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Carrying The Torch For Special Olympics Connecticut

Published: Jun 26, 2021 8:00 am

Newtown Police Department personnel carried the Special Olympics Connecticut (SOCT) torch on its Newtown leg last Friday, the third of three days torches were being carried across the state en route to the SOCT Summer Games.

The Newtown officers, accompanied by Chief James Viadero, traveled from the town line in Bethel, following Dodgingtown Road to Sugar Street, to Glover Avenue, to Queen Street, and then to Church Hill Road.

The 5.4-mile run concluded in the parking lot of Blue Colony Diner, where the torch was picked up for transport via I-84 to Southbury. Its journey continued from there, eventually ending Friday evening in Fairfield for opening ceremonies of the Summer Games.

Newtown Police Department personnel — including, from left, John McDermott, Stephanie McDermott, William Chapman (on the bicycle), Matt Wood, Julio Tardim (carrying the torch), and Bart Lorancaitis — as seen on Sugar Street during their leg of the 2021 Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics. —Bee Photo, Hicks

Newtown Police Officer Stephanie McDermott offers a smile while jogging alongside fellow Newtown Police Department members on the flats of Sugar Street on Friday, June 16. —Bee Photo, Hicks

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