Targeting Type 1 Diabetes
A research team at the Yale School of Medicine has identified insulin proteins as the targets of diabetes-causing immune cells.
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Grant To Study Apoptosis
University of Connecticut professor Charles Giardina has been awarded a $350,000 National Institutes of Health grant to study the proce...
Healing Microwaves Treat Prostate
Benign prostatic hyperplasia, or enlarged prostate, can be effectively treated with microwaves in a treatment newly available ...
Historical Society Talk Will Uncover The Revolution
Town Historian Daniel Cruson will discuss two archeological digs at Putnam State Park when the Newtown Histo...
Olfactory Cells Hold Hope
Olfactory cells could help repair damaged spinal cords, according to Yale Professor Charles Greer, director of Yale’s Spin...
Newcomers To Meet Jan. 11
The Newtown Newcomers Club will host a monthly coffee at Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street in Newtown (near the flagpole), on Tues...
Help For Low Vision
WEST HARTFORD — Low-income workers and their families may qualify for free eye care through a program called Vision USA that is ...
Hospitals’ Link Helps Children
WATERBURY — To better serve sick children, Waterbury Hospital and the Connecticut Children’s...
Helmer A.
Lantz
Helmer A. (Lefty) Lantz, 82, a resident of Elm Street, Bennington, Vt., died December 31 at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center following a...
Penny,
Thank you for sharing Jack's and your life story. We were moved,Jack was an exceptional person.
Lots of love to you and your wonderful family.
Pat and Julie D'Onofrio
Thank you! BOE budget items lurk in the shadows. Many programs we fund are often dreamed up by the State and pushed down to the districts to implement.
Schools could be consolidated here as enrollment decreases. And some 'luxury' programs should be trimmed. Downsizing administrators and support staff should be considered as well. And a 'few hundred' dollars on top of inflation is a bridge too far.