Author: Alex

Bridgeport – March 26, 2014

The WorkPlace, southwestern Connecticut’s regional workforce development board, announces a four-part series to address topics such as business growth, employment trends and workforce evolution within industries that are important to the region. Join us for the third part of the series as a panel of experts from local businesses, education and community leaders discuss employment and ways to strengthen Connecticut’s workforce.

All members of the press are welcome to cover the event.

WHO:          William Jennings, President & CEO Bridgeport Hospital

Anita Gliniecki, President, Housatonic Community College

Dr. Earl Johnson, Director, Office of Family Assistance, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families

Ludwig Spinelli, Chief Executive Officer, Optimus Health Care, Inc.

Dr. James Morris, Vice President, Education & Executive Director, Institute for Excellence, Yale New Haven Health

Ron Bucci, Campus Administrator, Waveny LifeCare Network

WHAT:        Forum on Employment Trends in the Healthcare Industry

WHERE:      Housatonic Community College

Lafayette Hall, Wing A, Room 101

900 Lafayette Boulevard, Bridgeport, CT 06604

WHEN:        Thursday, March 27, 2014 at 7:45 AM

For more information on this event visit www.workplace.com

or call (203) 610-8528.

CRAZY CUPS – The Crazy Cups is the newest ride at Quassy Amusement & Waterpark in Middlebury, Conn., introduced to guests in 2012.

Plan to enjoy a day at Quassy Amusement Park & Waterpark in Middlebury CT on Saturday, May 3 or Sunday, May 4, 2014. You will help The Barnum Museum during their time of restoration and recovery.

Take advantage of this fantastic offer online

by 11 p.m. on Friday, May 2 and Quassy Amusement Park & Waterpark in Middlebury will donate $5 to The Barnum Museum in Bridgeport for each $35 Carload Pass purchased.

The Carload special is valid for up to 10 persons in your vehicle. Parking is included, and each person in the vehicle will receive an all-day ride wristband. This offer to benefit The Barnum Museum is valid online only. You may forward this invitation to family and friends for their participation.

Quassy Amusement Park & Waterpark is open noon to 6 p.m. both May 3 and May 4. There’s entertainment, too! Purchase the Carload Special now! Click on this link to purchase!

The Barnum Museum children’s craft activities during Quassy two-day carload promotion will include:

The museum will have some fun, easy read-aloud and picture books at the booth to spur creativity.

The three finalists in the 2014 TEAM Westport Teen Diversity Essay Contest have been selected. They will be

named and recognized at an Awards Ceremony on Monday, March 31 at 6:30pm in the McManus Room of the

Westport Library.

Co-sponsored by TEAM Westport and the Westport Library, the Contest asked teens to consider the following:

According to the U.S. Census, 30 years from now racial and ethnic groups that are currently in the minority in

our country will collectively outnumber whites. For people aged 20 and younger, the total minority population

already outnumbers whites. As a high school student in 2013-14, you and your contemporaries are part of this

new reality. Please reflect on the impact this demographic trend will have on our country and on your life. In

1,000 words or less, describe what you think are the benefits and challenges of this change for Westport and for

you, personally.

The Contest was open to all Grade 9-12 students who are Westport residents or attend a Westport school (public or

private). The Ceremony will not only recognize the first, second and third place winners in the Contest but celebrate

the efforts of all 25 teen authors who submitted essays. Each of the 3 finalists will read their essay aloud and then be

awarded their prize. Prize amounts for first, second and third place are $1,000, $750 and $500 respectively. Judges

for the essay contest were Patricia Wei, of Yale University; grant writer, editor and educator Judith A. Hamer,

Ph.D, ; and the Westport Library’s Teen Services Librarian Jaina Lewis. The awards ceremony is free and open to

the public.

TEAM Westport is the official committee of the Town of Westport established to “achieve, celebrate and extend a

more welcoming, multicultural community” with a focus on race, ethnicity, sexual orientation and religion. TEAM

is an acronym standing for “Together Effectively Achieving Multiculturalism”. Initially convened in by First

Selectwoman Diane Farrell in 2003 as a taskforce, TEAM Westport became a Selectman’s ad hoc committee in

2004 and a town committee in 2005.

The Fairfield Holocaust Commemoration Committee is pleased to invite the public to attend the keynote address delivered by Shiri B. Sandler, the granddaughter of a survivor who serves as the U.S. Director of the Auschwitz Jewish Center, a museum and study center in Auschwitz, Poland which is an affiliate of the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City. Shiri has devoted herself to educating the world about one of the darkest periods in modern history.

In her capacity as U.S. Director of the Center, Shiri runs the Center’s American Service Academies Program a unique educational two-week program in which a select group of cadets and midshipmen from the United States military academies travel to Poland and face the reality of genocide along with the ethical and moral questions they may face as military officers.

