New London Dance Festival faces move amid local support gaps
Newport mayor warns of hijacking the American Dance Festival now in its 30th year at Connecticut College. With a $700,000 budget, 700 to 800 attendees, and limited local ads, organizers seek regional support and possible relocation as New London officials rejected federal funds.
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New London, Conn
Newport
R.I
New London
Humphrey J. Donnelly
Connecticut College
Charles Reinhart
Ford
Rockefeller
Beached Gulf of Mexico whales die on Dry Tortugas
AP reports around 30 pilot like whales beached on Loggerhead Key in the Dry Tortugas Gulf island cluster. Most died by morning as Coast Guard and officials described sick and dying animals, amid two prior mass beachings further north and theories of a parasitic infection affecting sonar.
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Alph
Key West
Coast Guard
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Sarasota
Gulf Coast
Potato Blossom Queen Crowned At Fort Fairfield
Holly Ann Tompkins, 17, of Mapleton, was chosen Maine Potato Blossom Queen after performing a sung medley in the talent show. The Presque Isle High School graduate, dairy and potato farmer family background, will attend Berkshire Christian College in Lennox, Massachusetts. First runner up Shelley Brown, 18, of Easton, and Louise O'Donnell, 19, of Limestone, also placed.
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Fort Fairfield
Maine
Holly Ann Tompkins
Mapleton
Presque Isle
Tompkins
Roland Tompkins
Berkshire Christian Caene
Lennox
Mass
Shelley Brown
Easton
Louise O’donnell
Limestone
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