The new year will come with added perks for 4th Taxing District residents after Mayor Harry Rilling announced a new pilot program targeted at the area.
Rilling recently revealed that the district will be the training grounds for the new Bulk Waste Collection Pilot Program. Beginning January, the new program will offer residents of the 4th Taxing District the opportunity to call Customer Service to request a pickup once a month.
Upon the successful completion of the test phase, the areas that receive city garbage collection will be divided into four sections and will be assigned one bulky waste pickup per month. The collection day will be on a Wednesday.
Currently, the city offers bulky waste collection once a year. The new system will provide residents with a more efficient and convenient way to dispose of their bulky items, Rilling said.
To request collection of bulky items, residents must call Customer Service at 203-854-3200, ext. 4 before 3 p.m. on the Monday before their scheduled pickup day. The items they are placing at the curb must be specified.
WEST NORWALK
With Norwalk Community College’s Lifetime Learners Institute, it is never too late to learn something new.
Registration is now open for Lifetime Learners Institute, a program aimed specifically at people ages 50 and older.
The winter session runs from Jan. 8 through Feb 2. Paid courses, which costs $30 per course with a $50 annual membership, will be offered on Wednesday and Thursdays. Courses include: “Fairy Tales are Not Just for Children,” “Current Events,” “Chagall and Salvador Dali,” “Stalin’s Revolution” and “Essentrics Body Movement.”
Members will also be offered free courses on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays. Courses include: “Car Savvy,” “‘60’s Greatest Hits,” “Why is CT Floundering,” “DNA Testing,” “Pak Korea — King Sejong the Great” and “I Have a Dream.
Classes run from 1:10-2:50 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 10:10-11:15 a.m. on Fridays. NCC also offers Lunch and Learn programs with refreshments on Fridays from 12:15-1 p.m.
For more information, visit www.lifetimelearners.org. Registration is available online on the website. Checks may also be mailed or brought into the office.
SOUTH NORWALK
The Bob Macauley Americares Free Clinic of Norwalk is calling on volunteers to help their mission of providing health care for the city’s most at-risk populations.
The clinic is seeking medical volunteers and interpreters to help care for low-income patients without health insurance. Physicians, nurses, and other medical volunteers are needed, along with interpreters fluent in both Spanish and English.
Volunteers typically work one or two clinic sessions per month. The clinic, located at 98 South Main St., is open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Applicants must be at least 21 years of age.
For more information, contact Americares Free Clinics volunteer services senior associate Lorraine Larkin at 203-658-9521 or llarkin@americares.org.
The Americares Free Clinics provide quality health care to low-income, uninsured patients in a setting where all individuals are treated with dignity and respect. Since 1994, clinics in Bridgeport, Danbury, Norwalk and Stamford have helped 26,000 Connecticut residents receive free health care services.
ROWAYTON
Brighten up your holiday season with the latest offerings of the Rowayton Arts Center as it kicks off the new year with “From the RAC Studio,” a special exhibit of work by RAC students and instructors chaired by Suzy Aubrey, education director.
The all-media, open-themed show opens from 4-6 p.m. on Jan. 14. If you took a class in 2017, you are eligible to enter. Art submissions are from 4-7 p.m. on Jan. 8, and from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Jan. 9.
The opening reception on Jan. 14 is free and open to the public. The center will also offer free art demonstrations with Anda Styler from 2-4 p.m. on Jan. 14. The winter session of classes begins on Jan. 3.
Interested in trying to achieve Exhibiting Member status? Drop off art for the review committee on Jan. 18.
For more information, visit rowaytonarts.org.
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