As announced on Friday, the City of Stamford is lifting its city-wide mask mandate starting on Wednesday, February 16, 2022. However, masks would still be required in “hospitals, nursing homes, healthcare and childcare facilities, schools, municipal buildings, and on public transit,” according to a press release issued by the City. The City reminds that this…
STAMFORD, CT – Today, Mayor Caroline Simmons announced that PCR testing provider Accu Reference has opened an additional COVID-19 testing site to meet the continuous demand for testing as COVID-19 rates have climbed in recent weeks. The new site is located at 689 Canal Street, the former location of Fairway Grocery Store in Stamford’s South…
Stamford, CT – Today, Mayor Simmons announced plans to distribute approximately 6,500 COVID-19 at-home rapid test kits, which total 13,000 tests, to Stamford residents to continue to curb the spread of COVID-19 here in Stamford. This is the second allocation from the State. The first distribution occurred on Sunday, January 2nd when 20,000 tests were…
The Rowayton Library announced in an email to their patrons that it will be temporarily closed due to having employees who have come into contact with a confirmed case of COVID-19. “As we have done in the past, out of an abundance of caution to best protect the health, safety, and wellness of the community,…
HARTFORD, CT – Governor Ned Lamont announced on Tuesday that the State of Connecticut distributed on that same day an allocation of 670,000 COVID-19 rapid self-tests to public and private K-12 schools and early childcare providers statewide. The governor explained that this allocation is the first phase of his administration’s distribution of self-tests for schools…
Nearly 200,000 Low-to-Moderate Income Working Individuals and Families Will Receive Significant Boost in State Income Tax Credits HARTFORD, CT – Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is directing the Connecticut Department of Revenue Services to retroactively enhance the 2020 Connecticut Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) from 23% of the federal credit to 41.5%. The…
CHESHIRE, CT – After canceling celebrations last year, many families are traveling for long-awaited holiday reunions with elderly parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles. But what they find during the visit after months of isolation may be cause for concern, according to Connecticut senior home care agency Assisted Living Services, Inc. “Even if you video chat…
HARTFORD, CT – Governor Ned Lamont today released updated data regarding compliance with his order requiring executive branch state employees to either be vaccinated against COVID-19 or receive weekly testing for the virus. Overall compliance remains high with 95% of executive branch state employees either fully vaccinated or current in their weekly testing. The overall…
When did our expectations that hospitals exist to serve the public good drop so low? Was it around the time we normalized millions in compensation to CEOs? Or is it now, when we accept the fact that hospitals are denying the women they serve the most basic human healthcare need — the right to deliver…
The City of Norwalk will glow purple all November for Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, with a kickoff event on Thursday, November 4. NORWALK, CT – Norwalk Hospital, the City of Norwalk and the Greater Norwalk Chamber of Commerce are hosting a new initiative called “Light the City Purple” during November for Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.…