August, 13th 2013 By Jeff Gebeau WALLINGFORD – Spanish Community of Wallingford Executive Director Maria Harlow called the organization’s new recycling push a “happy accident.” SCOW planned to host a standard youth leadership conference in July as the culminating event to its annual Adelante! America Youth Leadership Program, but the kids “wanted something different,” Harlow explained. […]
Record-Journal (Meriden, CT) July 24, 2013 Section: Wallingford Page: 17 Brianna Gurciullo WALLINGFORD – Tr e s hermanos, tres violines y una noche de musica . The Villalobos Brothers, three violinists from New York City, will perform this week at a fundraiser for the Spanish Community of Wallingford. The local organization will hold […]
April 17, 2013 Section: Wallingford Page: 17 By Andrew Ragali WALLINGFORD – Local students will soon have the opportunity to interact with astronauts aboard the International Space Station through a partnership between the CT STEM Academy of Wallingford and the NASA Amateur Radio International Space Station program. The academy announced the news during an event […]
Record-Journal (Meriden, CT) September 25, 2012 Section: Wallingford Page: 17 By Laurie Rich Salerno WALLINGFORD – The Spanish Community of Wallingford is planning an expansion into an unoccupied townown building next door. SCOW Executive Director Maria Harlow said that the community center is planning to move its music programs into the first floor of the […]
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 […]
