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BARKHAMSTED - Elementary school students in kindergarten through grade 6 recently participated in the inaugural River Day Celebration at the Riverton Fairgrounds. River steward Stephan Bastrycki spoke about the importance of the river for the town and encouraged students to work toward earning a Jun

Responding to “Unvaxxed treated unfairly,” by Mark Swensen (Our Readers Views, Oct. 24): Haven’t the majority of Americans been vaccinated against smallpox, polio, chicken pox, influenza, measles, mumps, rubella, tetanus, diphtheria, meningococcal, pneumococcal, etc? Most of these shots are one-time, but many require boosters.