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Two Dead After Four Boaters Pulled From Long Island Sound Two Dead After Four Boaters Pulled From Long Island Sound
Two Dead After Four Boaters Pulled From Long Island Sound A second man has died after four boaters were pulled from the cold waters of the Long Island Sound on Easter morning. "We are saddened to report one additional fatality from this morning’s water rescue on the Long Island Sound," the Stamford Fire Department announced Sunday afternoon, April 17. Two others remain in critical, but stable condition. First-responders in Fairfield County received notification of a small boat in distress off of Shippan Point in Stamford at about 10:20 a.m. Sunday. A total of 22 Stamford firefighters responded as part of a marine rescue response, which included…

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by Joe Lombardi
Business
Nuvance To Bring 500 Jobs From Other Locations To New Site In Fairfield County Nuvance To Bring 500 Jobs From Other Locations To New Site In Fairfield County
Nuvance To Bring 500 Jobs From Other Locations To New Site In Fairfield County In Connecticut's largest office space lease this year, Nuvance Health Systems has rented a 220,000 square foot office space in Danbury, and will hire 500 employees.  Nuvance, formerly Western Connecticut Medical, is leasing a portion space at the newly named "Summit at Danbury" space for 12 years and may expand to 300,000 square feet in the facility.  The space, according to Nuvance, will include its executive headquarters, labs, clinical facilities and its back offices.  Before it was purchased by Summit Development, the building at 100 Reserve Road was called "The Matrix" …

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by Christina Coulter
Lifestyle
COVID-19: Plasma Donation Center Opening At Vassar Brothers COVID-19: Plasma Donation Center Opening At Vassar Brothers
Covid-19: Plasma Donation Center Opening At Vassar Brothers Three plasma donation centers giving people who have recovered from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) an opportunity to donate potentially life-saving plasma to critically ill patients fighting the virus are opening in the area. Nuvance Health announced that facilities will open at Vassar Brother Medical Center in Poughkeepsie as well as at Danbury and Norwalk hospitals in Fairfield County. The clinic at Vassar Brothers Medical Center will open on Monday, April 27, followed by Norwalk Hospital on Wednesday, April 29, and Danbury Hospital on Friday, May 1. “Plasma contains antibodies that ca…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
Second Fairfield County Man Dies From COVID-19 Second Fairfield County Man Dies From COVID-19
Second Fairfield County Man Dies From Covid-19 Click here for an updated story: Second New Canaan Man Dies From COVID-19 As Number Of Fairfield County Cases Climbs Past 100 A second Fairfield County resident has died due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The man, identified as a 91-year-old New Canaan resident, died at Norwalk Hospital, where he had been being treated. His death, also the second in the state of Connecticut due to the virus, was reported Wednesday night, March 18, just hours after Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announced the state's first COVID-19 fatality - an 88-year-old resident of an assisted living fa…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
Second Hospital Employee Linked To NY Outbreak Tests Positive For COVID-19 In Fairfield County Second Hospital Employee Linked To NY Outbreak Tests Positive For COVID-19 In Fairfield County
Second Hospital Employee Linked To NY Outbreak Tests Positive For Covid-19 In Fairfield County A physician traced to the COVID-19 outbreak in New York has been confirmed as the second positive case of the novel coronavirus in Fairfield County. Bridgeport was notified by the Connecticut Department of Public Health of its first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) within the city, involving the physician who rounded at Bridgeport Hospital and was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Friday, March 6. There are now 76 cases of the novel coronavirus in New York State, with 57 of them in Westchester County. All 57 are linked to the first case in the county, that of a 50-year-old …

