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One Connecticut-Tribal Gaming Compact Set To Be Published

The gaming compact between the state of Connecticut and the Mohegan Tribe is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, meaning it will become operational as the tribe and other stakeholders continue to move closer to a firm sports betting launch date. Notice of the publishing was made public on the Federal Register website Tuesday morning. As of 1 p.m. ET, there was no notice about when the compact between the state and the Mashantucket Pequots would be published. Both pacts were approved by the U.S. Department of the Interior last Thursday.

Both tribes and the Connecticut Lottery will offer legal sports wagering and iGaming, and have said they have plans to go live next month. The Mohegans, who own and operate the Mohegan Sun Casino, are partnered with FanDuel; the Mashantucket Pequots, who own and operate the Foxwoods Casino, are partnered with DraftKings; and the Connecticut Lottery last month selected Rush Street Interactive as its partner.

The state will have three digital sports wagering operators after the tribes agreed to allow the lottery to have a digital sports betting platform and up to 15 retail locations. The lottery cannot offer iGaming.

A few more steps on path to go-live

There are still some steps remaining before any operators can go live — the state’s Department of Consumer Protection must issue supplier and vendor licenses, and operators must send the department a request to go live. According to the law, operators must alert the DCP 10 days in advance of when they want to go live, and then will enter a seven-day soft-launch period.

“We’re continuing to work through licensing details with the state Department of Consumer Protection, and waiting for the Department of Interior to publish its approvals,” Mashantucket…

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Floppy mohicans and pre-race cider: Gary Devine, the punk fell runner

When Gary Devine was picked to run for England, the manager took one look at him and asked: “You’re gonna represent your country looking like that?!” Devine had turned up with shocking pink hair, holes in his jeans, a worn out band T-shirt and unlaced Doc Martens. Not that such a punky image stopped him becoming British fell running champion, after a race up Ben Nevis, the UK’s tallest mountain, in 1990. “Years later the manager told us that Gary had changed his life,” smiles Debbie Devine, Gary’s wife and coach. “He said ‘I learned not to judge a book by its cover.’”

Thirty one years on, Devine’s wonderful and often very funny story is told in a new book, Faster! Louder! How a Punk Rocker from Yorkshire Became British Champion Fell Runner. Author Boff Whalley was previously vocalist/guitarist in Leeds anarcho-punk band Chumbawamba, but is a fell runner too. “I got into it after seeing Gary win a race and recognising him from punk gigs,” he says as we all convene on Zoom. “It made me think ‘I could do that’. But Gary’s story is more extreme than mine. It needed writing.”

Devine grew up in hilly Ilkley, where he thought it was “quite normal” to run up and down the moors. “There was a big running section at our school,” he explains. “About 40 or 50 of us would go out on a lunchtime.”

If it was an important race, I’d just have two or three pints in the pub the night before

He was still a schoolboy when a friend of a friend lent him Dead Kennedys’ 1980 Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables album, and his passions turned upside down. “A seminal moment in my life,” he grins. “It was a completely different world. I wanted to run,…

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Field Hockey: Can’t-miss games, Sept. 13-18

Monday, Sept. 13

Butler at Northern Highlands, 4:15

Butler secured a pair of shutout wins in the opening week against Hackensack and Dwight-Englewood. The offense put up a total of 17 goals in the wins. Northern Highlands also has two shutouts under its belt so far in 2021 and has scored nine goals.

Cherokee at Lenape, 3:45

Cherokee dropped its season opener to Eastern and will look to get back on track against a conference rival. Lenape, which has beaten Cherokee in four of the previous five meetings dating back to 2018, rolled past Cherry Hill West in the opener before a tough loss to Camden Catholic.

Rumson-Fair Haven at Ocean Township, 6:30

Both of these divisional rivals enter the week undefeated and have yet to allow a single goal. Ocean Township downed Red Bank Catholic and Donovan Catholic by a combined score of 15-0, while Rumson-Fair Haven took care of Holmdel and Freehold Township by a 9-0 count. Rumson-Fair Haven dominated the head-to-head matchup last season, winning all three and outscoring Ocean Township 20-2.

Schalick at Woodstown, 4

This Diamond Division clash will be a good one. Woodstown won its first two games with a +17 goal differential. Schalick blanked Gloucester Catholic 4-0 in its only game of the season so far. The recent head-to-head records have been split with both teams winning twice and all but one game being decided by a goal.

