

Senator Slossberg, who is co-chair of the legislature's Select Committee on Veterans Affairs, kicked off the 3rd Annual Secret Santa Collection for the 500 residents of the state Veterans Home and Hospital in Rocky Hill with an announcement at the Veterans Hospital in West Haven. She was joined by West Haven Mayor John Picard, Orange First Selectman James M. Zeoli, and by a representative from the Schick-Wilkinson Sword corporation of Milford, which donated 1,000 "Xtreme 3" disposable razors. (December 5, 2005)