Mostly Cloudy 36°
Tag:

Panama

News
Third Death From Listeria Outbreak Linked To Boar's Head Deli Meat Third Death From Listeria Outbreak Linked To Boar's Head Deli Meat
Third Death From Listeria Outbreak Linked To Boar's Head Deli Meat A person from Virginia has become the third person to die during an ongoing Listeria food poisoning outbreak linked to millions of pounds of Boar's Head deli meats that were recalled. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an update on Thursday, Aug. 8 advising that there have been nine more cases reported in connection to the recall, bringing the total to 43 hospitalized - three of which who died, including one from Virginia. No details about the person who died in Virginia have been released. Two others in the state have also been sickened with Listeria amid the outbr…

SHARE

by Zak Failla
Sports
Mariano Rivera Receives Presidential Medial Of Freedom Mariano Rivera Receives Presidential Medial Of Freedom
Mariano Rivera Receives Presidential Medial Of Freedom Yankees baseball Hall of Famer and longtime Westchester resident Mariano Rivera was back under the lights this week, this time accepting the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The only unanimous selection into the Hall of Fame was given the honor by President Donald Trump, who called him “maybe the greatest pitcher of all time.” Trump spoke of Rivera’s upbringing in Panama before becoming a U.S. citizen and praised his “dominance” on the mound over his record-breaking career. The ceremony including an ode to Rivera’s playing days, with Metallica’s “Enter Sandman,” the closer’s entrance music, …

SHARE

by Zak Failla
Lifestyle
Greenwich's Lisa Lori Makes Smiles Possible For Her Own Children And Thousands of Others Greenwich's Lisa Lori Makes Smiles Possible For Her Own Children And Thousands of Others
Greenwich's Lisa Lori Makes Smiles Possible For Her Own Children And Thousands of Others Can anything be sweeter to a mother than her child’s smile? Corners of the mouth turned up in mischievous glee or sleepy contentment. Now imagine your child cannot smile because of physical challenges like cleft palates or facial paralysis. What do you do then? A mother does everything she can. Lisa Lori, Greenwich resident and owner of The Perfect Provenance (a luxury lifestyle store and café at 47 Arch Street in Greenwich), was overjoyed to be pregnant with her first child 18 years ago. Suffering from an auto-immune disease (she is now in remission), she was told her condition could not…

SHARE

by Vira Mamchur Schwartz
Business
Health Craze You Might Be Able To Get Down With Coming To Fairfield County Health Craze You Might Be Able To Get Down With Coming To Fairfield County
Health Craze You Might Be Able To Get Down With Coming To Fairfield County If you haven't seen aesthetic photos of the fruity bowl of goodness, you've likely heard about the Playa Bowls that are taking the Tri-State area by storm. Here's why people are loving Playa Bowls -- which is set to open a store in Fairfield soon, according to its website. The idea stems from two Jersey Shore natives and longtime surfers, who fell in love with the fruit-based bowl on summer surf trips to Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, California, Hawaii, Nicaragua and Panama. The bowls are built like smoothies with a base of Acai (a Brazilian berry packed with antioxidants) or pitaya (a fancy wa…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine