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July 2023
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You make the call Cast your votes in NCN’s annual Readers Poll The North Central News loves to hear from its readers, and in the June and July issues we do just that — asking you to vote for your favorites in a multitude of catagories in the annual Best of North Central CT Readers Poll. Look for the Readers Poll on Page 3. Winners in the poll this year — the 21st year the North Central News has conducted this survey — will be announced in August. — Gary Carra, Publisher
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Graduation grins Braden Combs holds up his phone for a selfie with his fellow graduates after the 2023 commencement at Somers High School on June 9. For more on the Somers graduation, see pages 32-33. For photos of other graduations, see East Windsor, page 5; Ellington, page 10; Enfield, page 29; Stafford, page 39; and Suffield, page 45. NCN Staff Photo
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