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United Way 2021 Campaign Chair Ty Bongiovanni from Bongiovanni Insurance and Financial, kicks off the 2021 campaign during the 2020-21 United Way of Meriden and Wallingford Award Ceremony and Community Campaign Kick-Off Event at the Meriden Green Amphitheater on Thursday, September 17, 2020. Aaron Flaum, Record-Journal

OPINION: Volunteering for the United Way of Meriden and Wallingford

By Stephen KnightI’m sure you are as sick of hearing about Covid-19 as I am, so I promise I won’t prattle on about how much pain ...
 
By Dean RidingsWhat would my town be without a newspaper? If you haven’t asked yourself that question, perhaps it is time to consi ...
Wallingford Town Council Chairman Vincent Cervoni speaks with the Record-Journal on a Zoom video call April 23, 2020.
Last Friday, after passed by the state House and Senate, Governor Ned Lamont signed into law House Bill 6004, An Act Concerning P ...
Jon Birney, of Wallingford, walks by an official ballot box in front of Wallingford Town Hall, Mon., Aug. 3, 2020. Public Works crews installed two absentee ballot drop boxes outside Town Hall Monday, after a back-and-forth between the mayor and the state about drop box accessibility for next Tuesday’s primary election. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
Wallingford politics often feels like one of the Lego Movies.  People’s perception of the town falls into either the “everything ...
A note, left, reminding absentee voters not to use the tax payment slot to deliver their ballot at Wallingford Town Hall, Mon., Aug. 3, 2020. Public Works crews installed two absentee ballot drop boxes outside Town Hall Monday, after a back-and-forth between the mayor and the state about drop box accessibility for next Tuesday’s primary election. One ballot box was placed in front of the carriage house and one was placed at the front entrance to town hall. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
By Stephen KnightThe Ballot Box Brouhaha is over. The two drop boxes were moved outdoors at the order of the Secretary of the Stat ...
By Lorraine S. ConnellyIn a world turned upside down by the pandemic maybe we’re all being forced to do some heavy mental deadhead ...
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Kevin Casey, of Southington, looks over his electric bill in front of his Visconti Avenue residence, Mon., Jul. 27, 2020. Casey was shocked at the steep spike in the delivery rate from Eversource. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
By Len SuzioAs I write this op-ed, the politicians in Hartford are demanding that the state Public Utilities Regulatory Authority ...
Lincoln Middle School students head out to their buses at the end of the school day, Thurs., Mar. 5, 2020. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
By Mike ReynoldsIn his column, (R-J 7/26/20), Chris Powell gets one thing right: schools are indeed “Soft Targets.” A place where ...
A man walks by official ballot drop boxes next to the Town Clerk office on the first floor of Wallingford Town Hall, Tues., Jul. 21, 2020. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
By Lorraine S. ConnellyThis month voter drop boxes are cropping up in towns and cities across Connecticut in time for the Aug. 11 ...
In the past five months, Congress has responded to the coronavirus public health crisis with several emergency relief measures, in ...
The Spanish Community of Wallingford, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
Everyone has been affected by the pandemic in some way, but the ones most harshly affected are likely to be on the lower rungs of ...
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