By Kate Farrish RECOMMEND TWEET EMAIL PRINT MORE An East Hartford pediatrician who served a federal sentence for illegally prescribing oxycodone and failing to pay more than $177,000 in employee withholding taxes to the IRS has voluntarily…
By Jenifer Frank RECOMMEND TWEET EMAIL PRINT MORE Melanie Stengel Photo. Joseph Lanzafame, New London’s Public Utilities director, on Pequot Avenue where an exploratory “test pit” was drilled. As soon as he heard that President Biden’s Bipartisan…
By Carol Leonetti Dannhauser RECOMMEND TWEET EMAIL PRINT MORE Carol Leonetti Dannhauser Photo. Caitlyn Cimmino and Tina Marie James, both Milford Police Department social workers, have responded to calls concerning domestic violence, breach of peace, larceny and…
By Peggy McCarthy RECOMMEND TWEET EMAIL PRINT MORE Cloe Poisson Photo. Linda Davidson was the victim of multiple sexual assaults while serving in the Air Force. Davidson is pictured in her home in Vernon. She is speaking…
By Erik Ofgang RECOMMEND TWEET EMAIL PRINT MORE Melanie Stengel Photo. Herb Virgo, founder and director of the Keney Park Sustainability Project, encourages people to experience the healing powers of nature. When Herb Virgo spends time on…
By Harriet Jones RECOMMEND TWEET EMAIL PRINT MORE Melanie Stengel Photo. Laura Garcia, at right, speaks to local women and passes out leaflets at a laundromat parking lot on Ely Avenue, Norwalk. She lost her baby and…
By Kate Farrish RECOMMEND TWEET EMAIL PRINT MORE The state Medical Examining Board on Tuesday reprimanded two doctors, including fining a Waterbury doctor $10,000 for inappropriately prescribing high doses of narcotics to a patient. In addition to…
By Peggy McCarthy RECOMMEND TWEET EMAIL PRINT MORE Luzibu Chevannes and her husband Boris are pictured in the living room of their West Hartford home surrounded by family photos, October 26, 2022. They have been married for…
By Peggy McCarthy RECOMMEND TWEET EMAIL PRINT MORE Up to 10,000 Connecticut veterans who haven’t been eligible for Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits will now qualify for them if they have medical conditions resulting from exposure to burn…
By Erik Ofgang RECOMMEND TWEET EMAIL PRINT MORE Melanie Stengel Photo. Maria Cotto, of East Hartford, says good morning to crossing guard Wendy Gabriel as she walks her grandson, Percy Diaz, 7, to school. Cotto, who has…
By Elizabeth Heubeck RECOMMEND TWEET EMAIL PRINT MORE Melanie Stengel Photo. Leslie Argueta, who is earning a degree in human services, works at the Goodwin University food pantry. She’s also a client. Leslie Argueta is a 21-year-old…
By Michele Turk September 19, 2022 Bridget Phelan-Nelson was diagnosed with Tourette syndrome at 16. She isn’t shy about discussing her condition with co-workers. As a fifth grader growing up in Stratford, Bridget Phelan-Nelson used to shout…
By Kate Farrish RECOMMEND TWEET EMAIL PRINT MORE The state Medical Examining Board on Tuesday suspended the medical license of a Woodbridge pulmonologist for conducting sexually inappropriate examinations of two female patients and fined a West Hartford…
By Kate Farrish Melanie Stengel Photo. Lillian Maisfehlt received help with her insurance coverage appeals from the Office of Healthcare Advocate. Since coming out as transgender in 2015, Lillian Maisfehlt has spent $10,000 on electrolysis and…
By Peggy McCarthy Recommend Tweet Email Print More Karen Lombardi, a school instructional coach, had just taken an unruly child out of a classroom when she felt severe chest pains. She drove to Yale New…
By Kate Farrish Recommend Tweet Email Print More The state Medical Examining Board imposed disciplinary action against four doctors Tuesday, including fining a West Hartford ophthalmologist $15,000 for operating on the wrong eye and fining…
By Elizabeth Heubeck Recommend Tweet Email Print More Chelsea French (right) carries a box of food into the pantry at TEEG (Thompson Ecumenical Empowerment Group) after a delivery from Foodshare as Carl Asikainen, (left) food…
By Christopher Hoffman Online doctor telemedicine, future technology trend patient consult doctor get prescription and medicine by online internet mobile tablet augmented reality, hospital health care science background iStock Photo. When Connecticut needed a computer…
By Carol Leonetti Dannhauser Recommend Tweet Email Print More Carol Leonetti Dannhauser Photo. Alex Lopes, 16, a student at High School in the Community, and leader of the school’s Gender Sexuality Alliance, wants toilets and…
By Harriet Jones Recommend Tweet Email Print More Doctor Stacy J. Taylor routinely asks her patients about safe gun storage at home. “I had someone say they put it in their bedside table and it…