NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (WTNH)– A Hartford-based nonprofit was forced to change the way it works with kids amid the pandemic. That was made easier recently after an unexpected donation. Marla Rizzo and 8-year-old Jayda have been buds for about a year. “I went to her job once and she’s going to take me there again,” […]

Sondra Lintlemann-Dellaripa found the perfect match when the Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters program paired her a year ago with Liora Doyle, now an 11-year-old East Lyme Middle School student. “I adored her personality,” Lintlemann-Dellaripa, a resident of Old Saybrook, said in a phone interview. “She was a little sardonic, which is unusual for a […]