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Health Quest is now part of Nuvance Health

SHARON — The owner of Sharon Hospital has merged with the Western Connecticut Health Network (WCHN), following state and federal approvals that were finalized on April 1.

The new combined company will be known as Nuvance Health. 

Health Quest, a not-for-profit network of medical providers and hospitals in nearby New York state, purchased Sharon Hospital in August 2017. The company also was negotiating with WCHN to form a partnership. 

The two companies submitted a Certificate of Need (CON) application to Connecticut regulators in November 2018;...

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Community protests planned closing of maternity unit

Wed, 07/18/2018 - 8:12am
By
Leila Hawken and Cynthia Hochswender

SHARON — The future of the maternity unit at Sharon Hospital remains in jeopardy despite talks last week between Health Quest COO Kerry Eaton and doctors at the area’s OB/GYN practice, Sharon OB/GYN.

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Coon earns Derwin award

Wed, 07/11/2018 - 9:24am

SHARON — Housatonic Valley Regional High School sophomore Anna Coon of Sharon is the eighth recipient of the Margaret Derwin Scholarship, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation’s largest scholarship, which awards a life-changing amount of money. 
She has earned $100,000 over four years for tuition and costs associated with attending college, as well as $5,000 for a summer community service program. 

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Danielle Landau to wed Janine Whitman in July

Wed, 07/11/2018 - 8:31am

SHARON — Doug and Melissa Landau of Sharon and Oak Hill, Va. are thrilled to announce the coming marriage of their daughter, Danielle Landau, to Janine Whitman, daughter of Marcy and Paul Whitman of Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Landau, a mental health therapist and Whitman, a middle school science teacher, live on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, NYC. The couple will marry on Saturday, July 14, in Hudson, N.Y. 

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Birthing suites threatened with closure at Sharon Hospital

Tue, 07/03/2018 - 11:53am
By
Cynthia Hochswender

Sharon Hospital announced this week that it will no longer offer obstetrics in its women’s health care center. 

Eighty bags of heroin found on injured man

Tue, 07/03/2018 - 8:29am
By
Alexander Wilburn

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Bear Watch

Tue, 07/03/2018 - 8:24am

SHARON — The two resident bears in Salisbury seem to be garnering all the ursine attention this week (see story, page A1). But the furry visitors are still found in other towns in our area, and are making their presence increasingly known around residences. Nat Benchley said the bear in this photo showed up for “a mid-morning nosh” at the bird feeder on Butter Road in Sharon, Friday, June 22.

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Spring Fling

Wed, 06/27/2018 - 8:35am

Housatonic Valley Regional High School agricultural education teacher Karen Davenport and a group of students including Delaney Sheehan, Isabelle Kaplan, Sam Taylor and Krissy Galgano brought a lamb and three baby goats to the Sharon Health Care Center for a visit on Wednesday, June 13. The goats took the opportunity to play a game of tag with the students.

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Traveling to Washington with Mark Twain

Wed, 06/27/2018 - 8:34am
By
Alexander Wilburn

SHARON — Mallory Howard and Jason Scappaticci from the Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford, Conn., (the oddly angular red brick American gothic manor that housed Samuel Clemens and his family from 1874 to 1891), stopped by Sharon Town Hall on Friday, June 22. 

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Sharon Center School’s class of 2018 says: Be kind

Wed, 06/27/2018 - 8:33am
By
Alexander Wilburn

SHARON — In the face of the unknown, it’s good to have friends by your side. Moving on from eighth to ninth grade might seem like a simple transition year in the eyes of an adult, but as class essayist Janay Gregory reminded the audience, the world is always a better place with just a little more empathy. 
As Sharon Center School celebrated its promotion ceremony on Wednesday evening, June 20, her speech was a topical plea for thoughtfulness. 

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Juveniles suspected of racist vandalism arrested in Sharon

Wed, 06/20/2018 - 8:09am
By
Alexander Wilburn

SHARON — Several juveniles, whose ages range from 14 to 15 years old, and were described by police as white males, were arrested between June 9 and June 14 by Troop B in an alleged connection to a series of break-ins on Upper Main Street in Sharon between March 7 and March 18. The break-ins included the graffiti of what Troop B cited in its news release as  “racist symbols.”
The charges against the juveniles include criminal trespassing, larceny, reckless endangerment and intimidation due to bias.

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