Friday, July 22, 2022
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Volume 28, Number 29
Red Barn welcomes acupuncture practice By Nicole Zappone Town Times
In June, Laura Cuadriello-Arreguin of Middlefield celebrated seven years in Connecticut and launched a book of meditations about her immigration process called “Informalmente: Reflexiones.” Photo courtesy of Antonio Arreguin
Life coach writes migration memoir about leaving Mexico By Lau Guzmán Record-Journal staff
MIDDLEFIELD — Laura Cuadriello-Arreguín decided to marry her high school sweetheart when she was 44, after the couple reconnected on Facebook. Both had undergone divorces and Cuadriello-Arreguín decided to move to Connecticut in 2015 with her new husband. She left her Mexican handicrafts business, her job as a teacher and her practice as a psychotherapist.
“I’m part of the community of closeted romantics,” she said in a virtual interview. “I am very cheesy, although I try not to let it slide into the vulgar or ordinary in my writing, but to keep it deep and serious.” In Connecticut, CuadrielloArreguín worked in radio and television. In 2016, she started a self-help business called Avanza con Laura in Middlefield. She self-published a self-help book in Spanish
called “AVANZA” and sold a few hundred copies. After receiving positive feedback, she decided to continue writing. “I’m going to treat myself to another book,” she said. This June, Cuadriello-Arreguín celebrated seven years in Connecticut and launched a book of meditations about her immigration process called “Informalmente: Reflexiones” in Spanish.
Medical research has shown that acupuncture treatment can positively affect the body, including the nervous, endocrine, immune, cardiovascular and digestive sys- Dr. Dadon Moore. tems. “Acupuncture treatment reduces the use of Western pharmacological medications, many of which can have negative and harmful side effects,” said Dr. Dadon Moore, who recently opened Moon Tara Acupuncture at The Red Barn in Durham. See Practice, A9
Democratic primary in the 13th approaches By Mary Ellen Godin Record-Journal staff
Voters casting absentee ballots in the upcoming Aug. 9 primary need to get ballot applications soon if they are relying on the Mangiafico mail.
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Connecticut does not have no-excuse absentee voting but lawmakers did loosen restrictions earlier this year to include caregivers and commuters. The last day to pick up or request an absentee ballot is Aug. 8. All ballots must be See Primary, A6
See Memoir, A8
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