MCCA (Midwestern Connecticut Council of Alcoholism), and Stand Together Make a Difference (Danbury’s local substance abuse prevention coalition), have partnered to launch a media campaign and ask parents, students, community leaders and community members to “stand together to reduce underage drinking.” The key… Read more »
I made a decision to go to Salton Sea in the middle of July last summer. Located 110 miles northeast of San Diego, California and 70 miles north of Mexicali, Mexico, Salton Sea is way out in the Sonoran Desert, 226 feet below sea… Read more »
Words have meanings. “Stuff” is both verb and noun, and both its uses have a generically unpleasant sensibility. Beloved icons of past eras are neither “stuff,” nor do we “stuff” them anywhere. But the last 50 years have created more stuffed stuff than… Read more »
“Yes, there is such a thing as competitive yoga,” explained 26-year-old Danbury resident Leila Noone, the 2013 Connecticut State Yoga Asana Women’s Champion, in an interview. Ms. Noone’s first-place ranking qualifies her to compete at the National Yoga Asana Championship in New York City… Read more »
HealingNewtown Arts Space, a project of the Newtown Cultural Arts Commission and supported by the Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut and Connecticut’s Office of the Arts, will officially open its doors on Valentine’s Day, Thursday, February 14 with an open house from 3 to… Read more »
As my mother and I scrolled through the photos posted on Molly McCaffrey’s The Real You Project on Tumblr, we felt like we were missing something. According to McCaffrey, who also writes a biweekly healthy lifestyle blog, I Will Not Diet, this photo project features… Read more »
At 12:35pm on February 14, Naugatuck Valley Community College (NVCC) will join with activists around the world for ‘One Billion Rising’, the largest day of action in the history of V-Day, a global activist movement to end violence against women and girls founded by… Read more »
Jacqui Coveney, a registered nurse, has worked in Hartford Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for the past eleven years. She, like many other nurses around the country, was recently terminated from her job for refusing to get a flu shot. The original flu… Read more »
Although it has become just part of the routine, showering has the potential to be not only an enjoyable and invigorating treat, but also a revitalizing therapy. By simply alternating the faucets, you can boost your immune system, increase metabolism, enliven healthy circulation of… Read more »
The great support shown to the Newtown community within the last few days has been nothing short of remarkable. Numerous funds have been set up, music and art shows are being organized, t-shirts have been designed, and boatloads of stuffed animals have been donated…. Read more »
Mayors and First Selectmen from the Greater Danbury Region have come together to organize A Tribute to Newtown. The gathering will be a way for the people of Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Danbury, New Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Redding, Ridgefield, and Sherman to come together in… Read more »
It has been an unfathomably tragic few days in Newtown, Connecticut following a mass shooting that left 28 people dead on Friday, December 14. The local, national, and international community has shown Newtown great support and sympathy in the wake of this tragedy. Here… Read more »
Two members of the Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty (CNADP) board of directors will have front row seats for the lighting of Rome’s Colosseum on November 29 and 30 in celebration of Connecticut becoming the 17th state in America to abolish the death penalty…. Read more »
One night last October, the chalkboard outside of Anna Liffey’s Pub in New Haven said “Magic Show”. I’m certain that some of those attending expected sword-swallowing or rabbits out of hats or women sawed in half. Without a doubt, the impression given by the… Read more »
Family University 2012 invites the public to hear former NBA player Chris Herren speak about his struggle with substance abuse and his road to recovery on November 15 at 7pm. The powerful presentation for Ridgefield families, friends, and neighbors will be held at Ridgefield High… Read more »
When was the last time you utilized your body’s full range of motion in a workout, flexing your feet as far as they could go, rotating through the entirety of your joints, and bending at every possible point of your spine? For me, it… Read more »
A long-simmering conflict between the Vatican and American nuns erupted again in early June when the Vatican’s doctrinal office issued a scathing critique of a popular book on sexual ethics by Sister Margaret A. Farley, one of the first Catholics to teach at Yale… Read more »
Being in an open marriage is a lot like being on fire, insofar as everybody who finds out about it immediately feels the need to tell you you’re in grave danger. The assumption is generally that you have no idea what you’re doing, that… Read more »
Marriage is a definition, a union, a locus of power, a good institution between consenting adults, a symptom of lineage, a word used by the violent and angry to excuse their violence and anger, a tax break, a religious rite—but the core of our national… Read more »
FOOD WON’T MAKE YOU FAT. Not french fries, not chocolate, not celery, not low-cal fat-free zero-carb yogurt. Food is not the culprit for those who are overweight or obese; overeating or lack of exercise, or both, is. Yet we are a nation obsessed… Read more »
by Joshua L. Durkin In 2010 a pact was agreed upon between the Mormon Church and Jewish leaders that the Mormon Church would stop baptizing dead Jewish Holocaust victims after lists of names were discovered that indicated they had been posthumously baptized. Even alive humans… Read more »
by Linda Ross For many years now I have found that a regular practice of spirituality and prayer is a healthy way to enjoy life. Apparently I am not alone. I am among those being chronicled in Harvard Medical School professors John Peteet’s and Michael D’Ambra’s new book, The Soul… Read more »
by Amanda Bloom Christy Doyle would get a Harmonyum treatment everyday if she could. Doyle, a 39-year-old Bethel, Connecticut resident (she looks much younger, which she attributes to Harmonyum), is a Harmonyum practicioner as well as a reiki Master, and she has recently begun to… Read more »
by Allan Richter and Linda Melonefrom Energy Times A NEARLY PAINLESS DELIVERY for mom and a gentle welcome into the world for baby make water births sound almost too good to be true. But it’s all legit, according to Barbara Harper, RD, CD, CCE, founder… Read more »
by Allan Richter and Linda Melonefrom Energy Times For an exercise program that’s easy on the joints, strengthens muscles and improves your cardiovascular fitness all at once, just add water. Exercising in an indoor pool or outdoor lake benefits all ages and fitness levels. by… Read more »