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Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz, left, administers the oath to Millie Torres-Ferguson, center, on Friday at Taino Smokehouse Prime Restaurant in Meriden as she is surrounded by her family, during her swearing in ceremony as Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles.

Meriden’s Torres-Ferguson sworn in as DMV deputy commissioner
 
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A fan of the Puerto Rico baseball team gets his hair dried after it was bleached as part of a mass hair dying event in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the most hair dyed in eight hours in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, Friday, March 10, 2023. Going blond, which began as a joke among team members playing in California many years ago, was set up by fans to show support for their team competing at the World Baseball Classic.
La Niña, whichworsens hurricanes and drought, is goneAfter three nasty years, the La Niña weather phenomenon that increases Atlant ...
Queso for a Cause returns to Pancheros in Wallingford on Tuesday. | File photo 
WALLINGFORD — Grabbing a delicious meal at Pancheros for dinner on Tuesday night will not only satisfy your hunger but will also ...
Vanessa Torres, of Meriden, stands in the lobby of a space under renovation for her new business The Party Spot, an event studio at 1 Prestige Dr. in Meriden on Thursday. Torres hopes to open the business in May. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
MERIDEN — The Zoning Board of Appeals granted a special exception Tuesday that would allow a new event rental facility to open at ...
Javier Reyes is performing at Revolutions Bowling and Lounge as part of his U.S. stand-up comedy tour on Saturday, April 29, from 9 p.m. Screenshot by David Matos, Eventbrite website.
From stand-up comedy with Antonio Sanint, a spring hike with Latino Outdoors Connecticut and live music from Cuban-American singer ...
Timoteo Circus performer Adolfo Salas is seen here on Dec. 18, 2022, dressed in character as Prince Angel poses for a photo in Santiago, Chile. The Timoteo Circus is a show that has fought prejudice and discrimination against Chile’s LGBTQ community for more than a half century. Esteban Felix, Associated Press
U.N. rights group says Nicaragua government committed crimes against humanity  A Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua presen ...
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Patrons view artwork from “La Onda Chicana/ the Chicanx Wave,” a new exhibit that opened Sunday at the Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury.
“La Onda Chicana,” a vivid new exhibit highlighting contemporary Latino artists, opened Sunday at the Mattatuck Museum at 144 W. ...
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The Connecticut Small Business Boost Fund still has $125 million in loans available, especially for businesses owned by minorities ...
Maritza Hernandez, of New Britain, talks on Thursday about changing her diet due to diabetes. Photos by Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
As the chief of endocrinology of the Hospital of Central Connecticut in Southington, Dr. Manmeet Kaur said that comprehensive diab ...
Carmen Chaparro, branch executive director of the Meriden YMCA, right, and Carrie Marquardt, health and wellness director for the Meriden-New Britain-Berlin YMCA, confer in Chaparro’s office at the Meriden YMCA on Friday. Chaparro is the first woman and first Latina to fill the branch executive director position. Photos by Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
MERIDEN — In her 12 years working at the Meriden YMCA, Carmen Chaparro filled several roles. She worked as an assistant, fundraise ...
Octavio Dominguez, owner of Grizzly Home Inspections, looks over a brick wall while inspecting a house on Cook Avenue in Meriden, Tuesday, February 28, 2023. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
WALLINGFORD — Growing up in Wallingford in the late-1990s through the early 2000s, there weren’t a lot of Latinos like Octavio Dom ...
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