The Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference decided on Friday to pause all fall sports activity, including conditioning. According to the Department of Public Health, CIAC executive director Glenn Lungarini spoke with DPH staff several times at the beginning of the week but only requested formal recommendations on Wednesday, the same day the CIAC Board READ MORE >
After children spending much of the second half of last school year at home, e-learning, in-person learning will be a change. School as they knew it will not be the same, but as parents, we must talk with our children about what to expect and not scare them. Ira Kumar, MD, pediatrician with Franciscan READ MORE >
The body of evidence continues to grow: masks protect the person wearing them from COVID-19, in addition to those around them. But with so many choices, what’s your best option? Researchers used a laser beam, a lens that turned a laser beam into a sheet of light, and a mirror that directed READ MORE >
A portrait of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old Black emergency medical technician shot dead by police in her own home earlier this year, will appear on the cover of the latest issue of O, The Oprah Magazine. It is the first time in the magazine’s 20-year history that the cover will not READ MORE >
Some retailers are turning to popular social media personalities to detail post-pandemic protocols and boost the allure of visiting their stores. Wendy Nguyen, a fashionable Instagram personality with 1.1 million followers, is regularly tapped by retailers like Macy’s and Banana Republic to promote their wares on social media. The posts all praised READ MORE >
An Alabama educator channeled his background in music to help his school prepare for reopening in the era of Covid-19 and practice safety measures. Childersburg High School Principal Quentin Lee was the mastermind behind a “U Can’t Touch this” parody video, made to the tune of the famous MC Hammer song. Lee READ MORE >
This year’s “Christmas Spectacular” is being canceled for the first time since the show was introduced in 1933. “We are disappointed for everyone involved with the show, as well as for the many fans who make the Christmas Spectacular a cherished part of their holiday tradition,” the company said in a statement. The READ MORE >
One local company in New Jersey is selling masks with a straw flap that allows people to drink while remaining covered up. Crook & Marker, a spiked hard seltzer brand created TasteMask. The masks come in four different colorful patterns with tropical themes and all proceeds from sales will be donated READ MORE >
A petition is asking Trader Joe’s to remove ‘racist packaging’ from its ethnic food products following Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben’s and Eskimo Pie brands’ recent responses. About 2,400 want the grocery chain to rename products labeled “Trader Ming’s”, “Trader José” or “Trader Giotto’s, which refer to Chinese, Mexican or Italian food. The label READ MORE >
The maker of Oreos shared that their sales were up by nearly 30 percent in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, a major leap in the world of cookie and cracker sales. The pandemic research revealed that sheltering in our homes, where many of us will continue to work, turns our READ MORE >