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Notre Dame student donates 200+ books to Milford Boys & Girls Village to give back Saul Flores FacebookTwitterEmail MILFORD As the popular saying goes: Think globally, act locally. Trevor Knotwell, a junior at Notre Dame High School in West Haven, found a worthy cause right down the street from his house in Milford. Trevor recently completed a personal book drive that resulted in him donating 225 books, valued at more than $1,500, to the Milford Boys & Girls Village. “I wanted to organize a book drive because I pass the Boys & Girls Village every day and learned that they helped at-risk kids and others who are in the foster system,” Trevor said. “I’m lucky enough to go to a great school like Notre Dame and wanted to do something to give back to my community.” ....
Police: Milford business owner charged with threatening, harassment Tara O’Neill and Donald Eng March 31, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail A file photo of a Milford, Conn., police cruiser.Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut Media MILFORD A local business owner was charged after police said he used racial slurs and threatened the owner of a neighboring business. John Iaffaldano, 57, who runs a business in the Research Drive commercial complex, was charged with second-degree threatening, second-degree harassment and breach of peace, police said. He was released on a promise to appear and given a May 3 court date. Police said Iaffaldano allegedly called the owner of the neighboring business repeatedly on Sunday night, while “using racial slurs, and threatening to kill the other owner.” ....
As COVID positivity surges, data shows vaccine supply could surpass demand by May FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 Syringes filled with COVID-19 vaccine wait on a table at Hartford HealthCare’s new mass vaccination clinic on the west campus of Sacred Heart University, in Fairfield, Conn. March 10, 2021.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of6 Danbury teachers and school district staff get their Moderna COVID-19 vaccination at a vaccine clinic at Rogers Park Middle School on March 6. More than 900 teachers and staff received the vaccine during the two-day clinic.Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 3of6 4of6 Megan Murphy, Emergency Management Director for the Town of Trumbull, fills syringes with the new Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine on March 4.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less ....
Experts: COVID vaccine priority still uncertain for preexisting conditions FacebookTwitterEmail Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine vialNorwalk Hospital People with high-risk medical conditions would be allowed to jump the line when the coronavirus vaccine registration opens to everyone over the age of 16 on April 5, but how that will work is still unclear. Though Gov. Ned Lamont announced Monday the state will accelerate access for those with preexisting conditions, which medical ailments will count and whether it can be handled on a unified, statewide level is still an open question, according to health experts. “Nothing has been fully fleshed out,” said Ohm Deshpande, vice president for population health and a physician leader for Yale New Haven Health’s vaccination program. “Our goal is to come to some sort of consensus that is not at the level of a health provider or health system. We’d like to be working along the same guidelines.” ....
Red Cross: 5.5% of CT blood donations tested positive for COVID FacebookTwitterEmail A map showing the prevalence of antibodies in Red Cross blood donations in the northeast.Submitted/Red Cross This originally appeared as part of our daily coronavirus newsletter. to get it delivered to your inbox. About 5.5 percent of all the Red Cross blood donations from healthy, unvaccinated Connecticut residents since June have tested positive for COVID antibodies, the organization said this week. Overall, the Red Cross tested 3 million blood donations, including 82,353 in Connecticut, between mid-June 2020 and mid-February. The national positivity rate was 6.6 percent over that time, higher than Connecticut’s average, suggesting the spread of the coronavirus was better contained in this state than in others. In fact, the Northeast had a lower positivity rate than other U.S. regions. ....