I'm a native of New Windsor, N.Y., and went to high school in Newburgh, N.Y. I graduated from Dartmouth College in 1984 and went directly to work as a journalist at the Register-Citizen in Torrington.
Over the last 25 years, I have worked as a reporter, editor and copy editor at The Day in New London, The News and Observer in Raleigh, N.C., The Baltimore Sun and The Hartford Courant.
I live with my husband, Kevin Wyman; my son, a recent Hall graduate now at Muhlenberg College; my daughter, a Hall senior and a student at the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts; and my daughter, a Hall sophomore.
I love to run, read and bake chocolate chip cookies, and I write fiction. My first novel, A Watershed Year, was published by Guideposts Books in March 2011. My second novel, The Virtues of Oxygen, is due out from Amazon Publishing in the summer of 2014.
Beliefs
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Politics
I'm a registered Democrat.
Religion
Though I was raised in the Roman Catholic Church, I'm now a member of the Unitarian Universalist Church of West Hartford where I enjoy working on social service projects.
Local Hot-Button Issues
I support adequate funding for our local public schools, but I believe we need to look at ways to make the system more efficient. I also believe we need to lead the way in addressing the achievement gap issues so apparent in our state.
As Sesame Street execs blow up over the use of the famous yellow feathered guy in an Obama ad, the question still remains. Should the federal government fund PBS?
The Supreme Court will hear a case this week brought by a white woman who claims her race was held against her when applying to the University of Texas at Austin.
You won't be able to put down the bestselling memoir, but you'll also want to shake the author.
You won't be able to put down the bestselling memoir, but you'll also want to shake the author.
You won't be able to put down the bestselling memoir, but you'll also want to shake the author.
You won't be able to put down the bestselling memoir, but you'll also want to shake the author.
You won't be able to put down the bestselling memoir, but you'll also want to shake the author.
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East Granby pizza shop has a bustling business.
Tell us in the comments what type of business you'd like to see in this vacant East Granby storefront.
The salon will soon celebrate its fourth anniversary.
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The Simsbury Public Works facility will collect waste from four towns — Granby, Canton, Avon and Simsbury — on Aug. 17 following an MDC fee increase.
Are your online habits making you “mentally obese?” Ask your questions during our live lunch chat this Thursday at noon.
Couple pushes for newborn screening law.
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