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Volume 18, Number 33
Friday, August 18, 2023
Schools to offer free breakfast
GETTIN’ READY The North Haven Fair is just weeks away, and the grounds are being prepared for the big event. Started in 1942, this year, the North Haven Fair will run from Sept. 7 to 10. Pictured: Gerard Adinolfi from G & H Equipment in North Haven helped with the fairground setup recently.
By Rachel Wachman Record-Journal staff
REGIONAL — Gov. Ned Lamont and state Education Commissioner Charlene Russell-Tucker announced last week that Connecticut will offer free breakfast to all schoolchildren in Connecticut and make lunch free for students who previously qualified for reducedprice lunches. With this announcement, Connecticut became the seventh state to institute free school meals, with Massachusetts joining the ranks as number eight on Aug. 10.
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Six suspects charged in two-day crime spree across multiple towns By Mary Ellen Godin Record-Journal staff
At a press conference last Friday, police agencies from five different towns described a reckless, 48-hour crime spree that police believe be-
gan with a stolen Hyundai in Darien, then a purse snatching in an apartment complex in Torrington, an armed robbery in Southington, a car fire in Hubbard Park in Meriden, armed robberies in Branford, North Haven and Wallingford
and ended in a head-on crash with a Meriden police cruiser on South Broad Street. “This group of individuals are responsible for thefts occurring in See Crash, A7
To make the program possible, Connecticut allocated $16 million from funding the state received under the America Rescue Plan Act. During the pandemic, both breakfast and lunch were free for students in Connecticut thanks to federal funding, but this ended when the pandemic program expired. “There is no curriculum brilliant enough to compensate for a hungry stomach or a distracted mind,” Russell-Tucker said at a press conference. “Our students’ physical, mental, social and emotional health and See Schools, A2
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