Published: March 28, 2016 By Sandra Gomez-Aceves Special to the Record-Journal.
WALLINGFORD — Vibrantly colored skirts swooshed in time with rhythmic stomps as Jailene Ruiz led 24 other teens in a Mexican folkloric dance at the Spanish Community of Wallingford.
“Guys, let’s get going!,” said Ruiz, as the others lined up. […]
Record-Journal (Meriden, CT) September 11, 2012 Section: Local and State Page: 11 By Russell Blair Record-Journal staff WALLINGFORD – Tom DeCicco has spent the last three years seeking full-time employment after the job he held at AT&T for 14 years was outsourced. “You keep hearing everyone say the economy is getting better, but […]
Record-Journal (Meriden, CT) January 30, 2012 Section: Local and State Page: 13 By Russell Blair WALLINGFORD – Forty years ago, a group of local Latinos gathered together in a South Cherry Street storefront to create an organization to help Spanish-speakers adjust to life in town. Four decades later, the Spanish Community of Wallingford (SCOW) has its own […]
Record-Journal (Meriden, CT) April 25, 2011 Section: Local and State Page: 20 Choate Rosemary Hall was the title sponsor of the Spanish Community of Wallingford’s first annual wine tasting fundraiser benefit, “Wines of Latin America,” held on March 31. On behalf of the school, Headmaster Shanahan made a $4,000 donation to SCOW representatives. Maria Campos-Harlow, […]
Record-Journal (Meriden, CT) April 10, 2011 Section: Wallingford Page: C04 By Robin Watson WALLINGFORD – The totals have come in from the first largescale fundraiser in its 39-year history, and the Spanish Community of Wallingford can report the event was “as successful as we dared to dream,” according to the group’s treasurer, Stephen Knight. With […]
Record-Journal (Meriden, CT) April 10, 2011 Section: Wallingford Page: C04 By Robin Watson WALLINGFORD – The totals have come in from the first largescale fundraiser in its 39-year history, and the Spanish Community of Wallingford can report the event was “as successful as we dared to dream,” according to the group’s treasurer, Stephen Knight. With […]
Record-Journal (Meriden, CT) March 20, 2011 Section: Opinions Page: C06 The story of immigration to the United States is a fascinating one for me, possibly because my family really doesn’t have one. We’re old Yankees from Maine that go back enough generations that the stories of my ancestors’ arrival have been lost – at least […]
Record-Journal (Meriden, CT) February 24, 2011 Section: Local and State Page: 17 By Robin Watson WALLINGFORD – For a music class filled with 10 children wielding stringed instruments – some larger than the students themselves – it was fairly quiet. The room at the Spanish Community of Wallingford on Washington Street fell silent as Ramon […]
Record-Journal (Meriden, CT) February 15, 2011 Section: Main Page: 01 By Mary Ellen Godin WALLINGFORD – Parents who come from another country and don’t speak English are sometimes intimidated by the schools and teachers here because of the language barrier. “Their kids learn English much faster than they do,” said Stephen Knight, a board […]
Record-Journal (Meriden, CT) January 5, 2011 Section: Wallingford Page: 15 ByTiffany Diorio SCOW musicians to play an encore at library Thursday WALLINGFORD – A well-received performance by the Spanish Community of Wallingford’s music school students at Holy Trinity Church is leading to a totally unexpected encore at the Wallingord Public Library. The SCOW […]
Record-Journal (Meriden, CT) December 13, 2010 Section: Main Page: 01 By Richie Rathsack Mexican tradition visits Choate WALLINGFORD – Some surprised Choate students were greeted at their door Sunday by Mary and Joseph seeking a place to stay during the first Posada Navidena, a joint program of Choate Rosemary Hall and the Spanish […]
