A dream the family couldnt wake up from. Forced to celebrate life, and grieve death, at the same time. We would have to ask a nurse to go and get our daughters body from the morgue, or wherever they were keeping her cooled, Jeremy Cotter said. Precious time for a grieving family. But, that grief led to an act of generosity. Last month, the cotters started fundraising for whats called a cuddle cot. Made in the uk, the device allows a childs body to be cooled, at a mothers bedside, preserving the body so it wont decompose. Her back to the morgue. Every time we were visiting with her, lisa cotter said. The cotters hope they can help other families, dealing with a loss, by donating lukes, in sioux city. We would have been able to have her with us whenever we wanted to see her, Jeremy Cotter said. Mercy Medical Center already has one. And, the cotters hope, one day, theyll be available to every grieving family in their time of need. The cotters will donate the cuddle cot to st. Lukes, in el
A Westport-based developer is proposing a mixed-use project on Farmington Avenue in Bristol with a fast-food restaurant, drive-up window, car wash and medical office.
Targeted Endurance Bristol LLC of Westport and Ponte Vedre, Fla., is looking to build at 1251 and 1265 Farmington Ave., Route 6.
The roughly 9-acre parcel is mostly vacant except for a few structures including a house, small greenhouse, barn, farmland, woodlands, and wetlands.
State DOT to Recalibrate Route 202 Traffic Lights Written by Town of Yorktown
The New York Department of Transportation will recalibrate traffic lights on Route 202 to improve the signal operation on the corridor near the Taconic State Parkway.
In early December state officials contacted Supervisor Matt Slater and Highway Superintendent Dave Paganelli to inform them that state DOT will make the changes by mid-December. The state examined traffic lights along the corridor after receiving an Oct. 20 letter from the two elected officials about a general mistiming of lights in the area. The mistimed lights prompted messages to Town Hall from residents.