Food drive postponed because of Stop & Shop strike.
second-degree failure to appear in court.
James Sanders, 53, of 37 Otis St., Norwich, was charged Thursday with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Tyree Davis, 39, of 117 Smith Ave., Norwich, was charged Wednesday with assault of a public safety official, second-degree breach of peace, second-degree assault and failure to comply with fingerprint requirements.
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Norwich — The strike at Stop & Shops in the region has caused the postponement of a planned major food drive to benefit St. Vincent de Paul Place, sponsors of the event said Friday.
NBC Connecticut-WVIT, Telemundo Connecticut-WRDM and Stop & Shop were planning the food drive today at all Stop & Shop Connecticut locations to benefit various food banks. The planned drive at the Norwich Stop & Shop would have benefited St. Vincent de Paul Place, which distributes about 40,000 meals per month through its food pantry.
“We are officially postponing Saturday’s ‘Feed our Families food drive,’” NBC-CT said in a statement Friday. “This step has been taken in conjunction with our partners at Stop & Shop, NBC and Telemundo, and will ensure that a rescheduled event will operate smoothly and efficiently. We thank all of our team members who were planning to come out this weekend and look forward to working with you again at a future date.” blacklegged or deer ticks, other species include American dog ticks, which can carry Rocky Mountain spotted fever; Asian longhorn ticks, which are abundant in areas in nearby New York; and lone star ticks. The insects will be collected from 40 sites across Connecticut’s eight counties from April through October.
Experiment station Director Theodore Andreadis said funding for the initiative was received from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state Department of Public Health. He said it would allow the station to “monitor tick populations throughout the state and obtain an accurate assessment on the distribution and prevalence of emerging tick-borne pathogens,” including the Powassan virus and those that cause diseases such as Lyme, babesiosis and anaplasmosis.
Incidences of human illness and encounters with tick species are increasing, the release said. The new initiative will complement the experiment station’s current Tick Testing Program, which has focused on Lyme disease since 1990.
For more information on ticks and the station’s related programs, visit bit.ly/CAESticks. Other Marine Mammals” at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 17, at the Branford House at UConn Avery Point.
Bogomolni is a visiting investigator at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Falmouth, Mass. Brevik is creator of the “Entangled: Illuminated Ghost Whales” sculptural installation currently on exhibit at the Alexey Von Schlippe Gallery at the Branford House. The whale sculptures also were part of the recent “Crosscurrents” exhibit celebrating 10 years of the Connecticut Sea Grant Arts Support Awards Program. Brevik is one of the recipients of the 2018 arts grant.
After the discussion, a reception and viewing in the gallery will take place at 7:30 p.m.
For more information, contact Syma Ebbin, CT Sea Grant research coordinator, or Christopher Platts, curator of the Alexey von Schlippe Gallery.