Tuesday, Sept. 14

Haddonfield at Collingswood, 3:45

This matchup features two of the three teams from the Colonial Conference’s Liberty Division that’s off to a 2-0 start. Haddonfield downed Haddon Township and West Deptford, while Collingswood topped West Deptford and Sterling. Haddonfield is 9-1 against Collingswood dating back to 2017.

Columbia at Verona, 4

Columbia secured two hard-fought victories against Livingston and Mount St. Dominic to open 2021 at 2-0 in the Blue Division. Verona is also 2-0…

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LCCC holds 9/11 remembrance ceremony for 20th anniversary

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Key hurdles cleared to allow final cleanup of former Norwich Hospital property to restart

Preston — A key breakthrough has been reached among town, state and Mohegan tribal leaders that could mean bulldozers can start rolling again by the end of November in the final cleanup of the former Norwich Hospital property.

The Preston Redevelopment Agency on Tuesday approved a term sheet that outlines the complex contractual agreement between the state Department of Economic and Community Development, the town of Preston and the Mohegan tribe, which will take over ownership of the property for a major redevelopment once the cleanup is completed.

The agreement must be approved by the Board of Selectmen, which will vote on it Thursday. That move would launch a final Financial Assistance Proposal, which all parties also must approve, along with a town meeting vote to accept a $7 million state grant for the cleanup. PRA Chairman Sean Nugent explained the agreements to the agency Tuesday.

The town previously had secured a $2 million loan toward the cleanup, bringing the final funding to $9 million.

The agreement clears up issues surrounding the cleanup, as well as how to pay for it, Nugent said.

Another problem had been that the cleanup deviates from state norms in that the tribe could not propose a final development plan until it owns the property, but the state normally requires a final development plan before approving a cleanup process. Instead, the parties agreed that the town would spend the first $5 million of cleanup funds, and the remaining $4 million, including the town loan if needed, will be placed in escrow to be used after the property is transferred to the tribe and specific development proposed.

With all the pieces nearly in place, Nugent said the PRA could secure town permits for the final cleanup and use the less than $1 million in previous state grant money to restart…

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Lenape holds off Washington Township

Girls Soccer: West Orange vs. Kearny , September 8, 2021

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Senior Kylie McNamara had a goal in each half to pace Lenape to a 2-1 win over Washington Township in Medford.

Sophomore Kaelyn Phillips contributed with an assist for Lenape (1-1) while junior Ryann Foley finished with four saves in between the pipes.

Senior Gianna Garozzo equalized for Washington Township (1-1) in the second half and senior goalie Kelsey Newton had four saves.

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Push for Native American curriculum in schools makes gains :: WRAL.com

By SUSAN HAIGH, Associated Press

For years, many Native American tribes have felt their history has not been given its due by schools in Connecticut, a state that takes its name from an Algonquian word meaning “land on the long tidal river.”

Soon, however, schools will be required to teach Native American studies, with an emphasis on local tribes, under a law passed this year at the urging of tribes including the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, best known today for its Foxwoods Resort Casino.

“When you’re in Connecticut, to not learn about the Eastern woodland tribes, the tribes that Connecticut was founded on, (that) was the issue that we were pressing,” said Rodney Butler, chairman of the Mashantucket Pequots.

It has been a long-running goal of many Native Americans to have more about their history and culture taught in grade schools. New requirements have been adopted in Connecticut, North Dakota and Oregon and advocates say their efforts have gained some momentum with the nation’s reckoning over racial injustice since the killing of George Floyd.

The legislation affecting schools has advanced alongside new bans on Native American mascots for sports teams and states celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day in place of Christopher Columbus Day.

The push for curriculum requirements has not been without challenges, with some legislatures deeming new laws unnecessary because Native American history already is reflected in school curriculum. There also have been some steps in the opposite direction amid battles over how topics related to race and racism are taught in classrooms.

In South Dakota, a group of teachers and citizens charged with crafting new state social studies standards said last month that Gov. Kristi Noem’s administration deleted from their draft recommendations many elements intended to bolster students’ understanding of Native American history and culture. They said changes made to…

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H.S. Football: Wyoming Area strikes quickly, rolls past Nanticoke Area

WEST PITTSTON — The good vibrations on the Nanticoke Area sideline lasted all of one play.

