New Brodeur Foundation sponsor ready to help By KATHLEEN EDGECOMB Whelen Engineering in Deep River is the latest corporate sponsor to join the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation and its mission of raising money to fund breast cancer research. The company, which manufactures lights and sirens for emergency vehicles, became a Platinum Sponsor with a […]

Sean Brodeur talks about his heartbreak over his mother’s death 14 years ago and how he honors her every year by walking in the annual marathon in October and raising money for cancer research. My First Walk By SEAN BRODEUR My name is Sean Brodeur, I am the youngest of three and my parents are […]

Wendy Morin (1954-2019) left her mark on the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation By SANDY MANISCALCO Two days before my Oct. 5 Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation (TBBCF) marathon, I checked my walk fundraising page to see how I was doing. I immediately noticed a new donation from Mike and Wendy Morin with the caption, […]

Former intern brings modern communication skills to TBBCF Board of Directors By KATHLEEN EDGECOMB Gabby Tudisca is one busy millennial. The former college intern for the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation works full time as the membership services coordinator for the Greater Norwich Area Chamber of Commerce; she does graphic design for her father’s custom-made […]

Walkers boost your fundraising totals … encourage your donors to submit matching gifts by ELLEN SWERCEWSKI To all the generous people who have donated to TBBCF or a walker or have walked and fundraised for TBBCF, there is still time to submit a matching gift form to maximize the amount of your donation and your […]

Pirate invasion for a cause Published October 23. 2019 1:19PM – Chantel M. Bailey, Special to The Times With swords out, swashbucklers swarmed downtown Mystic as they successfully invaded the locals and conquered the land for their seventh annual Pirate Invasion Oct. 4-6. Although these maties may have seemed intimidating for taking hostages like savages, it […]

Terri Brodeur walk attracts 100s, raises $1,000s Annual walkathon raises money for breast cancer research By KATHLEEN EDGECOMB Breast cancer survivors, their families and friends walked Saturday in the annual Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation Walk Across Southeastern Connecticut to honor the foundation’s namesake and to raise money that will go directly into breast cancer […]

Smith’s Acres continues a tradition that supports walkers in TBBCF annual fundraiser By KATHLEEN EDGECOMB Teri Smith, the owner of Smith’s Acres in downtown Niantic, doesn’t remember the year she first organized a pumpkin decorating event to support walkers in the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation’s annual Walk Across Southeastern Connecticut. She’s not sure how […]

Old Saybrook Girl Scouts carry on tradition to honor Terri Brodeur By KATHLEEN EDGECOMB There’s a lot of chatter in a room at the Old Saybrook Parks and Recreation Center where a group of girl scouts are working on a project. With pink and white beads and elastic string, 10 of the 11 members of […]