The World Health Organization has declared COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic.
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Local restaurants still offering delivery & takeout
Local restaurants are still offering delivery and takeout services. To help support these local businesses, feel free to patronize them by ordering takeout or purchasing gift cards.
Here’s a list with local restaurants still open for delivery and takeout.
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Easy ways to stop touching your face while working
One of the best ways to avoid infections is to stop touching your face, but it’s much harder than you think. Here’s some easy ways to avoid touching your face.
- Stop slouching or leaning on desks. You are more likely to touch your face if you’re leaning on something for support.
- Keep your hands busy. Hard to touch your face if your hands are full right? Pens, rings, coffee, stress balls, etc. Just remember to wipe them down first!
- Start keeping track. We’ve all found out how much we touch our faces now that we’re more aware of it. Keeping track makes you notice how frequently you do it.
- Wear a lotion scent you don’t like! The bad smell can help to retrain your habits and just smelling the scent will make you aware you’re touching your face again.
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Local events impacted by the coronavirus outbreak
Many large events throughout the state have been canceled or postponed due to the Coronavirus outbreak. WFSB Channel 3 has an updating list of all events being impacted. Click here.
To add your events’ cancellation or postponement due to the coronavirus concerns, send us the details at [email protected]
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Cedric The Entertainer at Mohegan Sun – POSTPONED
Cedric The Entertainer’s 3/14 show at Mohegan Sun has been POSTPONED due to the recent spread of the coronavirus. Health officials say that large gatherings should be avoided to help stop or prevent the spread, so the tour is rescheduling the dates.
Cedric The Entertainer 3/14 at Mohegan Sun will be rescheduled to TBD and concert-goers are being asked to hold onto their original tickets, as they will be honored for the rescheduled dates.
The Workforce with Wanda Coppage and Juan Castillo
WYBC gets you through the workday with The Workforce!
Wanda Coppage kicks off the AM edition of The Workforce from 10am-3pm. She’ll have The Midday Jam at noon plus update you with what’s happening in the entertainment world with “For The Culture.”
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Juan Castillo then comes in for PM edition of The Workforce from 3-7pm. He’ll take you home with the best R&B jams plus give you “The Drive at Five” with DJ Platinum!
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WYBC Birthday Club
94.3 WYBC is celebrating your birthday! Listen for your birthday shout out on your birthday!
Want to get your birthday announced on WYBC? Make sure you friend Juan, Wanda and Darryl on Facebook so they’ll know when your birthday is!
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Mariah Carey at the Oakdale Theater 4/5/19
What a great time we had at the Oakdale Theater for Mariah Carey. Did we see you there?
Coach T Run for Youth 4/6/19
Great times at Coogan Pavilion at Edgewood Park in New Haven for the Coach T Run for Youth. Did we see you there?
Sheffield Island
Activated in 1868, the Sheffield Island Lighthouse – now listed on the National Register of Historic Places – was in service for 34 years until its retirement in 1902. Today the Norwalk Seaport Association’s volunteers maintain the lighthouse and grounds as a museum and nature preserve.
Visitors can board the Seaport ferry at the Sheffield Island dock, adjacent to Stroffolino Bridge, corner of Washington and Water Streets, South Norwalk for their trip to the island, the lighthouse or harbor cruises.
Each year the ferry takes thousands of visitors back to a time when this and other lighthouses were critical to coastal and oceangoing shipping.
Once on the island, visitors are treated to a tour of the lighthouse, including a chance to climb up into the light tower itself, where on clear days, the New York City skyline can be seen. The 10-room lighthouse showcases period furniture, and offers a chance to see what life was like for the families of 19th century light keepers.
Another island attraction is the Nature Trail through the Stewart B. McKinney Wildlife Refuge, which completed by the Seaport Association in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. From a viewing platform, a variety of wildlife including nesting herons and other birds can be observed.
Check out the Sheffield Island Ferry Schedule here!