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Toth, an APRN and system director of Neighborhood Health for Hartford Healthcare said Jarah’s movement has become a welcome staple in their neighborhood health work.</p>]]></content:encoded><media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.courant.com/resizer/ULusijljD-Ebw7Wq4Fz8fNaoBRQ=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tronc/ITT5LRLNXZHJPFUEIJIYDXHDMM.jpg"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jarah Teitler, 16, founder of "Bake People Happy" started by bringing baked goods to healthcare workers for cheer, and has since expanded to helping to feed the needy. She recently got Lox Stock & Bagels to donate products. Photo by Jeff Teitler]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title>A Hartford Hospital doctor helps Rwandans with heart disease. Her experience there helps her practice here.</title><link>https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-rwanda-rhematic-heart-disease-20230228-bz3eqbz3tvd43bgbhzpw3zvk5e-story.html#ed=rss_www.courant.com/arcio/rss/category/community/hartford/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-rwanda-rhematic-heart-disease-20230228-bz3eqbz3tvd43bgbhzpw3zvk5e-story.html</guid><dc:creator>Ed Stannard</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2023 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Dr. Stephanie Saucier of Hartford HealthCare's Heart and Vascular Institute, recently returned from Rwanda, where she helped screen for and treat rheumatic heart disease.l</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dr. Stephanie Saucier of Hartford HealthCare's Heart and Vascular Institute, recently returned from Rwanda, where she helped screen for and treat rheumatic heart disease.l</p>]]></content:encoded><media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.courant.com/resizer/OzKeeGQUeNTnDEUgsncw8vJ6DpU=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tronc/262WOEDMXBG2XHDBIEXBWJ73EI.jpg"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dr. Stephanie Saucier treats a patient with rheumatic heart disease during a volunteer trip to Rwanda with Team Heart.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Courtesy Stephanie Saucier]]></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hartford man killed near casino was father of teen injured by police</title><link>https://www.courant.com/community/hartford/bc-ma-casino-police-shooting-20230227-irhe2dlm45dl5ebuhwegxqslaa-story.html#ed=rss_www.courant.com/arcio/rss/category/community/hartford/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.courant.com/community/hartford/bc-ma-casino-police-shooting-20230227-irhe2dlm45dl5ebuhwegxqslaa-story.html</guid><dc:creator></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2023 22:44:23 +0000</pubDate><description>A man shot and killed by police during an exchange of gunfire near a Massachusetts casino had called for more police transparency after his own teenage son was shot and injured by police in Connecticut in 2017</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A man shot and killed by police during an exchange of gunfire near a Massachusetts casino had called for more police transparency after his own teenage son was shot and injured by police in Connecticut in 2017</p>]]></content:encoded><media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.courant.com/resizer/cebPx5S8MVQ3d1OBrbsrItGeojM=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tronc/4MZB2Q3UKNBOHEHREBTM2OXOMQ.jpg"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[According to the preliminary investigation, the man was located as he was leaving the casino, police gave chase on foot and gunfire was exchanged, the DA's office said.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Dreamstime]]></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hartford-Brainard Airport flight school sees airfield taking off in futuristic world of air travel</title><link>https://www.courant.com/business/hc-biz-hartford-brainard-airport-flight-schools-20230227-u3jbrl6nrzagdog5y3dpiuiurq-story.html#ed=rss_www.courant.com/arcio/rss/category/community/hartford/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.courant.com/business/hc-biz-hartford-brainard-airport-flight-schools-20230227-u3jbrl6nrzagdog5y3dpiuiurq-story.html</guid><dc:creator>Kenneth R. 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