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New, Large-Scale Gabby Petito Mural Offers Hope Of Healing New, Large-Scale Gabby Petito Mural Offers Hope Of Healing
New, Large-Scale Gabby Petito Mural Offers Hope Of Healing A new wall mural of Gabby Petito on Long Island captures your attention as soon as you see the vibrant colors and sharp blue eyes that take up a wall in the downtown area where the young smiling woman grew up. Located on Montauk Highway in Blue Point, in Suffolk County, the mural is a message of healing to the family and to victims of domestic violence from local muralist Tess Parker. Painting in times of pain is nothing new for Parker, age 30, of East Islip.  An art therapist, as well as a painter, she has spent years putting paint on a brush to offer healing to hundreds over the yea…
Casey Lynn Carpenter Of Stamford, Passion For Children, Animals, Dies At 21 Casey Lynn Carpenter Of Stamford, Passion For Children, Animals, Dies At 21
Casey Lynn Carpenter Of Stamford, Passion For Children, Animals, Dies At 21 A Stamford resident who had a passion for children and animals, Casey Lynn Carpenter, died suddenly on Wednesday, Aug. 28, at age 21. She was born on Dec. 10, 1997, at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Carpenter had a "unique personality and a big heart to match, which shined through despite her strong will." She was a voracious reader and a talented artist. "Her inner being was reflected in her work, her obituary said. Majoring to be an art therapist, Carpenter had a "strong passion for children and animals," according to the obituary. She is survived by her parents, mother Nicole Carpenter …
The Facts About Teen Suicide And How to Prevent It The Facts About Teen Suicide And How to Prevent It
The Facts About Teen Suicide And How to Prevent It September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, and Tuesday, September 10, is World Suicide Prevention Day. And this year, it comes on the heels of new research showing that more adolescents and young adults are dying by suicide than ever before. Released in June, the new analysis of teen suicide statistics shows that the youth suicide rate in the United States is currently the highest in recorded history — 14.46 per 100,000 for young people between the ages of 15 and 24. Moreover, suicide is the second most common cause of death in the United States among youth ages 10–19, and the number…