Jason Rojas

I hope you all had a great week and are looking forward to next week's holiday! As you prepare your grocery lists for next week's Thanksgiving dinner, I wanted to encourage you to consider buying CT grown products. Did you know that buying from a local farm, market, or farm store can help beat rising costs? Not only will you be helping your wallet, but you're supporting local businesses and helping to create jobs – hard to beat that!

On Thursday, we celebrated Veterans Day, which occurs on November 11 every year in the United States in honor of the “eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month" of 1918 that signaled the end of World War I. It was an honor to join state and local leaders for a wreath laying ceremony at the memorial to soldiers from East Harford killed in the line of duty during WWI.

Get ready to fall back as Daylight Saving Time comes to an end on Sunday, November 7. Make sure to change your clock an hour backward.

Happy Halloween weekend! As you prepare to head out trick-or-treating or just to celebrate this weekend, here are some helpful tips to keep everyone safe:

We all have medication in our cabinets that we may have stopped taking, never used, or even just totally forgot was there. Though they may be nothing more than a passing thought of "I need to remember to do something with those," expired, unwanted, and unused prescription medications can be incredibly dangerous.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month – a great opportunity to remind us all the importance of taking steps to protect our health as early detection saves lives. Take a moment on this National Mammography Day to talk to your doctor about your personal risk of breast cancer and to schedule your annual mammogram.

Happy October! Last week, I provided a list of some of the new laws that would go into effect today, October 1. State and local law enforcement officials are reminding resident that among those laws is a new requirement for seat belts. Effective today, all occupants of a vehicle, regardless of their age, are required to wear a seat belt.

Next week, several new laws in Connecticut will go into effect on October 1. These laws are a result of the hard work of my colleagues and I during the 2021 session. We worked tirelessly to push for change that would benefit all Connecticut residents.