Visitors to the second floor Reference area of C.H. Booth Library will be seeing a brand new resource that is aimed at promoting public health and educating patrons about a new research program on precision medicine.

As many across the US this week observe National Groundwater Awareness Week, the Newtown Health District (NHD) is encouraging Newtown home and business owners who use private wells as their main source for drinking, bathing, or cooking water to have their water tested for bacteria and other contaminants.

State Representative Mitch Bolinsky (R-106) and Sean King, a staff attorney at the Connecticut Office of the Healthcare Advocate (OHA) met with a dozen or so attendees at a Forum on Health Care Costs at the C.H. Booth Library March 4.

The next Families United in Newtown (FUN) meeting is set for Saturday, March 9, and will have a St Patty’s Day theme.

It appears that enthusiasm for hosting an annual Relay for Life in Newtown has run its course.

When it comes to minimizing the life-threatening damage that can occur during a heart attack, Dr Essam Nakhla, a Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology) Specialist at Waterbury Hospital, knows that “time is muscle.”

Newtown Parent Connection is inviting friends, supporters, and all local residents to join board members and organizers for the Third Annual Mardi Gras Gala. This year’s event is being planned for Saturday, April 6, at Fox Hill Inn in Brookfield.

Newtown VNA welcomed Dr Kenneth Hoffman to its February 5 meeting, kicking off Heart Month February 5. The medical director for SOPHIA Natural Health Center in Brookfield delivered a crash course on how alternative and eastern medicine can help benefit cardiovascular health.

As confirmed cases of measles increase in Connecticut, health professionals here in Newtown are taking notice.