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Linda Witt was the final person to cast a ballot at the Bristol Community Center April 9 before the polls closed during the special Groton Area School District election. Here poll workers, Kathryn Bury, Kris Hubsch and Sara Johnson check Witt in and hand her a ballot to cast a vote for or against the opt-out. At the end of the day, the opt-out passed 567 to 275. There was a 33 percent district voter turnout with 842 of 2,572 voters turning out. Reporter & Farmer | Amanda Dulitz

Linda Witt was the final person to cast a ballot at the Bristol Community Center April 9 before the polls closed during the special Groton Area School District election. Here poll workers, Kathryn Bury, Kris Hubsch and Sara Johnson check Witt in and hand her a ballot to cast a vote for or against the opt-out. At the end of the day, the opt-out passed 567 to 275. There was a 33 percent district voter turnout with 842 of 2,572 voters turning out. Reporter & Farmer | Amanda Dulitz

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Groton Area School District opt-out passes

Amanda Dulitz
Monday, April 15, 2024
A 10-year tax optout for the Groton Area School District has passed by a majority in last week’s election. The district is now authorized to assess an additional $1,250,000 in property taxes per year for up to 10 years.
Lorinda Towe poses with the special bouquet of flowers she had made to celebrate surviving 30 years with a heart transplant. The Bristol woman received her new heart the day after Easter in 1994, enabling her to live a normal, active life in the community. Reporter & Farmer | Amanda Dulitz

Lorinda Towe poses with the special bouquet of flowers she had made to celebrate surviving 30 years with a heart transplant. The Bristol woman received her new heart the day after Easter in 1994, enabling her to live a normal, active life in the community. Reporter & Farmer | Amanda Dulitz

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Bristol woman celebrates three decades of life with new heart

Jenifer Jones
Monday, April 15, 2024
The day after Easter, 1994, Lorinda Towe got a chance at a renewed life.Two years prior, a virus had destroyed her heart.“Instantly, I couldn’t do anything,” Towe says.She had a choice. Do nothing, and maybe live six months, or take it very easy on her heart and hope for an eventual transplant.
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