NORWALK, Conn. — TFI Envision Inc. of Norwalk has been selected as an award winner in the 45th Creativity International Print & Packaging Design Awards. The jury selected the following TFI Envision work as bronze winners for outstanding creative design: Graphics 3 Inc. Birch Birdhouse Pop-Up Greeting Card.TFI Envision, Inc. “Pickle Perspectives” Summer Promotion 2015.“We are honored ...

NORWALK, Conn. -- First Niagara Financial Group has hired two new members of its Norwalk-based First Niagara Risk Management division. Lynn Horvath has been named vice president of FNRM, and Enrique Lopez has been named an employee benefits consultant for First Niagara Benefits Consulting, a division of FNRM. Horvath will be responsible for managing First Niagara’s Commercial Lines ...

WILTON, Conn. -- BioHiTech Global Inc., a provider of food waste disposal solutions, has appointed Wilton resident Brian C. Essman as chief financial officer. Essman has more than 20 years of financial management experience, starting as a certified public accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers as a senior manager, followed by a CFO role at a Fidelity Capital portfolio company. He has ...

STRATFORD, Conn. -- An event commemorating the 75th anniversary of the opening of the Merritt Parkway was held in Stratford this fall.State Rep. Laura Hoydick, R-Stratford, joined state and local officials in recognizing the famed parkway, which was opened to the public on Sept. 2, 1940. Also attending were Rep. Laura Devlin, R-Fairfield, Rep. Ben McGorty, R-Stratford, and Rep. Gail ...

RHINEBECK, N.Y. -- Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro will hold a public forum at 6 p.m. Monday at Clinton Town Hall in Rhinebeck. The forum will focus on the 2016 county budget and other issues. Residents are invited to ask questions and share feedback on issues important to them and their families. For more information, call 845-486-2000 or visit dutchessny.gov.Clinton Town Hall ...

NEW CITY, N.Y. -- Rockland County officials participated in the annual menorah lighting Friday outside the Allison-Parris County Office Building in New City. The event brought together ‪‎Rockland‬ County Executive Ed Day with fellow elected officials and local Jewish leaders. Together they lit four candles for the first four nights of Hanukkah, which began Dec. 6. "Hanukkah is not ...

ARMONK, N.Y. -- Detecting a new planet has helped earn a Byram Hills High School senior top individual honors in the regional finals of the Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology, one of the nation's most prestigious science competitions for high school students. Dominick Rowan learned recently that he would advance to this month’s national finals. "Dominick ...

FAIR LAWN, N.J. — Artists of all kinds and levels can explore their creative side with oil painting classes taught in January at the Fair Lawn Art Association. Professional artist and teacher David Buckbinder will teach an oil painting class focusing on landscape, still life, seascape and portraits. The class will be customized to each student’s level of ability. Sponsored by the Fair ...

GREENWICH, Conn. -- A.G. Williams Painting Co. with offices in Greenwich and Pelham, N.Y., recently was honored with a General Excellence Award at 914INC. Magazine’s 2015 Small Business Awards. For the third year in a row, hundreds of nominations were submitted to Westchester Magazine publication, 914INC. Magazine, with intentions to highlight the achievements of small businesses all ...

NEW CANAAN, Conn. -- Dr. Robert J. Femia of New Canaan has been named chair of the Ronald O. Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center. Femia replaced Dr. Lewis R. Goldfrank, who will continue to serve as the Herbert W. Adams Professor of Emergency Medicine. Considered by many a founder of modern emergency medicine, Goldfrank will remain focused on ...