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by Joe Lombardi
News
Hospital Worker Who Lives In Westchester Is Connecticut's First Confirmed COVID-19 Case Hospital Worker Who Lives In Westchester Is Connecticut's First Confirmed COVID-19 Case
Hospital Worker Who Lives In Westchester Is Connecticut's First Confirmed Covid-19 Case A Fairfield County hospital worker who lives in Westchester County is the first case of the novel coronavirus confirmed in Connecticut. "Tonight we learned that an employee from Danbury Hospital and Norwalk Hospital, who is a resident of New York State, has tested positive for coronavirus," Gov. Ned Lamont said at a press conference in Danbury on Friday night, March 6. Connecticut health authorities said they believe the woman became infected in New York. Because the source was started in New York, the case is being counted in New York State's total, which is n…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
First Case Of Coronavirus Confirmed In Connecticut First Case Of Coronavirus Confirmed In Connecticut
First Case Of Coronavirus Confirmed In Connecticut Click here for an updated story: Hospital Worker Who Lives In Westchester Is Connecticut's First Confirmed COVID-19 Case A Fairfield County hospital worker who lives in Westchester County is the first case of the novel coronavirus confirmed in Connecticut. "Tonight we learned that an employee from Danbury Hospital and Norwalk Hospital, who is a resident of New York State, has tested positive for coronavirus," Gov. Ned Lamont said at a press conference in Danbury on Friday night, March 6. Connecticut health authorities said they believe the woman became inf…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Woman, Child Attacked By 'Vicious' Rabid Raccoon At Bus Stop In Area Woman, Child Attacked By 'Vicious' Rabid Raccoon At Bus Stop In Area
Woman, Child Attacked By 'Vicious' Rabid Raccoon At Bus Stop In Area A mother and her young son attacked by a raccoon at a school bus stop are undergoing a series of rabies shots. The attack happened around 8 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 5, in Fairfield County when the mother was dropping off her son at the bus stop on Georgetown Road in Weston, said Weston Animal Control Officer Mark Harper. According to Harper, the child got out of the vehicle and was putting on his coat when the "vicious, crazed animal" came out of nowhere and began attacking his legs. The child began screaming, causing the mother to get out of the vehicle to see what was happening, he said. Wh…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Woman In Distress Attempts To Bite Officers, New Canaan Police Say Woman In Distress Attempts To Bite Officers, New Canaan Police Say
Woman In Distress Attempts To Bite Officers, New Canaan Police Say A woman has been charged after police say she attempted to bite officers while she was in distress. Kaela Augustine, 26, of Queens, turned herself in to New Canaan Police on Monday, Dec. 2 at approximately 4:30 p.m. Police were dispatched to the area of Park Street near Pine Street on a report of a woman in distress inside a vehicle on Tuesday, Sept. 24. Officers attempted to make contact with the woman, later identified as Augustine, who was inside the vehicle with two young children, police say. Augustine was subsequently incoherent and uncooperative with officers during the investigati…

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by Valerie Musson
Obituaries
Death Of Hudson Valley Teacher, Coach Ruled A Suicide Death Of Hudson Valley Teacher, Coach Ruled A Suicide
Death Of Hudson Valley Teacher, Coach Ruled A Suicide The death of a track coach and social studies teacher at a high school in Northern Westchester on Tuesday has been ruled a suicide, according to the Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Matthew Ketterer, 36, a social studies teacher at  Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, was found by New Canaan police on Tuesday when they responded to a home on Route 106 (Old Stamford Road). "The attempts to revive the individual were not successful and the individual was pronounced by a medic from Norwalk Hospital," New Canaan police said in a press release.  A spokeswoman for…

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by Kathy Reakes
Business
Health Quest, Western Connecticut Network Merge Seven Hospitals Health Quest, Western Connecticut Network Merge Seven Hospitals
Health Quest, Western Connecticut Network Merge Seven Hospitals Two healthcare giants that serve residents in the Hudson Valley and Connecticut are about to join forces to create a health system that will form a huge system offering services from the Hudson River to Long Island. The merger of the Western Connecticut Health Network, based in Danbury, and Health Quest Systems, based in Lagrangeville in Dutchess County, will create a seven-hospital network serving 1.5 million people across the two states and include seven hospitals, with combined project revenues of $2.4 billion. Health Quest's affiliates are: Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Putnam Hospita…

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by Kathy Reakes