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MANCHESTER — The Mishi-Maya-Gat spoken word series will resume Thursday, April 19, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Manchester Community College’s space on Main Street. Thursday’s event will feature two poets followed by a jazz quartet. Peter Gizzi is an English professor at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.  He has authored seven poetry collections. … Continue reading MCC offers poetry, jazz Thursday

MANCHESTER — While most 17-year-olds are consumed with finding prom dates and decorating graduation caps, Anna Essick is busy launching a music career. Essick is a finalist in the John Lennon Songwriting Competition — an international competition founded by Yoko Ono in 1997. The competition honors 12 songwriters in 12 genre categories, and eventually picks… Continue reading Manchester teen reaches finals of song-writing contest

Free sexual harassment seminar 360 Corporate Benefit Advisors and David Gabor, partner at the Wagner Law Group, will hold a free seminar on sexual harassment in the workplace. The seminar will address what sexual harassment is, the laws surrounding it, workplace culture, harassment policies, effective communication, prevention, and addressing complaints.  It will take place Thursday,… Continue reading Local Briefs

MANCHESTER — A rookie robotics team from East Catholic High School overcame a time and experience deficit to take first place at a southern Connecticut competition last month and is raising money to compete in the New England championships.   Aetos Dios, or Eagle of Zeus, is comprised of 12 students, five of whom are… Continue reading ECHS robotics team fundraises for championships

Ashley Kalinauskas of Vernon, founder and CEO of Torigen Pharmaceuticals Inc., and Margaret Steinbugler, manager of materials analysis and mechanics at Pratt & Whitney, were among 13 women to be honored through the Connecticut Technology Council’s Women of Innovation program. They were chosen from 50 women named as finalists. Steinbugler, an East Windsor resident, won… Continue reading Vernon, East Windsor women honored for tech achievements