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Angel Robles, family-school liason for Nathan Hale, Thomas Hooker and Israel Putnam elementary schools, poses for a photo on May 11 in the library at Israel Putnam Elementary School in Meriden.

How Meriden schools are trying to build trust with Spanish-speaking families
 
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The Meriden Board of Education offices on Liberty Street in Meriden.
MERIDEN — City school officials on Tuesday shared a spending plan that closes a $1.3 million shortfall between the fiscal 2024 bud ...
The Meriden Public Library hosts a conversation hour for guests to practice their Spanish speaking skills on Wednesday, May 31. Screenshot by David Matos, Eventbrite website
   
Carne asada and shrimp tacos prepared by La Casa Mania on Thurs. May 18, 2023. Crystal Elescano, Record-Journal
MIDDLETOWN — New Mexican restaurant La Casa Mania opened last weekend and brought authentic Mexican street food to downtown Middle ...
Maria Campos-Harlow, executive director of the United Way of Meriden and Wallingford, poses in the organization
MERIDEN — Advocating for her community is what Maria Campos-Harlow has done since she came to the United States in 2001. On Thursd ...
 A recent report found that there is a growing number of Latinos that do not belong to a formal church. However, many of these latinos keep a form of religious practice such as lighting candles, praying the rosary or placing crystals in their home. Graphic by Lau Guzmán. 
As a first generation Puerto Rican born to a Pentecostal family in New York, Clarybel Rodriguez said that shared religion was an ...
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Bilingual paraeducator Marisol Garcia assists first-grader Andrea Guzman, 6, who reads in English at Cook Hill Elementary School in Wallingford, on Wednesday, March 15. Multilingual teachers are helping bridge the language gap in Wallingford elementary schools.
WALLINGFORD —  Magdali Cordova realized that her kids were learning English in school differently. She had moved from Ecuador in ...
Jaslene Dominguez, 13, of Wallingford, performs a folklorico dance with members of Alma de Mexico during the seventh annual International Night at Spanish Community of Wallingford on Wednesday. Photos by Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
WALLINGFORD — Families were able to “travel” around the world during the seventh annual International Celebration hosted by the Sp ...
Ecuador’s president dismisses legislature as it tries to oust himEcuadorian President Guillermo Lasso dismissed the legislature wh ...
Angel Hernandez-Ayala, of Meriden, right, directs a comment to Clinician III Paul Shaker on March 9 during a support group discussion at Rushford in Meriden.Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
Maria Canales was her family's English-to-Spanish translator growing up. She began going with her parents to medical appointments ...
 The Xolo Bar & Loungewill host its grand opening of Lo’ Maximo Saturdays from Saturday, May 27. Screenshot by David Matos, Eventbrite website
From a Frankie Ruiz performance tribute, to a Caribbean-American celebration to a Waterbury Afro-Latino Film Festival, Connecticut ...
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