The Music Center Opens Its 19th Dance Season With West Coast Premiere Of BERNSTEIN DANCES
The Music Center welcomes the return of live, indoor dance experiences to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion with Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier. Making its company debut at The Music Center, Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier will kick off the 19th season of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center, a TMC Arts program, with the West […]
Maine schools find high levels of lead in their water in 1st statewide look
Schools across Maine are reporting high concentrations of lead in their water fixtures since all were ordered to test cooking and drinking taps under a 2019 state law. Samples from almost a third of the more than 2,500 fixtures schools had tested as of Jan. 27 came back with lead concentrations that exceeded the four-parts-per-billion […]
New Camfil Clean Air Report Break Down Air Pollution
Riverdale, NJ, Feb. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Air pollution is a global public health risk, with major organizations including the EPA, CDC, and WHO working towards mitigating the harmful effects of air pollution. Concerns about air pollution-related deaths were raised at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), but the dangers of air […]
Comanche County Memorial Hospital Names Chief Nursing Officer
Comanche County Memorial Hospital today announced the appointment of Melissa Alvillar to Chief Nursing Officer. Alvillar has performed the duties of Administrative Director of Nursing Operations since March of 2020. TSM Lawton: Critter TSM Lawton: Critter Nursing has been a passion that started early in her career as it began in 2002 as a Certified Nursing […]
Burning Bush Candle Co. offers organic aromas for Valentine’s Day
By Anthony Richards Scented candles can fill the air with various aromas, but this Valentine’s Day, if love is in the air, Burning Bush Candle Company may have the scent you are looking for. Kasey Bushman is the owner of Burning Bush and a Nocatee resident. She has been making candles since 2008. “I was […]
Durham Selectman Elected President Of Council Of Small Towns
Information via Connecticut Council of Small Towns DURHAM, CT — The Connecticut Council of Small Towns (COST) elected Durham First Selectman Laura Francis as President of COST at its annual meeting on February 8 at the Aqua Turf Club in Plantsville, CT. “I am honored to be elected by my peers as COST’s President,” said […]
Harmony School of Fine Arts & Technology Investigates Hand Sanitizer & Indoor Air Quality
The hand sanitizer you’re using to keep germs away during the COVID pandemic could be impacting your air quality. This was one of the findings Harmony School of Fine Arts and Technology teacher Patricia Kulow and her class discovered through Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation’s Civic Science Inquiry to Action program. Kulow and her class used Plume Labs Flow devices […]
2022 Legislative Session Underway in Hartford – Connecticut Education Association
POSITIONS OPEN FOR NOMINATION CEA may be eligible to elect up to 30 state delegates to the NEA RA in 2020. Here are descriptions of the open positions: Category 1 At-Large/State Delegate: Fifteen Positions (Term: two years) Category 1 At-Large/Ethnic Minority Concerns: Four Positions (Term: 2 years) These categories must have Active classroom teachers (Membership […]
How long does omicron last on surfaces and in the air?
(NEXSTAR) – Most of us stopped wiping down our groceries and disinfecting all our possessions much earlier in the pandemic when we learned the real risk of COVID-19 transmission was in the air. Does the arrival of the omicron variant change that calculus? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, respiratory transmission is […]
UK is ‘international outlier’ in its approach
The UK is an ‘international outlier’ in its approach to protecting children from covid, argue experts in The BMJ today. Simon Williams, a lecturer in psychology at Swansea University, and colleagues John Drury, Susan Michie, Christina Pagel and Adam Squires point out that over a third of a million UK children are currently missing school, nearly […]