During her address, Shiri will be accompanied by her grandmother Gisela Marianne Adamski, who at the age of fifteen, was deported with her parents from their home in Oppeln, Germany to the concentration camp at Auschwitz. Gisela escaped from a Nazi death march and survived by hiding until she was liberated. Inspired by her grandmother’s story of courage and hope, Shiri has contributed significantly to the critical objectives of preserving the memory of the Holocaust and educating those who have little knowledge or understanding of the events of the Holocaust. The theme selected by the United State Holocaust Memorial Museum for this year’s Days of Remembrance is Confronting the Holocaust: American Responses. Through her work with the Museum of Jewish Heritage and the Auschwitz Jewish Center, Shiri Sandler has created an “American Response” all her own which will serve to ensure that atrocities such as the Holocaust are never permitted to happen again.

Admission is free; contributions are welcomed

100% to benefit:  The Auschwitz Jewish Center, Auschwitz, Poland

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The Westport Veterans Council announces that the theme for the 2014 Memorial

Day float contest will be HONORING THE AMERICAN FLAG.

There will be certificates awarded in the following categories: best development of

theme, best youth organizational float, most creative, best community organization,

most colorful, and the best overall float.

On Memorial Day (Monday, May 26, 2014), the Parade will begin on Riverside

Avenue at 9:00 a.m. The Memorial Services will be on Veterans Green immediately

following the Parade.

(NEW LONDON) – Governor Dannel P. Malloy today visited Connecticut-based electronic discovery and forensic technology services provider Quantum Discovery, LLC (QDiscovery) to highlight the state’s Small Business Express Program (EXP) and meet with employees. In 2012, QDiscovery participated in EXP and, as a result, was able to grow its revenue significantly and create nearly two dozen new jobs for Connecticut residents. In just over two years since its implementation, Governor Malloy’s signature job creation program, EXP, has helped more than 1,000 small businesses around the state access capital and create or retain nearly 14,500 jobs over the next several years.

“QDiscovery is a great EXP success story and proof that the economic development tools we have put into place are doing exactly what they were designed to do. In the two years since receiving state funding, this company has more than tripled their revenue, exceeded their employment target and paid their loan back in full,” said Governor Malloy. “EXP has proven to be so effective and popular that I have introduced legislation this session to expand and continue funding the program so we can help even more small businesses grow and create jobs.”

In July 2012, the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD), which administers EXP, approved a $100,000 low-interest loan and a $100,000 matching grant under the condition that QDiscovery create nine new full-time jobs within 18 months. QDiscovery has since hired 23 new employees and, as of May 2013, has paid back the entirety of their EXP loan.

“The Small Business Express Program has significantly helped me to not only grow my business, but also position it for future success,” said Matt McCormack, CEO of QDiscovery. “Now, we have firmly established QDiscovery as a valuable asset to clients that include both Fortune 500 corporations and AmLaw 200 law firms. We’re excited to welcome the governor and share the benefits we’ve recognized as a result of the program.”

Last month, EXP reached a milestone when the 1,000th Connecticut small business received assistance through the program. Since being created in 2011 as part of a bipartisan jobs bill, EXP has extended a helping hand to 1,035 companies around the state that, in turn, are creating or retaining nearly 14,500 jobs for Connecticut residents.

“I am pleased QDiscovery, a small company in our own backyard, is such a success story and an example of what the Small Business Express Program has done for them,” said State Rep. Ernest Hewett (D-39). “This showcases the full benefits and intent of the initiative to help small businesses grow and provide much needed jobs in our area. I am glad Governor Malloy has prioritized and allocated additional funds to this successful program this session – it will help us continue to strengthen the economic base of our state.”

“Connecticut’s Small Business Express Program continues to boost job creation in our state and locally by helping businesses like QDiscovery,” said State Rep. Elissa Wright (D-41 ). “I appreciate Governor Malloy’s visit to highlight the importance of the program that deserves to be expanded and funded to further benefit even more small businesses.”

QDiscovery LLC

is a premier provider of electronic discovery and forensic technology services. Our dedicated team of highly experienced employees has had great success servicing Fortune 500 corporations and law firms. We maintain a high level of experienced staff and a dedication to meeting our clients’ needs. Our foremost focus is to provide clients with great customer service and cost-effective solutions.

(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman released the following statements regarding the passing of Gerald A. Lamb, who served as Connecticut State Treasurer from 1963 to 1970, becoming the first African American in the nation elected to that position and the first in Connecticut elected to a statewide office.  Following his tenure as Treasurer, he served as Banking Commissioner.

Governor Malloy said, “Gerald Lamb was very active in community affairs, having served in several leadership positions both in his native city of Waterbury and with the State of Connecticut.  He broke barriers not only in our state, but also in our nation at a time when civil rights were being heavily debated in communities across the country.  Our condolences go out to his family and friends.”

Lt. Governor Wyman said, “Throughout our history, Connecticut has been made stronger by the work of so many men and women whose vision and integrity shifted our culture, broke barriers, and instilled the importance of public service.  Gerald Lamb was one of those men.  We are grateful for his service to the people of Connecticut, and for his leadership that helped make us a stronger and more diverse state and nation.  My thoughts are with his family and friends during this sad time.”