“The rat cells have been launched into space.”
Craig Keough of Manchester, Conn., and his teddy bear Tiger took part in the “No H8” photo shoot at the Hartford Public Library Tuesday evening. It was organized by “No H8” co-founder and photographer Adam Bouska. Rick Hartford photo.
Derek Balke grips his cadet shoulder boards at the end of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy’s 131st commencement in New London. Other newly commissioned ensigns are Anthony Bareno, left, Emily Balingit Clark and Trevor Auth, right. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told graduates they face “unconventional enemies.” Cloe Poisson photo.
State Rep. Mary Fritz, a big Connecticut women’s basketball fan, jokes about her height while standing next to UConn center Stefanie Dolson, who is 6-foot-5, during introductions of the Huskies at the state Capitol Thursday. Michael McAndrews photo.
Gabriela Rosario, 16, a sophomore at Hartford’s Bulkeley High School, knits a baby blanket in the school library this week. Bulkeley students have taken up the yarn to relieve teenage boredom and the stress in their lives. Cloe Poisson photo.
Tatiana Vazquez, 11, waits for schoolmates at the bus stop at St. Michael’s Ukrainian Church in Hartford Tuesday morning. Tatiana is a sixth-grader at M.D. Fox Compact School. Patrick Raycraft photo.
"She couldn’t bear it."
— Debra Zegas Berman of Connecticut, whose 14-year-old daughter committed suicide in 2008, three days before the start of high school. A group of Alexa’s closest friends turned on her in eighth grade; Berman hopes students will watch the documentary “Bully.”
