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Troop 25 In The News

Below are links to Troop 25 news stories.

February 24, 2021
Bright Spot: Local Boy Scout troop helps clean up homeowner's yard
WFSB, Chanel 3
MANCHESTER — Troop 25 Scout Leader Paul Maidment gathered up his troops and they showed up ready to jump into action. They worked non-stop, raking and bagging about 85 bags of leaves.
> Watch the story at WFSB.COM
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April 10, 2020
Tolland Chamber Choir sends uplift around world
Journal Inquirer
TOLLAND — Twenty students and two alumni of Tolland High School, including Troop 25 Life Scout Tony Uriano, have formed the Tolland Music Virtual Choir to sing “A Million Dreams” in a hope-inspiring video that has been viewed by people in six countries and 26 U.S. states.
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November 12, 2019
Manchester Honors Veterans
Hartford Courant: State News
Cole Nodden, a student at Manchester High School and a member of Boy Scout Troop 25, plays taps in the Manchester Veterans Day parade and ceremony Monday in front of Manchester Memorial Hospital.
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September 30, 2019
Tunxis Professor Reaches Final Of Seven Summits
Hartford Courant: Community News for the West Hartford Area
FARMINGTON -- Tunxis Community College professor Mark Milewski successfully summited Indonesia’s 16,024-foot Mount Carstensz Pyramid on the island of New Guinea on Aug. 15, marking the completion of a project he started in 2007 to climb all Seven Summits, the highest mountain on each continent.
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September 3, 2019
Manchester man completes Appalachian Trail
Journal Inquirer
MANCHESTER — Brian Michaud, 19, of Manchester completed the 2,192-mile Appalachian Trail on Aug. 10. Brian flew to Georgia on March 5 and began his northbound journey, completing the trail in just over five months. He is a 2018 graduate of Manchester High School and an Eagle Scout from Troop 25.
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May 17, 2018
Eagle Scout helps evolve Butterfly Garden
Journal Inquirer
MANCHESTER — The Children’s Butterfly Garden at Northwest Park has received a major makeover.

​Last spring the Eagle Scouts from Boy Scout Troop 25 of Center Congregational Church worked to improve the garden’s appearance and remove an invasive weed. Then, troop member Hunter Nodden took it a step further. Nodden decided to dedicate his Eagle project this year to rebuilding the worn down arbor.
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March 5, 2018
Troop 25 Boy Scouts Earn Eagle Rank
Journal Inquirer
Troop 25 celebrated its four newest Eagle Scouts at the Troop’s Eagle Court of Honor on February 21st at the Center Congregational Church in Manchester.  Josiah Joy, Evan Keeran, Nicholas Keegan, and Nicholas Hof supervised Scouts and others in performing hundreds of hours of community service.  
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January 2, 2018
Eagle project takes off at New England Air Museum
GeneralAviationNews.com

A new PlayScape has taken off at the New England Air Museum, thanks to Evan Pedneault of Troop 25 in Manchester, CT.  Evan shepherded the Eagle Scout Service Project from the planning and creative stage through installation of the PlayScape and surrounding landscaping on Dec. 2, 2017.  He reports it took most of 2017 to complete the project.
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June 5, 2017
New Eagle Scouts

Community News for the Manchester Edition, Hartford Courant
Troop 25's seven new Eagle Scouts supervised their fellow Scouts and others in performing hundreds of hours of community service for a variety of organizations. Six of the young men received their award at a Court of Honor in late February and one more on Wednesday, May 10, at the Troop's May Court of Honor. Liam Patrick, John Albright, Trent Riewe, Mike Keeran, Brian Michaud, Ben Norman, and Robbie Blum are the proud recipients and join the more than four hundred Eagles in Troop 25 since its inception in 1916.
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October 29, 2016
Conversation with: Mark Milewski
​‘Whenever there is an opportunity, I jump at an adventure’

Suzanne McLaughlin Journal Inquirer
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Last May, Mark Milewski, a lifelong Manchester resident, Scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 25 in Manchester, and business teacher at Tunxis Community College in Farmington, summited Mount Everest. That leaves him with only two more of the Seven Summits to climb.
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September 1, 2016
His route to the top of Mount Everest went through Scouting 
Bryan Wendell, Bryan on Scouting Blog for BSA's Adult Leaders
​One Connecticut Scoutmaster’s journey to the top of the world started much closer to sea level. Mark Milewski, Eagle Scout and Scoutmaster of Troop 25 in Manchester, Conn., reached the summit of Mount Everest in May, and he says Scouting gave him the character and grit he needed to get there.
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June 24, 2016
Scoutmaster Summits Mt. Everest, Takes Troop Neckerchief
​The Newsroom Blog, Boy Scouts of America
If you were on your way up to the summit of Mount Everest, the tallest mountain on Earth, knowing that every ounce of gear counts and any miscalculation or extra weight could actually mean the difference between life and death, would you be brave enough to take along your Scout neckerchief?
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January 2, 2015
Scout Builds Memorial Brick Patio At His Alma Mater

​Michael Walsh, The Hartford Courant
When Patrick Villandry was tasked with coming up with an Eagle Scout project, he knew he wanted to help out his alma mater, Assumption School in Manchester. "I wanted to do something challenging and rewarding," Villandry said at the Dec. 23 dedication of his project. "I wanted to give back to my old school."
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October 4, 2014
Manchester Boy Scout Finishes His Appalachian Trail Challenge
Michael Walsh, The Hartford Courant
Manchester Boy Scout Jonathan Maidment has finished his dream of hiking the Appalachian Trail, raising more than $32,000 for charity in the process. Maidment, 19, of Bolton is a member of Manchester Boy Scout Troop 25. He hiked the trail to complete one of his personal goals, but also to also raise money for research of Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, a genetic disorder.
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June 24, 2014
​Two Manchester Youths Earn Rank Of Eagle Scout

Michael Walsh, The Hartford Courant
Two Scouts with Manchester Boy Scout Troop 25 have been made Eagle Scouts after completing their community service projects. Justin Pedneault and Jeff Michaud, both of Manchester, joined the ranks of 400 or so other Troop 25 Boy Scouts who have reached the rank of Eagle Scout since 1916.
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March 06, 2014
Two Eagle Scouts Hiking Appalachian Trail, Pair Are Raising Money For Medical Research
Michael Walsh, The Hartford Courant
Two Eagle Scouts from Manchester Boy Scout Troop 25 are hiking the Appalachian Trail for a cause. Jonathan Maidment, of Bolton, and Brian Fearon, of Manchester, started their hike in Georgia on Feb. 27. Maidment, specifically, is hiking to raise funds for research into Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, a genetic disorder.
> Read More

February 6, 1985
Boy Scouting After 75 Years
John Lacy, The Hartford Courant
A feature article on Troop 25 from the Connecticut Living section of the Hartford Court.

Please note that the download is a large pdf file, approximately 75mb. It may take a few minutes to fully download in a new window,
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