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Press Release | Oct 14, 2024 12:34 pm
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DERBY – The Griffin Center for Healthy Living will offer a session of its innovative high blood sugar management program this month.
Healthy for Life with Elevated Blood Sugar is a free, six-week program designed for individuals diagnosed with either pre-diabetes or diabetes to help them control their elevated blood sugar.
There will be a session held on Mondays Oct. 21 and 28, and Nov. 4, 11, 18, and 25 from 5 – 7 p.m. at The Center for Cancer Care at Griffin Hospital, 350 Seymour Ave., Derby.
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Press Release | Oct 8, 2024 5:34 am
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Contributed photo from Griffin Health.
DERBY — More than 400 participants raised over $50,000 at the 16th Annual 5K Walk/Run to benefit the Center for Cancer Care on Sept. 28.
“Today, you are doing your part to help improve the health and well-being of others,” said Griffin Health President and CEO Patrick Charmel. “Since the Center for Cancer Care opened its doors in 2008, more than 5,000 of our family members, friends, and neighbors have been diagnosed with cancer and more than 300 additional individuals are diagnosed with and have to face the challenges of cancer every year. The Center for Cancer Care is here to help those individuals with highly advanced, person-centered care, and treatment, crucial nourishment and free health education and programs that empower them to recover and enhance the quality of their lives.”
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Press Release | Oct 7, 2024 12:43 pm
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The next Master’s Table community meal is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 20, at Assumption Church Hall, 61 N Cliff St., Ansonia, from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. See the above flyer for details.
Note there will only be one Master’s Table community meal this month.
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Press Release | Oct 7, 2024 7:07 am
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SEYMOUR — The Seymour Democratic Town Committee held the Kennedy-Pawlak Awards Dinner on September 29 at Brookside Inn, Oxford. The event drew a crowd of DTC supporters as well as Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz, CT Democratic Party Vice-Chair Jimmy Tickey, and former Seymour First Selectman Paul Roy.
This year’s honorees were the late Colleen Fries, and Edward Strumello. Colleen was an attorney who practiced law at Bai, Pollock, and Dunnigan and later was a founding partner of Coyne, von Kuhn, Brady and Fries, LLC. In addition, Colleen served on the Board of Directors of Living in Safe Alternatives (LISA), an organization that offers alternative living situations for children and youth. Colleen was also vice president for Seymour Pink, Inc.
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Shelton Fire Marshal James Tortora | Oct 7, 2024 4:56 am
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SHELTON — Each week Shelton Fire Marshal James Tortora sends a list of calls for the Shelton Fire Department. Click this link for information on how to volunteer with the department.
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Press Release | Oct 3, 2024 5:24 pm
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DERBY — Naugatuck Valley Health District (NVHD) is pleased to once again partner with the Derby Police Department and Derby Youth Service Bureau to host a Medication Take Back event on Saturday, October 26, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The drive-up event will take place outside Bradley School (155 David Humphrey Rd, Derby, CT 06418).
Aligned with the Drug Enforcement Agency’s (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take Back Day and the Naugatuck Valley Community Health Improvement Plan initiative focused on substance use and drug overdose prevention, this event is being held in reflection of our joint commitment to safety and health by encouraging the public to remove unneeded medications from their homes.
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Press Release | Oct 1, 2024 1:39 pm
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SEYMOUR — Aquarion Water Company announced that it will begin replacing on a water main on Beacon Street in Beacon Falls in mid-October.
A press release said that the work is expected to be completed by December. About 380 feet of water main will be replaced. Griffin Brothers Excavation LLC, of Seymour, has been contracted for the work.
Aquarion said to expect minor traffic delays between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. while the work is underway.
