Ten Minutes With a 66-Year-Old Personal Trainer

Melissa Arnold is a Fairfield YMCA instructor who is a triple threat; between being a certified personal trainer, a certified Qigong instructor, and being a gentle, upbeat person, she’s able to keep her students fit, relaxed and smiling. As a… Read More

Free Online Exercise & Mediation Classes

Exercise and mediation are so good for the body and the mind. Here is a list of some interactive live zoom classes, (If you don’t know what zoom is please see the bottom of the page.) The Pound Ridge… Read More

Tips for Boosting Your Immune System

We asked Dr. Salerno (board-certified family physician in New York City and Fairfield), who is a pioneer in the field of complementary medicine, to share his important tips to keep our immune systems strong during COVID-19. – Get plenty of… Read More

Coronavirus (COVID-19) info links for the Berkshires

We are sharing some resources to best address your questions and concerns, and to keep you updated on what is happening. If you’re looking to support local restaurants, we have compiled a list of all of the restaurants doing delivery… Read More

Coronavirus (COVID-19) info links

Please take special care, we wanted to share some resources to best address your questions and concerns, and to keep you updated on what is happening. Nuvance Health (Danbury Hospital, New Milford Hospital, Norwalk Hospital) is keeping the communities informed… Read More

A Joint Effort–As marijuana legislation rolls forward, pros prep for progress

With the state’s legislative session just beginning, Governor Ned Lamont will likely continue the push to legalize recreational marijuana. As part of that effort, Lamont sat down with the governors of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts… Read More

Equine Magic–healing through horses

Alicia Crossley brushed aside her shoulder-length blond hair to show off the blue ribbon she had clipped to her shirt. “I feel proud, really proud,” she says beaming. The 19-year-old from Bridgewater won first place during a Little Britches horse… Read More

Ten Minutes With a Perfumer–Behnaz Sarafpour

Behnaz Sarafpour led the design team at Barneys New York before launching her award-winning, eponymous, women’s ready-to-wear collection, eventually creating a line of luxury, organic, and eco-friendly fashions. In 2017, she launched Behnaz Fragrances, her water-based, single-note, flower essence line,… Read More

The Vape Escape–Communities Confront an Epidemic

When Janelle Jessee speaks, seventh graders listen. As educator for St. Vincent’s Smoke Stoppers cancer-prevention program, Jessee travels throughout Connecticut speaking to middle and high schoolers about the dangers of smoking. During a presentation last June at Fairfield Woods Middle… Read More

Fashion Innocence Abroad–Or how I learned to dress myself in Paris

When we moved to Paris years ago, I knew enough not to pack bright white jogging shoes and T-shirts emblazoned with inane witticisms. Even so, I was not prepared for how out of place I felt. The sidewalks were teeming… Read More