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DAILY NEWS CLIP: May 22, 2025
CTNewsJunkie – Wednesday, May 21, 2025
By Karla Ciaglo
HARTFORD, CT — Two years after the sudden death of a Middletown legislator, his memory was at the center of a Mental Health and Wellness gathering at the State Capitol Tuesday.
“I came from a grieving community,” said state Rep. Kai Belton, D-Middletown, who won a special election to replace Rep. Quentin “Q” Williams following Williams’ death in a head-on collision with a wrong-way driver in 2023. “There was no better way to begin my legislative work than by creating space for healing, support, and connection. That’s how the wellness fair was born.”