Photo courtesy of The Record Journal With Covid-19 cases on the rise in Connecticut, the holidays have never looked so different for businesses and citizens alike. Long periods of social isolation have left many searching for a spark of joy and normalcy during this holiday season. While previous holiday-themed eventsRead More

Following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine on December 11, Connecticut began its vaccine distribution plan as the state’s  Covid positivity rate increased to 7.41% on December 16. Because there are currently not enough vaccines for everyone, state officials have decided to allocateRead More

Photo Courtesy of James Prosek/The Hartford Courant The Connecticut (CT) Art Trail, a partnership between museums and historical sites in Connecticut, launched the “Made in Connecticut” exhibition on October 15 at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum in Hartford in celebration of its 25th anniversary.  Open through February 21, the exhibition consistsRead More

Photo Courtesy of CNN On Saturday, November 7, major news outlets declared Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate, Senator Kamala Harris, the president-elect and vice-president-elect after a historical election that kept the nation on edge for days.  In Connecticut, this election brought unprecedented polling numbers with anRead More

Photo Courtesy of Trista LeBlanc-Serbyn ’22/The Choate News Following the emergence of several Covid-19 cases in Wallingford Public Schools and a shortage of teachers willing to teach in person, Lyman Hall High School and Mark T. Sheehan High School temporarily switched to online classes from October 30 to November 5. Read More

The Wallingford Public Library hosted its 140th annual meeting on Monday, October 26, during which virtual festivities were opened to the public via Zoom and Facebook Livestream. The meeting began with a short business meeting, followed by the induction of the newest Poet Laureate, Ms. Deborah Kuan, and concluded withRead More

Covid-19 Cases per town 100,00 in CT on September 19th vs. Covid 19 Cases per town on October 19th Photo Courtesy of CT DPH After months of keeping the number of new Covid-19 cases low in comparison to other states in the U.S., Connecticut has seen a rapid rise inRead More

Photos Courtesy of Tiffany Xiao, Trista LeBlanc-Serbyn, Emily Goodwin, & Senching Hsia/The Choate News The crisp air and the oranges and yellows of the trees remind us that we are surrounded by the classic New England autumn. In this sweet era between the heat of summer and the cold ofRead More

Due to the ongoing pandemic, local government offices have adapted their mail-in voting procedures so that votes can be cast and processed in time for Election Day on November 3.  Although mail-in voting has historically been limited in the U.S., 34 states, including Connecticut, are now allowing all voters toRead More