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Meriden's first Black teacher still driving force behind MLK event

Hubbard Park's 125th anniversary honored with recreation of stone and masonry beehive fountain

Hubbard Park’s 125th anniversary honored with recreation of stone and masonry beehive fountain- MERIDEN — About halfway up the trail to Castle Craig sits a stone fountain in a beehive architectural style that is the last of about a dozen such structures built in the early days of Hubbard Park.Water still trickles from the spring-fed fountain,...

Beloff, Buccilli, Murphy, Sanford inducted into Meriden Hall of Fame

Meriden native and children's author dePaola honored with Forever Stamp

Meriden native and children’s author dePaola honored with Forever Stamp- MERIDEN — On Monday night, moments before he unveiled what on Friday will become the newest Forever Stamp to be issued by the U.S. Postal Service, Mayor Kevin Scarpati had a few words to share. The stamp features the cover art of “Strega Nona,”...

Hall of Fame inductees each made Meriden better in their own way

Caribbean Americans who have contributed to the community

Meriden Hall of Fame class includes U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona

The Cardonas: 'A family together, never apart'

Who Is Miguel Cardona? Education Secretary Pick Has Roots in Classroom, Principal's Office

Copy URL Miguel Cardona remembers how overwhelmed he felt when he walked into school for the first time as a student. The son of parents who moved to Meriden, Conn., from Puerto Rico as children, he lived in public housing and didn’t speak English as a young child. “I remember my first day of kindergarten at John Barry School,” the nominee for U.S. secretary of education said at a virtual farewell celebration with Meriden leaders earlier this month, referring to an elementary school in his home city. “That day, I ended up in the nurse’s office crying, and I had to go home early. I never wanted to go back. Here I am, 40 years later, and I’m having mixed emotions about leaving the place I love.”