100 Years Ago: 1924 A recent millinery exhibition in Cincinnati had a radio receiving set fastened to a hat. Next they will be equipping them with transmitters and talking through them. 50 Years Ago: 1974 The United Methodist Youth Choir of Auburn is now in rehearsal for “It’s Cool in the Furnace,” a light musical comedy […]
Jul 16, 2021
Dr. Kristy Murray
Currently in Belize from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas is Dr Kristy Murray, a medical professor who has been collaborating with the Ministry of Health since 2017 on a number of health-related studies on pathogens and causes of a wide variety of diseases. Hence when COVID-19 hit, we already had the infrastructure in place to work on studies with them on this virus. Now she’s here to study how well our people have been adhering to the hygiene campaign.
Dr. Kristy Murray, Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
“People here work hard and appreciate any help that they can get and we’re happy with any help that we can give. We’re actually going to bring a couple here from Central Medical Lab to the United States to Houston to train. We’re going to train them in our labs and they’re gonna come back with all the knowledge with them so that all of it can be done here in Belize so that samples don’t have to be se
Thousands of lights twinkled, dozens of carols rang out and, for two straight hours, St. Nicholas wished everyone a merry Christmas during the first St. Mary of the Mills Christmas Festival on Dec. 18 in Laurel.
STONINGTONÂ â For the past seven years, Stonington Human Services and local police have partnered to host a childrenâs holiday party at Stonington High School and annual Stuff-A-Cruiser toy drive during the second Saturday in December to enhance community spirit and help those in need.
Despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, which will prevent the two organizations from hosting their traditional holiday gatherings for safety reasons, the two organizations have partnered with fire departments across town to hold a community-wide alternative in 2020 designed to keep traditions alive and deliver holiday spirit to those throughout Stonington.
This Saturday, the agencies will unite with volunteer fire departments across the community to host the first-ever unified Santa Run, an event that will see Santa Claus drive through all six of the townâs fire districts as a way of delivering holiday cheer to children and families who would otherwise be unable to see joll