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Keeping His Friends Close: Dylan Owen Talks New EP

By Brenda Maguire on Jan 9, 2012 In high school, Dylan Owen, a 20-year-old Goshen, NY native, put out his first full-length album called Senioritis. But now, as a sophomore in college, it seems Owen has graduated from writing a “Book Report” in high school, to a more grown-up album, set to drop Jan. 22. OwenContinue reading “Keeping His Friends Close: Dylan Owen Talks New EP”

Welcome Homecoming: Local soldier returns from Iraq for the holidays

NOTE: Front page story By Brenda Maguire For Journal Register News Service The song says, “There’s no place like home for the holidays,” and this year nobody knows that more than SPC Ricky Geiger, whose deployment in Iraq ended on November 30, just in time to head to, “Pennsylvania for some homemade pumpkin pie.” “It’sContinue reading “Welcome Homecoming: Local soldier returns from Iraq for the holidays”

Warm the Children helps family with 10 kids

By Brenda Maguire Correspondent NEW BRITAIN— Frank Bradley has been a volunteer shopper for six years. He’s seen just about everything from a family bringing all of their seven children along for the trip to a father who didn’t know his children’s sizes. “I have done a few sixes and I did one seven,” BradleyContinue reading “Warm the Children helps family with 10 kids”

Transplanted pipe organ to undergo renovation

By Brenda Maguire CORRESPONDENT At a bygone time when New Britain residents were drawn to the mills for work, in 1926 to be specific, the Austin Pipe Organ Opus 1457 made the Strand Theater its home. The theater, on land downtown now occupied by Central Connecticut State University, adjacent to the police station under construction,Continue reading “Transplanted pipe organ to undergo renovation”

Honor students find helping others to be ‘a-peeling’

By Brenda Maguire CORRESPONDENT NEW BRITAIN — It may not have been the classroom setting to which they’re accustomed, but members of the National Junior Honor Society from Louis P. Slade Middle School and Roosevelt Middle School Tuesday morning were more than happy to take time out of their school day to experience volunteering atContinue reading “Honor students find helping others to be ‘a-peeling’”

Dental duo broadens ‘Horizon’

By Brenda Maguire Correspondent SOUTHINGTON — Sandeep Jagini and Nick Modi have been friends since they attended dental school in India together in 1998. After working as doctors in India for a few years, they both moved to the United States where they were college roommates at Boston University. Now, in 2011, Jagini and ModiContinue reading “Dental duo broadens ‘Horizon’”

Reporter finds every piece of clothing has a warming tale

By Brenda Maguire Correspondent NEW BRITAIN — Over the last 11 weeks, I have written a weekly story tracking the progress of the Warm the Children campaign. Last week, I had the pleasure of participating as a volunteer shopper. Ana Torres and I met at the Target on Hartford Road in New Britain to goContinue reading “Reporter finds every piece of clothing has a warming tale”

Literacy bags help moms, children interact and learn

By Brenda Maguire Correspondent NEW BRITAIN — The children were all smiles in the Cloud Room at the YWCA one day last week as they sat on their mothers’ laps playing with new toys and looking over books. The toys and books were part of the 15 literacy bags that the Junior League of GreaterContinue reading “Literacy bags help moms, children interact and learn”