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A father's promise

Flowers lay next to the name of Charlotte Bacon, carved in the stone of a memorial dedicated to the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, in Newtown, Connecticut, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022.
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Flowers lay next to the name of Charlotte Bacon, carved in the stone of a memorial dedicated to the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, in Newtown, Connecticut, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022.

Today marks 11 years since the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting. How one father is keeping his son’s memory alive.

Plus, an online map will help Long Islanders better understand confusing zoning. And a Connecticut housing advocacy group inspires federal legislation.


Listen to the WSHU podcast ‘Still Newtown' here, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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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