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Meriden Senior Center plans continue with tour of Health Department on Miller Street- MERIDEN — As the city’s plans to build a new senior center progress, the panel tasked with developing those plans toured another facility Wednesday night: the Health & Human Services Department location on Miller Street.In addition to developing a...

Magnitude of federal COVID-19 aid stoppage under review locally  - Earlier this year, the Biden administration announced that the United States will end COVID-19 emergency declarations on May 11, nearly three years after they were put in place. Local health officials are still learning about the potential local...

Latinos lead the way on COVID-19 vaccination in Meriden area- MERIDEN — As the city enters its third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than three-fourths of the local Hispanic population in Meriden and surrounding areas is vaccinated.Almost 80% of the Hispanic population in Meriden was fully vaccinated as of...

Meriden council OK’s funds for senior center study, design- MERIDEN — The City Council voted 8-0 Monday night to approve spending $250,000 in ARPA funds to pay for a design and evaluation assessment for a new senior center with the potential for other uses included in the project. City officials have been...

Medical Experts Warn Of Severe Flu Season, Urge Vaccination- As another flu season is gearing up to sweep across the states, local health officials and medical providers are urging anyone over 6 months old to get vaccinated before the end of the month.Chief Medical Officer of ConnectiCare, Dr. Indu Warrier,...

Suicide Prevention Training Stresses QPR Model - Meriden Health and Human Services and the Chesprocott Health District are partnering to host a free virtual suicide prevention training session later this month in observance of Suicide Awareness Month.The Sept. 30 training is open to all Meriden,...

Child Vax Rates Has Health Experts Concerned- COVID-19 vaccination rates for infants and preschoolers continue to be low, while rates for children aged 5 to 11 have slowed, leaving local health officials concerned.According to the state’s vaccination database, many cities and towns are slowly...

State health officials seek to increase public awareness of monkeypox- When Johnny Rivera got his positive monkeypox result, he just laughed at his doctor because his symptoms were undeniable at that point. The test was just a confirmation of what he already knew, he said at a webinar hosted on Thursday by the state...

Meriden Daffodil Festival to resume with tag sale and races this weekend- By Michael GagneRecord-Journal staffMERIDEN — Organizers of the Meriden Daffodil Festival have entered into what could be considered crunch time. The festival is relaunching, Saturday, April 30 and Sunday, May 1, after it hadn’t been held during each...

Meriden City Council’s Finance Committee hears department budget requests - MERIDEN — The City Council’s Finance Committee fielded department budget requests through two nights of workshops this week. The proposed $208.4 million spending plan includes a more than $2.3 million funding request from the Department of Health &...