MERIDEN — In 2003, MidState Medical Center held a gala dinner to celebrate a major hospital expansion, the addition of a new pavilion.

MERIDEN — Kim Blackenberg dims the lights, turns on the soothing music, squeezes just a dab of oil onto her palms and gets ready to teach the six participants of her class some

WALLINGFORD — Ed Bellows is not your typical massage therapist. Those expecting the Swedish massage approach have come to the wrong guy.

CHESHIRE — Michaela Hauser-Wagner has her hands on student Bill Hatch’s chest and back, yet she’s barely touching him as he stands in front of a chair.