Drizzle Fog/Mist 45°
Tag:

Ted Yang

News
March of Dimes Rates Our Region Inadequately Prepared for Maternal and Infant Health March of Dimes Rates Our Region Inadequately Prepared for Maternal and Infant Health
March of Dimes Rates Our Region Inadequately Prepared for Maternal and Infant Health November is Prematurity Awareness Month and the March of Dimes has released its 2021 Report Card measuring preterm birth, infant mortality and social drivers of health and prenatal care. March of Dimes CEO, Stacey D. Stewart will be holding a live webinar, "Healthy Moms, Strong Babies," on Thursday, November 18 at 2 p.m. to discuss the report cards and the state of maternal and infant health in the United States. Connecticut's grade on the 2021 March of Dimes Report Card.March of Dimes In our region this year, Massachusetts leads the pack with an overall B, Connecticut and New York rate…

SHARE

by Vira Mamchur Schwartz
Neighbors
Daily Voice Founder Shares "A Lifetime of Work" in His New Book Daily Voice Founder Shares "A Lifetime of Work" in His New Book
Daily Voice Founder Shares "A Lifetime of Work" in His New Book Ten years after founding Daily Voice, Carll Tucker is bringing out a new book called Collected Words. We sat down to talk to him about his book, Daily Voice, and what he’s been doing since his retirement in 2019. DV: So what is Collected Words? Tucker: Collected Words is five books I’ve written during the last thirty years. The first, Good Morning, was mined from the daily email missives I’ve been sending to my friends every day for eight years. Our Rift is a book of poems. Paddle’s Last Gift is a memoir of our beloved family dog. Dear David is a letter I wrote to my youngest son on his bar…

SHARE

by Daily Voice
Lifestyle
Posh Highclere Castle Gin, Launched By CT Company & The Real 'Downton Abbey,' Makes US Debut Posh Highclere Castle Gin, Launched By CT Company & The Real 'Downton Abbey,' Makes US Debut
Posh Highclere Castle Gin, Launched By CT Company & The Real 'Downton Abbey,' Makes US Debut How does a Connecticut-based spirits company partner with the real-life Earl and Countess of TV’s "Downton Abbey," Highclere Castle? They connect through email of course. It was after watching an episode of "Downton Abbey," followed by a documentary about Highclere Castle, that Adam von Gootkin got an idea. Von Gootkin was already successful in the spirits business, having launched New England’s first legal moonshine since Prohibition, Onyx Moonshine, in 2011 along with Peter Kowalczyk. Why not a premium gin? Thus, an email was sent and the conversation started. Follow-up calls turned in…

SHARE

by Vira Mamchur Schwartz
Lifestyle
Alexa, What's My Local News? Get Daily Voice On Your Flash Briefing Alexa, What's My Local News? Get Daily Voice On Your Flash Briefing
Alexa, What's My Local News? Get Daily Voice On Your Flash Briefing Hey Daily Voice readers! There's no reason local news should be left out of your Alexa Flash Briefing, and it doesn't have to be if you download the Daily Voice Flash Briefing from Amazon by clicking here. We need your help to test our new Alexa app and want your feedback. Available since early February, we now invite all our Alexa-enabled readers to give it a try. Let us know how it works, what you don't like about it, and, especially, what you do! "I use it everyday myself to get a quick summary of what's going on in local news as I start my day," said Daily Voice President Ted…

SHARE

by Vira Mamchur Schwartz