Health And Wellness Fair At Congregation Adath Israel

By NANCY CREVIER

Published: May 29, 2009 12:00 am

Congregation Adath Israel Sisterhood will host a Health and Wellness Fair, Sunday, June 7, from 10 am to 3 pm, on the grounds of the Congregation Adath Israel at 115 Huntingtown Road.

Health care professionals will be on hand to answer questions and provide educational material concerning nutrition, dermatology, chiropractic health, urology, optical health, parent coaching, dentistry, and massage therapy. Adath Israel members Rhonda Freifinger, optometrist, Theresa McMarrow, social worker, and Julia Collins, massage therapist, will be among the vendors present. Ms Collins will demonstrate Swedish/integrative massage therapy the Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal Massage, that focuses on health in the belly. Aaron Gilman, dentist/orthodontics, and David Elfenbein, orthopedic surgeon, will have booths at the fair, as well as speak on their areas of expertise.

Jill Rabin, MD, the author of Mind Over Bladder, will be a featured speaker. Dr Rabin is the chief, division of ambulatory care, OB/GYN, head of urogynecology, Long Island Jewish Medical Center-NSLIJHS. Her book will be for sale at the health fair. Â Visit mindoverbladderbooks.com for more information on Mind Over Bladder.

Among other speakers June 7 will be Dr Grace Federman of Advanced Dermcare in Danbury, and Suzy DeYoung, Peace of Mind Parent Coaching.

Dr Federman is a member of Adath Israel and a Newtown resident. She is Board Certified in both dermatology and internal medicine, and maintains an interest in dermatologic manifestations of internal diseases, as well as womenâs health issues. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology and is a member of the American Society for Laser Surgery and Medicine.

A graduate of American University in Washington, D.C., and Bank Street College of Education in New York City in 1996 with a masterâs degree in child and parent development, Ms DeYoung, a Newtown mother of three preteen and teenage children, has been practicing parent coaching for more than two years.

Also taking part in the health and wellness fair is Dr Brian Nathanson, who specializes in the repair and rehabilitation of soft tissue injuries, using an effective and scientifically proven approach to treating muscular or joint-related pain. This approach does not necessarily involve âadjusting the spine.â Instead, treating the joints, supporting muscles, ligaments, tendons and fascia where pain, muscle tightness and joint dysfunction originate, restores function.

The day will also include minilectures on other subjects, including urology, nutrition, and family counseling.

The event is free and open to the public.

For more information, call 268-1342.

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Reservoir Rd. does indeed appear to have an interesting history that I often ponder as I hike the Rochambeau Trail. Early on it was apparently part of a main route from the center of the Borough to Taunton, which went up Mt. Pleasant Rd. and then roughly followed a watershed boundary from Mount Pleasant to Taunton Hill. When the current switchback road was built from West St. to Castle Hill in the 1800s, replacing the indirect route through the campground that Rochambeau used, the part of that original route to Taunton now known as Reservoir Rd. became redundant. But on an 1868 town map and topographic maps from 1892 and 1915, it looks like both routes were still maintained as roads. By the time of the 1934 aerial survey of CT, the connection to Mount Pleasant Rd. (maybe called Reservoir Rd. by then since the reservoir is visible) even had two outlets onto Castle Hill Rd. Since it is only shown as a partial dashed line on a 1953 topographic map, it may have stopped being maintained as a passable through road by then. But on a 1963 topographic map, where the section down to Knollwood Dr. had become a normal road again, the other end is shown as a dashed-line road, still with two connections to Castle Hill Rd., and a structure on the east side where one can still find remnants of a house today. Maybe a longtime resident can add comments about what it looked like in the 1950s and 1960s?

Clarity on Reservoir Road and the Rochambeau Trail

Please stop referring to your fellow Newtowners as the Mob. I was at the Legislative Council meeting where Mr. Pisani insulted the intelligence of a room full of Newtown voters; twice, and not in a satirical way. Plenty of new projects have been given the green light - the repurposing of the Taunton Press property is a welcome addition to Town, a new retail center is under construction on Church Hill Rd there are ongoing plans for the existing Fairfield Hills campus. Newtown is a wonderful place to live. Kudos to the Town officials who have managed to grow Newtown and maintain a small town feel, which may mean saying no to development more often than you would like. There will always be two sides to any proposal - different points of view are welcome and essential - name calling adds nothing to the conversation.

Who is Calling Newtowners Stupid?

Appreciate your perspective. Rather than litiate all of your opinions expressed here, here....I would like correct your opinion about the BOS having the final authority on road discontinuance decisions. State statute (CT GS 13a-49), requires the BOS' decision to be approvate by a majority vote at a regular or special town meeting (just like the one Newtown had a few years back to decide to spend the money to build an addition onto the High School). In towns that no longer have any town meetings, that responsibility would fall on the town's representaive government, or legislative body....in Newtown's case, our Legislative Council. Failure to follow this statutory process is but one of the reasons the town/the BOS is being sued.

There are many private roads in Newtown where they property owner owns right to the center line, for example this is often true in the lake communities. Many of these roads predate and do not conform to the Town's roads standard and therefore the Town never accepted them into the Town road system. Does the Town actually own this road?

It’s important to clarify the tone and context of Derek Pisani’s remarks, particularly the satirical line about suing Newtown for "Gross Stupidity." This was clearly a tongue-in-cheek jab at the exhausting culture of legal threats that’s become a staple on the local Facebook Group forums. It was a reflection of frustration over endless regulatory hurdles and obstructionism, and the desire to avoid common sense solutions not an insult aimed at residents. Satire, is meant to provoke thought and highlight the absurdities. If we are unable to distinguish between satire and literal threats, perhaps the comment hit closer to the truth than we’d like to admit. Rather than focusing on Pisanis style, we should be discussing the substance of what he’s pointing out: that Newtown’s progress is being routinely blocked by a small but vocal contingent who seem intent on saying “no” at every turn. They are saying no to any development, no to common sense solutions to crowd control, etc. Newtown deserves leaders who are willing to call things as they see them, even if their language ruffles feathers. That doesn’t mean they lack respect for constituents—it means they care enough to challenge the Mob and push for solutions. Isn't that what we elect people to do? I applaud Pisani's dedication, he certainly has earned my vote. Regardless, let’s not reduce conversation to tone-policing and outrage. Let’s focus on the issues that matter.

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