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TheaterWorks has added American Sign Language interpretation to its latest online show, James Anthony Tyler's “Talkin’ to This Chick Sippin’ Magic Potion," and will offer the service for at least two other upcoming shows this season.
Lydia Huntley Sigourney was America’s first best-selling poet and the first woman in American history to make a living by her pen. Born in Norwich in 1791, she lived here until leaving for Hartford in 1814, where she published her poems, thus earning the title “The Sweet Singer of Hartford.” Until her death in 1865, she held great affection for her birthplace, contributing a poem to be read at Norwich’s 200th anniversary celebration in 1859.
Lydia Huntley was the daughter of the gardener for the Lathrop estate; Madame Lathrop, the widow of Dr. Daniel Lathrop, took great interest in this brilliant young girl and saw to it that she was educated as well as any boy, first at the East District School on Upper Washington Street across from her home, and then at the brick schoolhouse on the Green endowed by Dr. Lathrop, now the Norwich Heritage and Regional Visitors’ Center. Lydia also educated herself by reading in the Lathrops’s library, finding textbooks there with the name
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Students at the Willie Ross School for the Deaf were given the option to return to in-person learning this year. (The Willie Ross School for the Deaf)
MASSACHUSETTS When schools across the country closed last March and districts started holding classes by Zoom and Google Meet, many students struggled to keep up. The new technology was a challenge for students and teachers alike, and many parents were left frustrated.
Callum O Brien, a fourth-grader at South School, was one of those having trouble with remote learning when his school closed. But for Callum, who s hard of hearing, the problem wasn t internet connection or difficulty paying attention it was that he couldn t understand what was going on in class because of the background noise in his house.
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