Each year in September, millions of families across the nation get their children ready for school. From the fall until the first week of June, there are about 10 months in the average school calendar. While students worry about classroom work, some parents have additional their own worries— paying for their students’ lunch.
Category: Connecticut
In 2021, Connecticut passed its “nickel-per-nip” program to update the state’s Bottle Bill. In its first full year, the program generated over $4.2 million throughout the state. The money from the program is designed to support the collection and proper disposal of “nip” bottles.
On Oct. 21, early voting opened in the state of Connecticut. Click here to find out more about the process in Hamden.
Hamden celebrated restaurant week with 14 local eateries participating.
Hamden residents attended “Kindness Rocks,” an event at Café Amici on Saturday, Oct. 12, to paint rocks in support of Breast Cancer Awareness.
The Southern Connecticut Scrabble Club is more than just a group of people who play the popular board game.
Connecticut residents came out in droves to celebrate Sleeping Giant State Park’s 100th anniversary. Find out more here.
August Della Donna, a senior creative writing student in the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program for secondary education at Quinnipiac University, worked this summer as the Presidential Public Service Fellow for Hamden Youth Services Bureau to bring a creative lens to the town programs.
Haven Beer Co. opened its doors to the Hamden community in the spring of 2024.
Hamden Middle School sports begin after a donation from Quinnipiac University saved its programs from the town’s budget cut.