Meriden Puerto Rican Festival Committee announces expanded scholarships
Meriden Puerto Rican Festival Committee announces expanded scholarships Advertisement Advertisement By Jeffery Kurz, Record-Journal staff
MERIDEN â Humza Miyan is the first in his family to go to college. Graduating third in his class at Platt High School this year, Miyan is already well on his way in his higher education studies. He completed advanced placement courses and is taking two college courses this summer. Heâs studying accounting, and will enter Central Connecticut State University as a sophomore.
As a first-generation student, âIâm fully dependent on financial support,â said Miyan, the oldest of four siblings.
Meriden high school seniors compete in national medical competition- MERIDEN Two Maloney High School students pursuing careers in the medical field are scheduled to compete in a national skills competition this month after winning their respective categories on the state level.Annie Patel will compete in the Nursing.
photo by: Rochelle Valverde
Greg Long, a guest at the city s hotel shelter program, stands in front of the Days Inn, 730 Iowa St., on March 4, 2021.
A woven blanket is neatly hung like a curtain inside the window of the covered truck bed, a space that provides only enough room to crouch but for years has served as one man’s home.
Edward, who did not want to use his last name, said that when he checked into the city’s hotel shelter program this winter it was the first time he’d had four walls and a door since at least 2005. An older man with a wiry white and gray beard poking out from his mask, Edward said he’d been living in his truck when he had a stroke in early February, and it was someone at the hospital who told him about the program.