{"id":4325,"date":"2022-02-18T18:50:02","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T18:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/CBMidWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm5ld3N0aW1lcy5jb20vbmV3cy9hcnRpY2xlL0NvbW11bml0eS1uZXdzLVRhbGstdG8tbG9vay1hdC1zdWJzdGFuY2UtdXNlLWluLTE2OTMwMzA3LnBocD9zcmM9bnRocGxpZmVzdHlsZdIBAA"},"modified":"2022-02-18T18:50:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T18:50:02","slug":"community-news-talk-to-look-at-substance-use-in-fairfield-and-more-danbury-news-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/?p=4325","title":{"rendered":"Community news: Talk to look at substance use in Fairfield, and more – Danbury News Times"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Fairfield CARES Community Coalition and Fairfield\u2019s Local Prevention Council, are hosting a presentation, \u201cToday\u2019s Cannabis\/Marijuana and Fentanyl: What Parents Need To Know Now,\u201d from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 23.<\/p>\n

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The event will be a free seminar for community members, especially parents of adolescents and teens.<\/p>\n

It will be at the Penfield Pavilion, located at 323 Fairfield Beach Road in Fairfield.<\/p>\n

The guest speaker will be Dr. Deepa Camenga, associate program director for the Yale University School of Medicine\u2019s Pediatric Addiction Programs and an associate professor of emergency medicine.<\/p>\n

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Cathy Hazlett, Fairfield CARES\u2019 program director, will also provide a brief description about Connecticut\u2019s cannabis law.<\/p>\n

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Matt Hlavna, clinical supervisor for American Medical Response; Fairfield Police Chief Robert Kalamaras and Michael Zerrella, a Fairfield narcotics detective, will also share their observations about drug use in the Fairfield community.<\/p>\n

Register at whatparentsneedtoknow2022.eventbrite.com.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

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Wedding announced for Fairfield native<\/h2>\n

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Dr. Robert J. Banco and Margaret D. Rielly of Medfield, Mass. are happy to announce the engagement of their daughter, Darcy M. Banco to Donald E. Carnicky, son of the late John J. Carnicky Jr. and Judy Carnicky of Falmouth, Mass., formerly from Fairfield.<\/p>\n

Donald Carnicky graduated magna cum laude from Fairfield Prep in 2011 where he played four years of varsity hockey and was captain his senior year. He graduated magna cum laude from Boston College in 2015 with a degree in economics and philosophy. He played four years of club hockey. He will graduate from Columbia University School of Business in May 2022 and has accepted a position as an investment banker for Evercore Inc. in New York City beginning in August.<\/p>\n

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Darcy Banco graduated cum laude from Noble and Greenough School in Dedham, Mass. in 2010 where she played four years of varsity soccer and hockey and was captain of the soccer team her senior year. She graduated from Washington University in St. Louis, MO. in 2014 with a degree in anthropology. She played four years of varsity soccer and was team captain her senior year. Darcy was named University Athletic Association Academic all-league 2011-2013. She graduated from Tufts Medical School in 2018 with an MD\/MPH degree. She completed her Internal Medicine Residency in 2021 at NYU Grossman School of Medicine in New York City where she is currently chief resident of the medical service. She will begin her cardiology fellowship at NYU Grossman School of Medicine in July 2022.<\/p>\n

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The wedding and reception are planned for June 10 at The Boston Harbor Hotel in Boston, Mass.<\/p>\n

Sacred Heart University receives program grant<\/strong> <\/h2>\n

Sacred Heart University has received a Lilly Fellows Program grant to develop, and host a three-day regional \u201cVatican II and Catholic Higher Education: Leading Forward,\u201d conference next fall.<\/p>\n