Architect lecture series slated to begin Sept. 22

CENTERBROOK » The 10th season of the Essex Library’s Centerbrook Architects Lecture Series kicks off at 7 p.m. on Sept. 22 with Rhode Island School of Design Professor and Architect Jim Barnes.

Barnes lives with his wife in a Queen Anne period home in the Elmwood Historic District of Providence. His talk, “Historic Houses: An Architect’s View Inside and Out” is a subject dear to his heart and will be held in The Cube at Centerbrook Architects’ offices at 67 Main St. in Centerbrook.

This program is free and open to the public. Call the Essex Library at 860) 7671560 to register or for more information. Centerbrook Architects is located at 67 Main St. in Centerbrook.

Middlesex Urology welcomes new doctor

MIDDLETOWN » Middlesex Urology recently welcomed Dr. Dana Kivlin, DO, specializing in female pelvic floor medicine and reconstructive surgery, to the practice in Middletown.

Dr. Kivlin received her medical degree from the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine in Maine.

She completed both an internship in surgery and her residency in urology at Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia.

Dr. Kivlin also completed a fellowship in female pevlic floor medicine and reconstructive surgery at CedarsSinai Medical Center in California, where she learned more about female urology, voiding dysfunction and robotic surgery.

To refer patients to Dr. Kivlin, call Middlesex Hospital Urology at 860-347-8850 or visit www.middlesexurology.com

Meatball Sub Dine & Dash to support Alzheimer’s team

MIDDLETOWN » World Alzheimer’s Day is Thursday, Sept. 21, and Water’s Edge Center for Health & Rehabilitation, at 111 Church St., Middletown will host a Meatball Sub Dine & Dash from 4:40 to 6 p.m., with proceeds to benefit the Water’s Edge 2017 Walk to End Alzheimer’s team.

The cost is $7 per person. Enjoy a meatball sub, bag of chips, cookie and bottled water. Order five or more grinders and the cost is $5 each.

Call 860.347.7286 or email lfalt@nathealthcare.com by Friday, Sept. 15, to reserve your order to go.

All proceeds benefit the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s — the nation’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research.

Meet the Candidates Night set in Middletown

MIDDLETOWN » Action Together – Middlesex County and the Greater Middletown Young Democrats will host a Meet the Candidates night for the democratic candidates running for Board of Education and Planning & Zoning in Middletown.

The event will be held on Monday, Sept. 18, in the Hubbard Room at Russell Library (123 Broad St. Middletown, CT) with a reception at 6 p.m. and panel questions beginning promptly at 6:30 p.m.

Residents can submit questions to: ATCT.Middlesex@gmail.com.

All are welcome, and the event is free.

Society receives Battlefield Protection grant

OLD SAYBROOK » In August 2017, the National Park Service, American Battlefield Protection Program, announced that Old Saybrook Historical Society received a grant of $43,000 to “help local communities preserve and protect America’s significant battlefields.”

The grant will support preservation and educational programs and materials regarding the sites associated with the Siege and Battle of Saybrook Fort and the Pequot War.

The project builds on the recent archaeological work done by the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center.

The actions associated with the six month Pequot siege of Saybrook Fort (September 1636 to March 1637) were the first time the English and Natives in New England fought each other in a sustained conflict and the sites and actions associated with the siege are the earliest recorded in New England.

The Old Saybrook and other Pequot War sites are increasingly at risk from development and lack of public knowledge about their significance.

Old Saybrook Historical Society President Marie McFarlin has announced that Historical Society member Tedd Levy will serve as project director.

Further information about the grant is available online at nps.abpp/grants/planning grants.