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By Pete Foti Jr. Record-Journal staff Record-Journal MERIDEN - After about a 30-year layoff, the Meriden Super Jets are putting on their purple and gold uniforms once again. Wally Hackbarth coached the prestigious Meriden-based basketball team years ago. Now Platt graduate and Meriden YMCA volunteer Justin Mitchell is the Super Jets' coach.
Dan Brechlin from the Record Journal reports on the Meriden YMCA's Annual meeting.
"For the past three years the Martini & Massage Charity benefit has packed the Augusta Curtis Cultural Center in support of the Meriden YMCA's Strong Kids Campaign." Read the article and see the video about this fun night for a great cause.
With the schoolyear almost wrapped up, children in the YMCA Head Start program enjoyed a day of fun with their parents Tuesday. - Dan Brechlin, Record- Journal
Wayne Smith wins the Senior Mini Olympics in the Men's categories, 63 years after his first championship win at the Meriden Y
Daniel Adamik, a teacher in the Venture Program, and his students have taken their artwork out of the classroom and into the city. After last year's class displayed mosaic artwork in the butterfly garden on the grounds of the Quinnipiac River Watershed Association headquarters, this year's class took its work downtown. Adamik, who also teaches an art class at the Y-Arts building, at 14 W. Main St., wanted to add some flair to downtown. He and his students designed patterns and are in the process of applying mosaic tiles to benches outside of the Y-Arts building.
The regulars at the basement bar at 66 Crown Street would be quite surprised by a look at their old haunt today – in place of stools and beer, there's a colorful pint-sized kitchen and a stack of tiny naptime cots. After 5 months of renovation, the Meriden YMCA unveiled its new school readiness program site Thursday night, on the lower level of the Martin Gaffey Child Care Center. Once set up as one long corridor, the space is now divided into two separate classrooms that have different stations, including those for science, story time, playtime, naps, and art projects.
West Main and Colony streets have had their share of closings and openings in recent years, but instead of businesses, some of the the latest newcomers are nonprofit organizations with programs for families. Meriden officials are boosting family activities downtown to generate foot traffic, and they have some eager partners. The Meriden YMCA is responsible for much of the growth downtown. Since acquiring the building at 14 W. Main St., the YMCA has overhauled its art program on the second floor and worked out a partnership with art collector and framer Steven Robichaud to relocate the Sandman Gallery & Frame Shoppe to the lower level.
The American Psychological Association works with local Y's to share their expertise on mind and body health. See how the Meriden YMCA helps our members through this partnership.
For the legions of exercise buffs who frequent the Meriden YMCA, winter's no excuse for packing on the pounds. Photo essay by Johnathon Henninger
The Meriden YMCA was named grantee to the city's Head Start program Tuesday.
Click here to read Jeff Kurz's article in the Record Journal about our new PACE Program (Physical Activity Changes Everything)
An article about the Benigni brothers including John, CEO of the Meriden YMCA.
The Meriden YMCA offers a host of services for military families and the spouses left behind.
Ribbon cutting ceremony for Small Wind Turbine Project at Meriden YMCA's Mountain Mist Day Camp one of several green energy initiatives in Meriden
