Newtown Police Department issued a statement via its Facebook page on Thursday, addressing how officers and staff are working with the public in light of COVID-19.
Effective as of noon on Friday, March 20, and pursuant to Executive Order 7G, the Department of Consumer Protection has issued an order pertaining to sales of alcoholic beverages.
UPDATE: The March 20 and March 27 Friday Knight Fish Fry events have been canceled. || The Knights of Columbus St Virgilius Council 185 will present their next Friday Knight Fish Fry on March 20. Dinner will be served from 5 to 8 pm. Due to COVID-19 concerns, the event will be take-out only.
It is no secret that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has brought a great deal of concern about how the public can best protect themselves and others from spreading the virus.
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UPDATE: Information about Towne & Country Health & Wellness has been added on March 19.
With news emerging daily, sometimes hourly, about the best practices to prevent spreading the coronavirus, ...
The latest in a series of video outreach messages with First Selectman Dan Rosenthal also included some brief perspective from Town Human Services Director Natalie Jackson.
State Representative Mitch Bolinsky shares that I-84 roadwork continues, and that a scheduled dental clinic has been canceled. He notes that there will be overnight work, March 18, on the Rochambeau Bridge.
Michelle I applaud and support you for focusing on the issues that impact everyone in the town. The next priority has to be on CT's out of control electricity rates. Your opponent and his supporters are quick to blame the other side of the aisle and have given up on trying to accomplish anything. You need to be the voice at the Capitol that the town needs and has missed for so long.
After your short sighted decisions on bussing, something parents are still feeling the repercussions of, I would not want you making any decisions on traffic.
With all due respect Lynn, while no one's property should be damaged, it is demonstrably false to suggest this issue only happens to Democrat signs. If these comments allowed for photos I could show you some pretty abhorrent examples of what has been done to Republican candidate's signs for years in the past few elections (including local races.) Just today we had a supporter message the RTC that their signs were stolen.
Indeed suicide awareness is important as is asking young people these tough questions. That said, saying that "every suicide is preventable" is not only incorrect, it is overly simplistic at best and downright harmful at worst.
The Alliance of Hope for Suicide Loss Survivors - an online support resource with over 25,000 members worldwide writes frequently about the ramifications of such slogans. Many family members say that prevention messages leave them feeling guilty, upset and fearful of being judged – as if they “dropped the ball.". A few of the many sentiments on their webpage from bereaved family members include:
-“I believe suicide is preventable ONLY if someone shows a sign. …My daughter did not show any signs."
-“As a newly bereaved mother, I find the campaign offensive & repulsive. It places the responsibility on family members and those who are about to take their lives. We obviously would have done something if our loved ones expressed their intentions." -"Awareness yes. Preventable no. There was nothing to prevent what happened to my son. Nothing. And I am so sick of the saying it is preventable."
-"I lost my husband to suicide four months ago. It makes me feel cold and sick in the pit of my stomach when I read ‘suicide is preventable’ because I think: ‘It’s my fault, I let him down.'"
Suicide - especially youth suicide - is a complex problem with no easy answers. It’s possible to prevent sometimes — but not always.