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By Sabrina Garone
Published March 22, 2023 at 4:33 PM EDT
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A harmful trio (from left): a deer tick, lone star tick and dog tick.
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A harmful trio (from left): a deer tick, lone star tick and dog tick.

Warmer spring conditions could bring early cases of diseases from ticks and mosquitos. Some Connetquot residents say the high school’s principal was wrongfully pushed out by the school board. Grants from the Mohegan Tribe will expand Native American studies in Connecticut schools. And Governor Kathy Hochul is at odds with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle over New York’s budget.

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Sabrina is host and producer of WSHU’s daily podcast After All Things. She also produces the climate podcast Higher Ground and other long-form news and music programs at the station. Sabrina spent two years as a WSHU fellow, working as a reporter and assisting with production of The Full Story.
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