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Add This To Your Resume: Volunteer In Scouts BSA’s CURET Troop 1443
By Jerry Hancock According to Wikipedia, paraphrasing its definition, ‘a résumé is a document used by a person to present his or her background and skills, and ‘is usually one of the […]
State’s 89th Governor
HARTFORD, CT: Democrat Ned Lamont, and with his wife Annie holding the Bible, was sworn in as the state’s 89th governor. Right from the beginning, Lamont opened the floodgates of […]
MLK Day 2019 Celebration
In spite of plunging temperatures, snow turning to ice, tree and power outages following a gruesome snowstorm that spread across the state, hundreds of people braved the extreme weather and […]
Good News Of Joy
Every year the lush of the poinsettia plants with their blooms in hues and their sparkling and irresistible colors shoot out like a time clock announcing the soon arrival of […]
Reparations: Long Overdue
By Jim Daniels Beginning in 1989 and every two years after that until his retirement in 2017, former U.S. Congressman John Conyers of Michigan introduced a bill called the “Commission […]
Church Celebrates 26th Annual Community Banquet And Scholarship Awards
By Paulette Blythe Hibbert Recently, St Martin’s Episcopal Church celebrated its 26th Annual Community and Scholarship Awards Banquet, honoring the contributions, work, and teachings of Marcus Mosiah Garvey and founder-pioneer […]
Some Facts For Your Thanksgiving Table
HARTFORD, CT: What are the facts about the immigrant “caravan” heading towards the United States? The Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants provided some facts and responses to frequently asked […]
Letter To The Editor: New Job Training And More!
Dear WIA News, I read with interest your article, “Training in Plumbing, Electricity, And Carpentry: It’s New And Lands You A Job,” in the 2018 October edition of The West […]
Narciso Fernandez Airey Lived A Full Life
Although it is always difficult to put words together to capture the life of one who meant so much to so many, it is fitting to make the attempt. The […]
Political Winners, Don’t Forget Your Inner-City Voters!
“Political posters decked out on inner-city storefront windows where store patrons and passersby do see the posters; they did vote and their votes counted. It is much more than reaching […]