The Trojans’ Jaylin Collins returned the opening kick half the length of the field into Wyoming Area territory. From that point, the glimmer of hope turned into an onslaught of despair.

Wyoming Area pounded Nanticoke Area for a 47-13 victory on Friday night. The Warriors remain undefeated through three games on the season.

“We did a great job, spreading the ball around and getting all of our playmakers involved,” Wyoming Area coach Randy Spencer said. “Our skill guys, led by Rocco Pizano, were making big plays in the passing game. It was important for us to build our confidence.”

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The Warriors forced a fumble on the first Nanticoke Area offensive play. On the Wyoming Area’s second play, Pizano caught a 42-yard catch down the field into the red zone. Quarterback Blaise Sokach-Minnick avoided a fleet of Nanticoke Area defenders and flicked a pass in traffic to Aaron Crossley for a 4-yard touchdown.

Sokach-Minnick’s quick thinking and accurate passing kept the Nanticoke Area secondary on its heels. In just one half’s worth of work, the Wyoming Area senior quarterback completed 11 of 14 passes for 208 yards and four touchdowns.

“He was throwing amazing,” Crossley said. “He should have had five honestly! I kind of messed up the last play. But he still got it done.”

All four of his touchdowns were thrown to different Wyoming Area receivers. Pizano found the end zone on a 22-yard pass on the team’s second drive. Usamah Alansari had one of his two touchdowns on the night via a 17-yard connection in the second quarter. Sokach-Minnick closed out his lucrative first half by finding John Morgan in the…

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UN recruits a sign language interpreter for Iraq’s electoral commission

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Ahead of next month’s parliamentary elections in Iraq, the United Nations has hired a sign language interpreter to help the country’s electoral authorities reach out to deaf voters, the international organization announced on Tuesday.

At the request of the Iraqi government and under UN Security Council Resolution 2576, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) is supporting and advising the Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC).

“Iraq’s election will be more credible if it involves as many Iraqi voters as possible,” the organization tweeted on Tuesday. “And that includes the deaf community.”

The sign language interpreter will, therefore, help the IHEC “broaden its reach”.

The parliamentary elections are scheduled to take place on October 10, where more than 3,000 candidates are vying for the 329 seats in Iraq’s legislative house.

UNAMI will also send 130 international experts to observe the electoral process “in advance” and “on election day,” Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, the United Nations Special Representative for Iraq, recently said.

Read More: UNAMI monitors hate speech against female candidates in Iraq’s elections

The team will advise the local electoral authorities on all the operational aspects and phases of the process, including voter registration, candidate nomination, procurement and logistics.

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Mohegan Sun announces lineup commemorating 25th Anniversary

UNCASVILLE, CT (September 9, 2021) – To properly celebrate 25 years as the Northeast’s premiere integrated entertainment resort,

 Mohegan Sun announces an impressive lineup of entertainment, deals, giveaways, and celebrity appearances throughout the month of October. From larger-than-life gaming promotions to headlining concerts in the award-winning Mohegan Sun Arena, the brand’s 25th anniversary is stacking up to be a can’t-miss celebration.

As part of the milestone anniversary, Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment’s (MGE) flagship property will offer Momentum loyalty members a special “Collect and Win” promo throughout the month of October, where cardholders can earn a swipe at the special 25th anniversary kiosks for a chance to win Free Slot Play prizes and up to $50,000 cash! In addition, the brand is offering a $250,000 Anniversary Slot Sweepstakes for loyalists to try their luck at winning their share of $250,000 in cash by playing their favorite slots! High-rolling private blackjack, slot and Baccarat tournaments will also be hosted for VIP gamers.

Beyond the casino floor, Mohegan Sun is planning an epic culmination weekend on October 22-24, with appearances and performance from superstars like Harry Styles and Blake Shelton, each headlining the Mohegan Sun Arena with very limited tickets still available. Further, Hip-Hop legends Run DMC will be performing in the Wolf Den for the first time ever, and celebrities of all status will be on-hand for a VIP party at Mohegan’s newest hot-spot, TAO Asian Bistro & Lounge.

From dining to retail, Mohegan Sun will be offering an abundance of promotions throughout October. Guests can enjoy delicious deals at on-property favorites such as 25 percent off indulgent appetizers at Comix Roadhouse,  out-of-this-world promos at Johnny Rockets, and decadent discounts that will make you want to wine and dine at Jasper White’s Summer Shack and Sushi Koya….

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