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Students during a math class at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School in Meriden on Sept. 28. The school overhauled the way it taught and the way it ran the classroom to improve student performance. Christopher Capozziello, The New York Times

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Student teacher Skyler Puckett, of Wallingford, works with fourth-grade student Rhyleigh Wibby, 10, at Thomas Hooker Elementary School in Meriden on Thursday. Puckett, a Southern Connecticut State University student, is finishing her student teaching at Thomas Hooker and will be taking over a new second-grade classroom at John Barry Elementary School next month. The position was created to alleviate class sizes at John Barry Elementary School. Photos by Dave Zajac, Record-Journal

Meriden schools focus on maintaining small class sizes, individualized instruction

Kristen Gilbride poses for a photo on Tuesday inside her new coffee shop Green Kettle Coffee in Wallingford. After some delays in receiving construction materials, Green Kettle Coffee plans to open on Thursday and will hold its grand opening on Friday ahead of the town’s Holiday Stroll. Photos by Aaron Flaum, Record-Journal

Green Kettle Coffee to open in time for Wallingford stroll

Platt Theatre students B’yanka Anzivine, left, and Yaretzi Valentin, right, as seen in Platt Theatre’s upcoming production of the action-adventure play “She Kills Monsters.” Platt Theatre will perform the show nightly from Thursday, Dec. 1, through Saturday, Dec. 3. Each show begins at 7 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for students students, 5. For tickets and more information visit www.platttheatre.com. (photo courtesy of Izabella Murphy / Platt High School)

Action and adventure comes to Platt Theatre stage in “She Kills Monsters”

Vannesa Moreno, owner of Your CBD Store at 75 Washington Ave. in North Haven, poses for a photo on Oct. 13. Products from her friend’s Sunmed store in Milford helped Moreno manage her anxiety so much that she said she eventually decided to open her own Sunmed franchise in North Haven. Photos by Dave Zajac, Record-Journal

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