In the wake of the shootings in Orlando on June 12, the Newtown Center of Support and Wellness (CWS) reminds residents that trauma team members are available Monday daily through Friday, 8:30 am to 4:...

Judy Blanchard, Newtown's Recovery Project director and the district health coordinator, began her time with the Newtown Public Schools district in 1976 as a substitute teacher.Celebrating Ms Blanchar...

Gone are the days in which athletes who have been concussed take a couple days off then return to the playing field.Associated Press article, "Study: Football Concussions and Resuming Play Vary By Age...

MONROE - Marg Studley and Marie Sturdevant, co-chairs of the Newtown Chapter of Regional Hospice and Home Care, have announced the 27th annual Breakfast Fundraiser at The Waterview, 215 Roosevelt Driv...

Club NewFit will conduct a mock Disaster Relief Shelter Drill this weekend. The event is scheduled for Sunday, May 29, from 3:30 to 6:30 pm, at the health and fitness club, 23 Commerce Road. Club NewF...

The American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA) has honored Newtown resident Mary Noonan, administrator of River Glen Health Care Center in Southbury, as a 2016 recipient of the ACHCA Eli P...

Cancer survivor Deborra Zukowski's hair has grown back in thick, dark curls. She and her husband Charles Zukowski walked the Relay For Life 2016 first survivors' lap Saturday, May 21. Among those also...

Connecticut's Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is forecasting unhealthy air quality for "sensitive groups" through Saturday, May 28, due to predicted elevated ground-level ozon...

According to Newtown Health District Director Donna Culbert, she and a number of town officials never really take a break from honing their readiness skills in many ways throughout the year.newtown-ct...

Bob Virgalla, one of nearly four dozen of Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps Emergency Medical Technicians, has a motto that is espoused by virtually all of his local colleagues: "Treat the patient, ta...