They'll remember that day in June ... when the star was right at Hanover

By Alyson Heller, Record-Journal staff

MERIDEN — Grandparents are usually stars to their grandchildren. However, not many of those grandchildren can say they saw their fellow classmates line up for their grandfather's autograph, as was the case for Savannah and Brandon Parris on Thursday afternoon.

The reason for the autograph line was that their grandfather, Fred Parris, best known for the hit "In the Still of the Night," which he recorded with his singing group, The Five Satins, was a special guest at Hanover School. He spoke about his music career to Brandon's second-grade class, taught by Joan Boucher, and Savannah's third-grade class, taught by Mary Jo Verselli. Complete story...