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Mosquitoes In Fairfield County Test Positive For West Nile Virus Mosquitoes In Fairfield County Test Positive For West Nile Virus
Mosquitoes In Fairfield County Test Positive For West Nile Virus The season's first West Nile Virus-positive mosquitoes have been found in Fairfield County in a batch of mosquitoes trapped June 19. According to the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, the mosquitoes were trapped in New Canaan. “The first West Nile virus positive mosquitoes of the season have been identified,” said Dr. Philip Armstrong, the medical entomologist at the experiment station. “This is one of the earlier detections of virus recorded during the last 20 years of the statewide monitoring program.” While warning Fairfield County residents to protect themselves against mosq…

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by Kathy Reakes
Business
Walmart, Sam's Club To Limit Opioid Prescriptions Walmart, Sam's Club To Limit Opioid Prescriptions
Walmart, Sam's Club To Limit Opioid Prescriptions With the country in the midst of an opioid epidemic, Walmart is taking efforts to curtail drug abuse by its customers. Officials announced Walmart and Sam’s Club pharmacies around the country will fill all opioid prescriptions with no more than a seven-day supply, capping daily dosages at 50 morphine milligram equivalents. The new policy is in line with guidelines provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding opioid use and abuse. The new policy is expected to be implemented nationwide within two months. Walmart employees are expected to get additional training and ed…

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by Zak Failla
Politics
Boughton Back On Job After Collapsing At GOP Gubernatorial Candidates Event Boughton Back On Job After Collapsing At GOP Gubernatorial Candidates Event
Boughton Back On Job After Collapsing At GOP Gubernatorial Candidates Event Mark Boughton is back on the job just in time for St. Patrick's Day.The 54-year-old Boughton, Danbury’s longest-serving mayor, was hospitalized after collapsing from dehydration at an event Thursday for Republican gubernatorial candidates. Boughton was rushed to the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington after the incident at the meet-and-greet for GOP candidates in Avon. Boughton was treated for a benign brain tumor last year, but the Thursday incident was unrelated. Boughton's campaign released a brief statement on the incident on Twitter and said it would have no further …

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by Daily Voice
News
Road Rage Incident Tops Week's Fairfield County News Road Rage Incident Tops Week's Fairfield County News
Road Rage Incident Tops Week's Fairfield County News FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- A road-rage incident led to a fight in a parking lot in Cos Cob on Post Road ending with two arrests, according to Greenwich Police. Click here to read the story.  Here are some other stories that topped the news in Fairfield County this past week: A Stamford man has been nabbed in the vicious stabbing of a local man on Tuesday that left him fighting for his life, according to Stamford Police. Got $8.7 million lying around? This Norwalk home might be for you. Nearly 40 years after vanishing amid allegations he abused children on a camping trip, a former television perso…

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by Kathy Reakes
Neighbors
Griffin’s Wonderland Of Trees Raises $9,300 For Spooner House In Shelton Griffin’s Wonderland Of Trees Raises $9,300 For Spooner House In Shelton
Griffin’s Wonderland Of Trees Raises $9,300 For Spooner House In Shelton SHELTON, Conn. – Griffin Hospital’s annual Holiday Wonderland of Trees fundraiser collected more than $9,300 for Spooner House in Shelton to help feed and shelter area families in need this winter. As part of Griffin’s Planetree Person-Centered Care Philosophy, the Holiday Wonderland of Trees calls on hospital departments to decorate 3-foot artificial evergreen trees that are raffled off. The fundraiser aims to help improve health the community by supporting the Spooner House’s services. This is the seventh year of the fundraiser, which has raised more than $47,000 in total.

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by Daily Voice