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View of East Cemetery located at the end of Miles Place off East Main Street in Meriden, Mon., Oct. 12, 2020. Meriden

OPINION: Paying respect to history at Meriden’s East Cemetery

It was good to see East Cemetery get some attention the other day. Eleven of the Meriden Masonic Lodge’s 13 founders are buried th ...
 
Vice President Mike Pence looks at Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., as he answers a question during the vice presidential debate Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, at Kingsbury Hall on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool)
I don’t know about you, but I’m exhausted. I don’t think I can watch another debate.They should send out blood pressure monitors, ...
Kathy Matula, recreation coordinator, stands in the main room of the Augusta Curtis Cultural Center on East Main Street in Meriden, Tues., Sept. 22, 2020. The city’s Parks & Recreation Department is booking and operating events at the Augusta Curtis Cultural Center, after the center’s board of directors dissolved earlier this summer. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
I was impressed the other day by Dave Zajac’s photographs of the Augusta Curtis Cultural Center. It’s not that I’d forgotten how ...
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COVID-19 keeps showing us who’s boss.All the defiance in the world, all the determination has to bow to its reality.High schoo ...
Sheehan’s Jason Villano speaks to the crowd during a rally at the Connecticut State Capitol during a rally trying to reinstate a football season on Wednesday, September 9, 2020. Aaron Flaum, Record-Journal
It’s hard not to sympathize with the young people, many wearing their team jerseys, who went to Hartford on Wednesday to protest ...
A Solar farm is proposed for this field off East Street in Southington, Fri., May 1, 2020. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
I know someone who would eat dirt. Or, at least, sample it. Maybe you know someone like that, too. It doesn’t seem right to call ...
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Judy Samaha laughs as she is roasted at her retirement party at the Aqua Turf Club in Southington on Oct. 12, 2006. Samaha retired from Sheehan High School after years of teaching, coaching, and as athletic director.
High school was a long time ago for me, so when I first encountered powder puff I thought it was a silly thing. Most role reversal ...
Visitors leave the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Neb., Monday, July 27, 2020, where face mask wearing is required indoors and encouraged in the outdoor areas. Nebraska
You know what it’s like: You have this vague idea and a sort of memory about something but you’re not really sure about either of ...
FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2016, file photo, John "Tito" Francona, right, former Cleveland Indians outfielder and father of current manager Terry Francona, left, reacts after throwing a ceremonial first pitch before Game 1 of baseball
I’ve long admired Terry Francona, the manager of the Cleveland Indians who also led the Red Sox to the world championship, twice. ...
Fireworks explode over Mirror Lake during the annual Independence Day celebration at Hubbard Park in Meriden, Thursday, July 2, 2015. | Dave Zajac / Record-Journal
It says so in the national anthem: rockets’ red glare and bombs bursting in air. No wonder we like a good fireworks celebration on ...
The Christopher Columbus monument in front of the Town of Southington John Weichsel Municipal Center, Thurs., Jun. 18, 2020. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
Statues are coming down across the nation, and it has not been pretty. Taking down the statue in Wooster Square in New Haven the ...
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