Tuesday, November 19, 2019
'Turnback Tuesday' features F.W. Woolworth store in Derby
Turnback Tuesday remembers our local F. W. Woolworth store on Main Street, Derby.
This photo was taken looking east on Main Street and shows the store to the right. Notice it was across from the beginning of Elizabeth Street.
F.W. Woolworth started as a 5 cent store in Utica, N.Y. on Feb. 22, 1879 and by its 100th Anniversary in 1979 it was the largest department store in the world, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
Thanks as always to the Derby Public Library staff for sharing interesting local history each week.
Derby Neck Library to host author/photographer, dinner and a movie
DERBY - Derby Neck Library, 307 Hawthorne Ave., will host Dinner and a Movie for those ages 18 and older, at 5:30 p.m. Dec. 5.
This month’s feature film, shown on blu-ray and a large screen, is “The Peanut Butter Falcon.”
Free movie refreshments will be served, including a pizza dinner at intermission.
This month’s feature film, shown on blu-ray and a large screen, is “The Peanut Butter Falcon.”
Free movie refreshments will be served, including a pizza dinner at intermission.
Author to speak
The Library will present author, photographer, and lecturer Kevin Woyce at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 18.
Woyce will be showing a powerpoint based on his well-researched and informative book, “Santa’s Hometown.”
This book describes the various Christmas traditions that have their origins in New York City over the past two centuries.
This book describes the various Christmas traditions that have their origins in New York City over the past two centuries.
Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing. This is a free program.
For information call 203-734-1492.
This is a press release from Patricia Sweeney, reference librarian, Derby Neck Library.
29 receive free prostate cancer screenings at Griffin Hospital in Derby
He is pictured with Tracy Volpe, RN, on left, and Griffin Health Patient Navigator Catherine Voccia, RN, BSN, CN-BN./ Contributed photo
DERBY - The Center for Cancer Care at Griffin Hospital recently provided 29 free prostate cancer screenings to help encourage men to get checked for the disease and to increase men’s health awareness.
Participating physicians included Dr. Joseph Cardinale, of the Center for Cancer Care, and Dr. Joseph Camilleri, of Griffin Faculty Practice Urology, and resident physicians at Griffin
Hospital.
The event was sponsored by the Health Initiative for Men (HiM). As a result of the screenings, two men were referred for further testing.
This is the third year Griffin and HiM has offered these free screenings to the community. Overall, 83 men have been screened and more than six men were referred for further testing.
“Being screened for prostate cancer is a critical part of men’s health,” said HiM Co-founder Judy Michaud. “Prostate cancer is the second-leading cancer killer in men, however it can be
successfully treated if caught early. We hope the men who took part in this screening go home and encourage others to get tested.”
According to the American Cancer Society, prostate cancer screenings are recommended for men at 50 years old. Men at higher risk, including African-American men and men who have a first-degree relative (father or brother) diagnosed with prostate cancer before age 65, should be screened at age 45.
Men at a very high risk (multiple family members diagnosed with prostate cancer before age 65 years) should be tested at age 40.
About The Health Initiative for Men (HiM)
In an effort to help inspire men to have an annual physical and to raise awareness about men’s health issues such as prostate cancer and colorectal cancer, Griffin Hospital launched the Health Initiative for Men (HiM), a community-wide preventive healthcare effort. The goal of the HiM is to influence men to see their physician annually, and to be screened for various diseases that respond better to treatment if detected early.
For more information about men’s health, including a “check-up list” for screenings visit Griffin Hospital’s Health Initiative for Men website, griffinhealth.org/him.
This is a press release from Griffin Hospital.
“Being screened for prostate cancer is a critical part of men’s health,” said HiM Co-founder Judy Michaud. “Prostate cancer is the second-leading cancer killer in men, however it can be
successfully treated if caught early. We hope the men who took part in this screening go home and encourage others to get tested.”
According to the American Cancer Society, prostate cancer screenings are recommended for men at 50 years old. Men at higher risk, including African-American men and men who have a first-degree relative (father or brother) diagnosed with prostate cancer before age 65, should be screened at age 45.
Men at a very high risk (multiple family members diagnosed with prostate cancer before age 65 years) should be tested at age 40.
About The Health Initiative for Men (HiM)
In an effort to help inspire men to have an annual physical and to raise awareness about men’s health issues such as prostate cancer and colorectal cancer, Griffin Hospital launched the Health Initiative for Men (HiM), a community-wide preventive healthcare effort. The goal of the HiM is to influence men to see their physician annually, and to be screened for various diseases that respond better to treatment if detected early.
For more information about men’s health, including a “check-up list” for screenings visit Griffin Hospital’s Health Initiative for Men website, griffinhealth.org/him.
This is a press release from Griffin Hospital.