Wine Store Helps Stop MS
The World of Wine & Spirits of Newtown will be participating in the annual National Multiple Sclerosis walk-a-thon to be held on Apri...
A Host Of Promotions
Due to a series of elections and staff officer appointments – as well as an Assistant Squad Leader competition – th...
Saturday, April 8: Southern Connecticut Past Masters Association at Southington Grange, potluck supper 6:30 pm, installation of officers; program “B...
Allergy Season Is Here
WATERBURY — Last season was particularly brutal for allergy sufferers. With spring around the corner, trees, bushes, and flow...
Occupation: I retired in 1987 as a sales engineer for the TRANE Company, which made heat and air conditioning equipment. I attended Wooster School in Danbur...
Free Blood Pressure Screening
Danbury Visiting Nurse Association will sponsor a free blood pressure screening Thursday, April 13, from 1 to 2 pm, at the Newtown...
Hospital Offers Free Makeovers
WATERBURY — Women who have mammograms at Waterbury Hospital’s Be Well Center at the Brass Mill Center mal...
Kristen Meyer, daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas O. Meyer, recently earned academic honors from the Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, Connecticut, for the winte...
Criminal Charges
Police report Leigh C. Brandes, 42, of Greenwich, forcibly entered a house on Dayton Street on March 31, damaging a door in the process, and be...
Celebrate The Family, Sunday At Discovery
BRIDGEPORT — “Celebrating the Family” is the theme for the next Sunday Celebration...
My name is Jack McAvoy, older brother of Joanne and Patricia McAvoy who lost their lives in an automobile accident 50 years ago on the date above. I wonder if any readers still remember two of the most wonderful sisters a brother could ever have, and I'll bet two of the nicest friends one could ever know. Joanne was 17, Patricia 15. I can't thank the Bee enough for posting this In Memoriam. As a regular reader of the "Way We Were" feature from my home in Pennsylvania, I wondered if any mention would be made of the accident as the sad anniversary approached. It was not (so far anyway), and I totally understood because that's probably not the place to recount such a tragic event. And then . . . then I clicked on Obituaries and saw that the precious memory of these dear girls is still alive in their hometown thanks to this newspaper with a heart. I am so moved. If anyone knew them, you would understand why. On the chance that a former classmate/friend might want to visit their grave site, they are interred in St. Rose Cemetery very close to the entrance. Take the road to the right just a little way and you'll find the headstone close to the road. If anyone reads this and remembers, I thank you for any kindness you might have ever done for them. Chances are they were kind to you as well. That's the way they always were. RIP, Joanne and Patricia. I love you both.
Clocks of any type should be avoided because the word for clock sounds a lot like the word for the funeral ritual. Clocks also are a reminder that time is running out and are considered a reminder that life will come to an end.
