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		<div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Lina Foote, 2, shares a strawberry with her mother, Yohendida Foote, both of Waterbury, while picking strawberries with their family at Lyman Orchards in Middlefield on Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)" title="Strawberry Picking" src="data:image/webp;base64,UklGRiQAAABXRUJQVlA4IBgAAAAwAQCdASoBAAEAAwA0JaQAA3AA/v3AgAA=" class="lazyload  size-hp_small" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/THC-L-Strawberry-Picking_06.jpg?w=262" data-srcset="https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/THC-L-Strawberry-Picking_06.jpg?w=262 300w,https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/THC-L-Strawberry-Picking_06.jpg?w=301 380w,https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/THC-L-Strawberry-Picking_06.jpg?w=311 395w,https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/THC-L-Strawberry-Picking_06.jpg?w=371 470w,https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/THC-L-Strawberry-Picking_06.jpg?w=241 305w" ></div>	</a>
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		<div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Newington Mayor Jon Trister, assisted by Newington Planning Committee member Mary Wood, chair of Newington’s America 250th Anniversary, and other town officials, attaches the “America 250” flag during a flag-raising ceremony at Newington Town Hall on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, in honor of the nation’s upcoming semiquincentennial. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)" title="THC-L-May 2026_44" src="data:image/webp;base64,UklGRiQAAABXRUJQVlA4IBgAAAAwAQCdASoBAAEAAwA0JaQAA3AA/v3AgAA=" class="lazyload  size-hp_small" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/THC-L-May-2026_44.jpg?w=300" data-srcset="https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/THC-L-May-2026_44.jpg?w=300 300w,https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/THC-L-May-2026_44.jpg?w=355 380w,https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/THC-L-May-2026_44.jpg?w=367 395w,https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/THC-L-May-2026_44.jpg?w=438 470w,https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/THC-L-May-2026_44.jpg?w=284 305w" ></div>	</a>
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		<div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Boston Celtics veteran and NBA champion Scot Pollard visited Yale School of Medicine on Monday to undergo advanced testing after his 2024 heart transplant. After a consultation and blood draw with YSM cardiologist Dr. Jennifer Kwan, Pollard spoke to a crowd of doctors and medical students about how advances in cardiovascular medicine saved his life – and the importance of continuing to fund and pursue heart research. (Contributed photos by Sean McCabe/Yale School of Medicine)" title="Scot Pollard" src="data:image/webp;base64,UklGRiQAAABXRUJQVlA4IBgAAAAwAQCdASoBAAEAAwA0JaQAA3AA/v3AgAA=" class="lazyload  size-hp_small" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/THC-L-Scot-Pollard_07.jpg?w=232" data-srcset="https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/THC-L-Scot-Pollard_07.jpg?w=232 300w,https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/THC-L-Scot-Pollard_07.jpg?w=266 380w,https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/THC-L-Scot-Pollard_07.jpg?w=275 395w,https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/THC-L-Scot-Pollard_07.jpg?w=328 470w,https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/THC-L-Scot-Pollard_07.jpg?w=213 305w" ></div>	</a>
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		<div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Julie Bilotta of Milford, left, Soledad Haren of New York and Monica Danae Ricketts of New York, all dressed as the iconic Marilyn Monroe, hold a cardboard cutout of Piper-Heidsieck Champagne and pose for photos while standing in an inflatable bathtub during a Marilyn Monroe look-alike contest at Stew Leonard&#039;s Wines &amp; Spirits in Newington to mark what would have been her 100th birthday Monday, June 1, 2026. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)" title="Marilyn Monroe look-alike contest" src="data:image/webp;base64,UklGRiQAAABXRUJQVlA4IBgAAAAwAQCdASoBAAEAAwA0JaQAA3AA/v3AgAA=" class="lazyload  size-hp_small" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/THC-L-Marilyn-Monroe_100_04.jpg?w=276" data-srcset="https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/THC-L-Marilyn-Monroe_100_04.jpg?w=276 300w,https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/THC-L-Marilyn-Monroe_100_04.jpg?w=318 380w,https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/THC-L-Marilyn-Monroe_100_04.jpg?w=328 395w,https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/THC-L-Marilyn-Monroe_100_04.jpg?w=392 470w,https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/THC-L-Marilyn-Monroe_100_04.jpg?w=254 305w" ></div>	</a>
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