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New Assistant Principal Orlando Valentin greets kindergarten students arriving for class during orientation week at Hanover Elementary School in South Meriden, Thurs., Aug. 26, 2021. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal

OPINION: Meriden gains strength from diversity, inclusiveness


The school year in Meriden opened recently with 200 new staff members, including 90 new teachers. Even when you factor in Edison ...
When I heard about Glenn Richter I was in California visiting my son, who lives in Alameda, across the bay from San Francisco. I ...
I imagine you’d agree there’s a lot to worry about these days. So much there’s not enough time in a day to worry about all the thi ...
In a recent column I mentioned a pileated woodpecker I’d run into during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. I’d wandered ...
One of the things I did a lot in 2020 was walk around. This does not sound super exciting — I know. I suppose I could try to eleva ...
A year ago, I expressed admiration for Terry Francona, the manager of the Cleveland baseball team and former manager of the Red So ...
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A year ago, my son and I attended a Juneteenth observance in Middletown. There were several speakers and as we listened we were ...
Maybe, like me, you didn’t make it to the Southington Pride events held in late May and early this month. Support still makes a di ...
I recently came across a Record-Journal editorial that took on the issue of one high school versus two. It made a case for stickin ...
I can’t think of a better time than now to look toward the future. For nearly a year and a half, looking toward the future was pre ...
Want to hear something funny? I thought 2017 was a strange year. No kidding.I even wrote about it. The very last line of my very ...
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