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Schools offer help to English learners, but is it enough?- WALLINGFORD – Living in a country where the official language is not your primary language can create many obstacles.We have heard from a few Wallingford parents who mentioned they feel their children are not receiving enough help learning English....

Southington’s Music on the Green returns this summer with full schedule- SOUTHINGTON — Music on the Green will have a full 15 concerts this summer, bringing back crowd favorites and some new bands. The series will start on June 1, said Jerry Limmer, head coordinator of Music on the Green. The lineup isn’t publicly...

Meriden’s Miguel Cardona talks about his first year as U.S. Secretary of Education- MERIDEN — While Miguel Cardona spends most of his week in Washington D.C. as the U.S. Secretary of Education, on Sundays you might see him worshiping at a local church or attending a family event.Last month marked a year since Cardona was sworn in to...

Southington finance board OKs budget with slight tax increase - SOUTHINGTON — Town finance officials recommended a budget for next year that keeps the tax rate nearly unchanged.The rise in vehicle values means taxpayers with cars and trucks will nonetheless likely pay more when bills come in this summer.The...

Cheshire church donates relief kits to Ukrainian refugees- CHESHIRE — On Saturday, nearly 150 people gathered at Cornerstone Church to assemble relief kits for women seeking refuge from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The church, located at 1146 Waterbury Road, raised over $40,000 in donations for kits that...

State unions ratify contracts granting raises, bonuses- More than 30 state employee bargaining units have ratified contracts that would provide more than 40,000 workers with $3,500 in bonuses by July, along with three years of raises, the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition announced Friday.The...

7 things to know this week in Meriden, Wallingford, Southington, Cheshire - Things to know this week include proposed zoning changes to allow data center development in Wallingford, commercial and resident development proposals in the West Street area of Southington and a school climate survey in Wallingford. In Cheshire, the...

OPINION: Leave transportation out of politics and social engineering experiments- By Stephen KnightThe “gas tax holiday” that went into effect on April 1 has been so overhyped as to border on satire, but it does bring the subject of Connecticut’s proposed transportation into question. This column will touch on two: the gas tax...

Conn. doesn’t expect to mandate 2nd booster shot- State officials are encouraging people with multiple co-morbidities and older residents — especially those over 65 — to get a second booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, recently approved for those 50 and older.But for now, officials are not...

Shanghai moves to 2nd part of lockdown as testing lines grow- BEIJING — About 16 million residents in Shanghai are being tested for the coronavirus during the second stage of the lockdown that shifted Friday to the western half of China’s biggest city and financial capital. Meanwhile, residents of Shanghai’s...