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Ethan Parker, 16, of Westport is off to Washington, D.C. this summer to work as a U.S. Senate page under the sponsorship of New York Sen. Charles Schumer, the Senate minority leader. The Greens Farms Academy honor roll sophomore is one of 30 students from across the country who will serve the 100 senators.
Editor's note: This new monthly column from staff writer Laura Weiss will look to localize health and wellness issues for our readers to better bring in to focus how larger issues hit home. Repeal and replace is still on the president's agenda, but in Fairfield County, how has health care changed? And for who? After Republicans' Obam aca re replacement bid crumbled, President Donald J. Trump threatened government subsidies vital to continued health care for millions last week if Democrats don't negotiate.
The most voters ever cast ballots this November in Connecticut. But how was the voter turnout in your town in the hotly contested 2016 presidential race between Republican Donald Trump, who won the national race, and Hillary Clinton, who posted a victory in Connecticut? The final figures reveal that 1,675,955 people cast ballots out of an all-time high 2,178,169 registered voters, amounting to a turnout of just under 77 percent.