A number of projects are underway to solve the food waste problem, which many say is the linchpin to Connecticut’s waste disposal crisis.
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How one CT school district prepared to start the year anew, again
Teacher Courtney Haskell prepares for the upcoming school year. Different from last year, students in her class will be allowed to share books in the bookshelf in the classroom. A year ago, like many districts throughout the state, the Meriden public school system was ready to re-open its doors, weary of a pandemic that had […]
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As the push to reopen schools intensifies, Miguel Cardona and first lady Jill Biden travel to Meriden to show how this town did it
Cardona said getting the nation’s schools reopened is priority No. 1.
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State closes COVID recovery facilities as nursing home cases continue to fall
The two stand-alone recovery centers have seen more than 320 patients since they reopened in October during the second surge.
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Miguel Cardona’s ideas about education were forged in Meriden, CT. Now he will bring them to Washington, D.C.
Miguel Cardona’s experiences in Meriden will likely be front-of-mind as he coordinates policy as U.S. Secretary of Education.
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CT’s small solutions to climate change: when flood control spurs economic development
Harbor Brook spilled its banks year after year until Meriden created a 14-acre park that doubles as a detention basin for water.