unanimously to submit a $113.7 million funding request to First Selectman Vicki Tesoro.
Superintendent Martin Semmel, who was not associated with the Trumbull schools during the time period that the review covered, pointed out to the board at its Feb. 9 meeting that the deficit spending seemed to begin at about the same time that the schools received unusually small budget allocations. The deficits eventually led the schools into what interim Superintendent Ralph Iassogna called a dire budget situation in January 2020.
Sister, don t give up : After 60 years, Marilyn Moore still fighting for racial justice
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Over 1000 people gathered to protest police brutality and hear calls for peace among deepening racial tensions in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis during a rally held on the Trumbull Green in Trumbull, Conn., on Saturday, June 5, 2020.Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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State Senator Marilyn Moore holds the photo of her 8th grade 1962 graduating class from Columbus School in Bridgeport, Conn. on Thursday, January 14, 2021. At Columbus, Moore met teacher and civil rights activist Charles Tisdale, who introduced her to the movement.Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
We re ready to go : Trumbull moms mobilize to help administer COVID vaccines
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Shannon Pranger and a group of 50 Trumbull moms are ready to pitch in and administer vaccinations as supply increases.Contributed photo
TRUMBULL All it took was a single post on a town social media page to mobilize a small army of moms into the fight against COVID-19.
Shannon Pranger, a professor of nursing at Sacred Heart who also works as an emergency room nurse at St. Vincent’s Medical Center, heard that COVID-19 vaccine clinics run by the Trumbull Health Department were limited because they didn’t have enough nurses to administer the doses.
Trumbull diversity task force seeks feedback
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Tara Figueroa speaks during the Oct. 22 meeting of the town’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Task Force.Zoom screen capture
TRUMBULL Since forming in September, the Trumbull Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Task Force has began making plans to fulfill its mission of fostering “a more equitable, diverse, and inclusive Trumbull.” But the group also wants to hear from the community.
In the new group’s first three meetings members have begun planning an art contest and also have been looking into ways to celebrate the diversity that already exists within the town, according to Chairman Tara Figueroa.