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After two years of construction, the Mattatuck Museum is proud to once again be open to the public. The Museum has reopened with new exhibitions and an exciting roster of programs and workshops for adults, kids, and families.
In honor of the 20th anniversary of 9/11 the Mattatuck Museum presents In the Wake of 9/11: Robert Carley’s American Journey on view from July 8-September 12, 2021.
Thomaston Savings Bank is pleased to congratulate Officer, Contact Center Manager, Melissa Cipriano and AVP, Secondary Market and Loan Processing Manager, Tony Sanchez, who have recently graduated from the Connecticut School of Finance and Management (CSFM). They have completed the two-year program focusing on a wide range of banking topics while highlighting their own personal specialties.
From the earliest days of the pandemic officials at Wellmore and Waterbury Public Schools have been concerned about students who were not engaging in either face to face or on-line learning opportunities.
United Way of Greater Waterbury announces that Steven Schneider, M.D., MBA, president and CEO of St. Mary's Hospital, is stepping into the role of 2021-2022 campaign chair.
Shaunna Monts, MBA, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, was named Chief Human Resources Officer for Wheeler. She succeeds Patricia Speicher Werbner, MPA, who retires on June 30 after a decade of transforming Wheeler’s HR department and functions. Under Speicher Werbner’s leadership, Wheeler expanded its workforce in new areas like primary care, implemented countless system and process improvements, and earned placement as a Hartford Courant Top Workplace for seven years.
StayWell Health Center will be providing free Covid-19 testing at 1309 South Main Street in Waterbury on Monday and Wednesdays for the month of June. Please check the website and social media for the most up-to-date information on testing days and locations.
Medical and behavioral health care for the whole family now offered; addiction treatment, complementary medicine, and more, provided.
Wheeler’s New Britain community health center at 75 North Mountain Road is moving on June 21 to 40 Hart Street, and an expanded array of health care services will now be available to people of all ages.
Kerry James Marshall (b. 1955), Supermodel, 1994, Acrylic and collage on canvas, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The John Axelrod Collection—Frank B. Bemis Fund, Charles H. Bayley Fund, and the Heritage Fund for a Diverse Collection, 2011.1825, Image courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
The Board and Staff of the Mattatuck Museum invite the public to preview A Face Like Mine, a major exhibition organized in collaboration with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and a new installation of work by artist Jeanne Silverthorne on Sunday, May 2 from
1:00-3:00 pm.
Waterbury HEALTH is brining comprehensive care to COVID-19 patients with a new post COVID-19 Clinic. This is the first clinic providing comprehensive care for pateints affected by COVID-19 in greater Waterbury.
Waterbury HEALTH welcomes Dr. Daniel Kleiner, a hepatobiliary, pancreatic, and complex upper GI surgeon. The arrival of Dr. Kleiner will allow Waterbury HEALTH to bring sophisticated hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery to patients in the greater Waterbury area filling a service void. Before joining Waterbury HEALTH, Dr. Kleiner was Chief of Hepatic and Biliary Surgery at Western Connecticut Health Network. Dr. Kleiner was also vice-chairman of the Waterbury Hospital Department of Surgery.
StayWell Health Center announced the official launch of the new online experience in preparation for their 50th Anniversary next year.
Quassy Amusement & Waterpark, one of the area's largest seasonal employers, is now hiring for the 2021 season, which opens April 24.
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at UConn Waterbury is pleased to announce details of its enterinaing and educational lectures for February. OLLI offers academic and social learning experiences to anyone 50 or over. All OLLI's classes are currently taught online, while still offering the broad range of courses and learning experiences for which Connecticut's only OLLI is known.
State Senator Joan Hartley (D-15), a former educator, was enthusiastic to see the release of $492.43 million in federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Funds throughout Connecticut, including over $46 million in funds to Waterbury, Naugatuck, and Middlebury schools.
StayWell Health Center will be providing free Covid-19 testing at 1309 South Main Street in Waterbury every Monday and Friday in February from 8am until 10:30am. Testing is offered to anyone in the community who needs or wants to get tested. No doctor approval is needed and no appointment is necessary. This testing site offers drive-up and walk-up testing. Test results come back in 2-5 days.
The non-profit organization Acts 4 Ministry will be the singular recipient of proceeds from a two-hour Virtual Bingo fundraising event to be held Saturday, February 13 between 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. that will include ‘traditional Bingo’ and Music Bingo with songs from the 1970s and 80s.
The non-denominational non-profit Acts 4 Ministry, Inc. at 1713 Thomaston Avenue in Waterbury will be the singular beneficiary of a two-hour Virtual Bingo fundraiser that will be held on Saturday, February 13, 2021 between 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. The fundraiser will be hosted by Get Your Bingo On, and sponsored by Thomaston Savings Bank.
Last week, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) led a letter with 30 other Members of Congress to FBI Director Christopher Wray inquiring about the Bureau’s plans to train, support, and advise state and local law enforcement as they face domestic threats to their state capitols, public officials, and government buildings. The FBI confirmed threats of armed protests in all 50 states in the days leading up to President Joe Biden’s inauguration.
State Senator Joan Hartley (D-Waterbury), co-chair of the Connecticut General Assembly’s bipartisan Manufacturing Caucus, hosted a meeting of the caucus’ membership on identifying issues of significance for the state’s manufacturing community and developing potential legislative actions to address issues raised.
Waterbury HEALTH -- a local network anchored by 357-bed Waterbury Hospital that offers comprehensive inpatient and outpatient healthcare services as well as primary and multispecialty physician services and home health care -- has acquired a minority ownership interest in Waterbury Surgery Center, a free-standing multispecialty facility providing high-quality ambulatory surgical services. Waterbury HEALTH began managing the facility Dec. 31, 2020.