In Sight

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A group of men watch a soccer game outside on the basketball courts at Lathon Wider Community Center in Stamford, Conn.

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Students on February break enjoy sledding at Cummings Park, in Stamford, Conn., as the first major snowfall of 2008 drops nearly a foot of snow on the Stamford area.

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Yuxiao Zhao, 17, a senior at Academy of Information Technology in Stamford, Conn., assists a group of delegates and students from Jiangdu, China. The group, from Stamford’s sister city toured AITE on their first day in the United States. Zhao, who speaks fluent Chinese, moved to the United States from Bejing when he was 13.

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Diana Lenis and Cristian Zapata kiss after they are pronounced man and wife in a ceremony held in the cafe at the West Main St. ShopRite store in Stamford, Conn. on Valentine’s Day. Lenis, an employee at the store, had her 4-year-old brother, Hector Lenis, (front) as ring bearer.

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Behind the scenes at the 132nd Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden:

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Matthew Auguste, 9, waits with his grandparents after a Sunday service at The Haitian American Catholic Center in Stamford, Conn. Matthew was one of the altar servers from the Mass and wondered if he was in any of my photos. As he took me over to meet his grandparents he paused by the window to talk about his sister. The three of them were waiting for her as she had coffee in the community room downstairs.

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I arrived a half hour before the start of the Ash Wednesday celebration at Saint John’s Episcopal Church in Stamford, Conn. and found Rev. James R. Wheeler preparing to lead the service. I stood by during this private moment and watched as he put on his robe and kissed the stole before putting it around his neck.

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Dave Bernat, of Darien, spends a morning with Eduardo Garcia, 12 of Norwalk, at Nathan Hale Middle School as part of the Norwalk Public Schools mentoring program.

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