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Angel Guaman, owner of GS Boutique Café, shares in a laugh with Mayor Kevin Scarpati, Adriana Rodriguez, executive director of Spanish Community of Wallingford, and Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz on Friday after presenting them with traditional Ecuadorian hats and coffee at the 55 West Main St. business in downtown Meriden. Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz visited GS Boutique Café in honor of the month-long commencement of Hispanic Heritage Month. Bysiewicz was also joined by State Reps. Hilda Santiago, Jack Fazzino and Michael Quinn. Photos by Dave Zajac, Record-Journal

Lt. Gov. Bysiewicz visits, celebrates Meriden Latino-owned businesses
 
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At left: Leaders from Puerto Rican communities accross the state meet with state legislators at a roundtable discussion at the Capitol building in Hartford on Thursday.
HARTFORD — Leaders of Puerto Rican parades and festivals from across Connecticut joined state legislators Thursday afternoon for ...
Graphic by Lau Guzmán. Movie posters courtesy of Sony Pictures Releasing, Pantelion Films, Sony Pictures Classics, Roadside Attractions and Netflix. 
Who was the last person you saw on screen? Chances are, it wasn’t a Latino actor.Less than 6% of all U.S. film roles in 2021 were ...
Colombian business owner Peter Escobar, left, recieves a handshake from Wallingford Mayor William Dickinson on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2023 at the 50th anniversary celebration of Colonial Flooring America at 1116 N. Colony Road in Wallingford. Lau Guzmán, Record-Journal 
WALLINGFORD — Colonial Flooring America celebrated its 50th anniversary last week with a networking event featuring people from lo ...
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Each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 by celebrating the histories, cultures and ...
Barbara Belejack, librarian and organizer, reads a card for the lotería game session on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023, at Meriden Public Library. Crystal Elescano, Record-Journal
MERIDEN — Families and teens gathered inside the Meriden Public Library this past weekend to enjoy a couple rounds of the Mexican ...
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Mofongo and garlic shrimp with a side salad at El Rincon Latino Restaurant. Sept. 24 is National Mofongo Day. Record-Journal file photo
MERIDEN — National Mofongo Day coming up on Sept. 24, right in the middle of Hispanic Heritage Month.Mofongo, a cultural dish with ...
Julio Rodriguez, of Meriden, a horror mask creator and tattoo artist, shows a spider mask he’s working on for Wallingford’s Trail of Terror at his Tattoolios Tattoo Emporium located in the Yale Plaza at 950 Yale Ave. in Wallingford, Wednesday.
WALLINGFORD – Julio Rodriguez’ nightmares don’t live in his head anymore. Instead, he spends a lot of his spare time making nightm ...
This view looking east shows Yale Acres apartment complex on Broadvale Road in Meriden. An enrollment study released this week showed a large increase in the number of Meriden students living at Yale Acres due to improvements made to the housing development. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
MERIDEN — A 10-year projected enrollment study commissioned by the Board of Education predicts the number of students in local sch ...
Puerto Rico’s singer-song writer Kany Garcia performs in concert in Mexico City, Thursday, Aug. 10.Berenice Bautista, Associated Press
WALLINGFORD — Meriden Resident Yaly Marie Mejias is both excited and nervous to go see Eladio Carrión at the Toyota Oakdale Theate ...
The ensemble of “VIVA Broadway” performs “Steppin’ to the Bad Side” from the “Dreamgirls” musical at Seven Angels Theatre in Waterbury on Friday, Sept. 15.
WATERBURY — Pa’lante Theater Company opened “VIVA Broadway” on Friday evening at Seven Angels Theatre to an audience of about 150 ...
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