FARMINGTON — The Board of Selectmen accepted a $1,500 grant from the Healthy Community Coalition for the Farmington Police Department on Tuesday. Half the amount will be used to enforce underage-drinking laws, Police Chief Jack Peck said. The other half will be used to purchase Fatal Vision Glasses, which qare goggles that simulate what it’s […]
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Healthy Community Coalition offers healthy food shopping tour tips
WILTON — Healthy Community Coalition is offering a free “Cooking Matters at the Store” shopping tour event at the Wilton Blueberry Festival on Friday, Aug. 4. Two sessions will be offered. The first session begins at 10 a.m. and the second at 11 a.m. “Cooking Matters at the Store” shopping tours offer consumers tips and […]
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PEP Fun Day at Kineowatha Park in Wilton
WILTON — A Kineowatha- PEP Fun Day takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, June 19, at the park on High Street. The Healthy Community Coalition of Greater Franklin County has planned some special events to take place while Wilton Recreation Department accepts sign ups for summer lessons and programs. A timed hula hoop contest starts at […]
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Healthy Community Coalition announces new Community Connector website
FARMINGTON — Healthy Community Coalition has announced the launch of the newly updated Community Connector website, the area’s oldest online resource directory for Greater Franklin County. The new website features easier navigation, newsletter sign-up and an online form for submitting new listings and upcoming events. “The Community Connector has been a valuable resource for local […]
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Greater Franklin County summit addresses food insecurity
FARMINGTON — Hunger is a growing problem in Greater Franklin County, where food pantries serve more than 1,200 people a month. A group of more than 50 representatives of food pantries, educators and medical personnel met Thursday to address that problem by developing a list of barriers people face to get enough food and how […]
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Food Summit to address food insecurity in Greater Franklin County
FARMINGTON — No one should go hungry in local communities, yet children are arriving at school not having eaten, and more and more seniors are accessing area food pantries looking for help. The United Way of the Tri-Valley Area and Healthy Community Coalition will host a Food Summit on Thursday, April 6, that will include […]
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Prosperity Summit addresses approach to war on poverty
FARMINGTON — Donna Beegle told those at a Prosperity Summit on Wednesday how the norms of middle class often make no sense nor have anything do with people fighting poverty. “Everyone starts the same, but not everyone gets the same chance,” Beegle told over 100 people from around greater Franklin County gathered at Franklin Memorial […]
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Food Summit to address food insecurity in Greater Franklin County
FARMINGTON — No one should go hungry in local communities, yet children are arriving at school not having eaten, and more and more seniors are accessing area food pantries looking for help. The United Way of the Tri-Valley Area and Healthy Community Coalition will host a Food Summit on Thursday, April 6, that will include […]
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Community voices concerns at drug forum in Jay
JAY — A move to Maine 27 years ago has helped Mike, a recovering heroin addict, stay clean of the drug and methadone. Mike shared a tale of life on the streets of New York City, jail sentences, detox centers and methadone use with participants in the first of two community drug forums hosted Monday […]
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Winter Windfall Raffle to benefit Healthy Community Coalition
FARMINGTON — Tickets for the Healthy Community Coalition seventh annual Winter Windfall raffle are now available until the end of January. The raffle is sponsored by Franklin Community Health Network. By donating $10 per ticket to HCC, the donor will be eligible for 31 prizes to be drawn daily throughout January. Prizes include ski passes, […]