May is Mental Health Month

Peter Derosa, Program Director, Montville Joshua Center, Natchaug Hospital

by Peter Derosa

With one in every four individuals in the United States suffering from a diagnosable mental illness, we can assume that nearly everyone is impacted by mental illness.  Mental illness is an illness.  It affects the rich and poor, [...]

May 12th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Featured Articles | Comments are closed

Dog Life Vests and Safety Belts

by Sam Mazzotta

Several years ago, a frightening incident inspired automotive safety specialist Christina Selter to found BarkBuckleUP, a program that promotes pet safety. “We had a near-accident with our dogs in the car. [We were] only traveling about 2 mph from a stop sign, when a car ran a red light and [...]

May 12th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: PawsCorner | Comments are closed

Year In Review: May 2008

May 14, 2008 58th Citizen of the Year

(l-r) Mary Reed and Michelle Jacobik stand with awardee Robert Reed, Station Manager, Hall Communications, who was named 2008 Citizen of the Year by the Chamber of Commerce of Eastern CT on May 5th.

Westerly [...]

January 7th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Featured Articles | Comments are closed

Happy Happenings

Yes! Happy Happenings are all around us as we go into this merry month of May. Everything is greening up, and flowers are abundant. It’s contagious, refreshing and oh so welcome after those winter months. Now, it’s time for sunshine and new beginnings. [...]

May 2nd, 2007 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: From the Publisher | Comments are closed