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Yale University Partners with FBI for Future Law Enforcement Youth Academy

Maddy Harte May 16, 2022 0 Comment

The Future Law Enforcement Youth Academy (FLEYA) is a training program being offered to fifteen male and female students, a total of 30 candidates across the state of Connecticut. Students of the ages from...

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Community News

The Roller Coaster of Gas and Oil Prices

Maddy Harte May 12, 2022

Throughout the United States, Americans have seen an increase in gas and oil prices. When driving by various gas stations, you may see the prices every so often have a little increase by a...

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Community News Region Wide

The Rise of Wordle

Bryce DiGiovanna May 11, 2022

Wordle, currently the most exciting game in the country, has taken Woodland Regional High School by storm. A game that involves a strong vocabulary and vast knowledge of words appeals to not only administrators,...

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Community News

New Speed Bump Installed on Straitsville Road in Prospect

Jessica D'Aniello February 27, 2022

In response to many accidents and decades of speeding issues, the town of Prospect has installed a speed bump before the intersection at Porter Hill Road as well as a stop sign at the...

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Arts & Entertainment Community Featured

A New Perspective on Beacon Falls History

Jessica D'Aniello February 25, 2022

It was 1676, and a young Native American boy, Tobe, was enslaved by a Colonel named Ebenezer Johnson, who lived in the area that is now the town Beacon Falls. Twelve years later, Johnson...

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Community Humans Of R16

Local Young Hero: Emily Vance

Gianna Costanzo January 17, 2022

Following in the footsteps of her father, Assistant Fire Chief John Vance, sixteen-year-old Emily Vance began volunteering with Prospect’s Junior Cadets at the age of thirteen. Despite being hesitant about joining such a demanding...

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Community Featured

Learning for Productivity

Olivia Sullivan January 13, 2022

Region 16 superintendent, Michael Yamin, has a very ambitious goal for any individual who is going through Woodland’s transition program. This program helps enhance and strengthen skills that individuals contain and guide them through...

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Community News School

Prom 2021 Update

Emma Flaherty May 15, 2021

Prom is one of those big spring events that seniors always look forward to, but in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, seniors are finding themselves concerned with getting the traditional prom experience. Despite...

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Clubs Community Featured News

NHS Celebrating Read Across America

Kylie Leonard May 6, 2021

As most people know, National Read Across America Day is celebrated throughout elementary schools everywhere in the United States during the beginning of March. Woodland’s National Honor Society has taken this one day in...

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Woodland Worldwide Celebrating Women’s History Month

Hannah Mudry April 3, 2021

Last year it was hallway decorations and in-person activities. This year, a pandemic hit, and the Woodland Worldwide team needed to switch up their game plan. Woodland Worldwide is essentially a feminist organization, meaning...

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