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It’s the Northwest Corner tradition to reach out and help, in good times and bad. Volunteerism is largely what makes this part of the world such a lovely place to be (and exactly the locale you’d like to escape to during a global emergency such as the one we are experiencing now).
Next week, for the issue of April 9, we will cut back our print run to accommodate only subscriptions and a few key single-copy sale outlets in each of our towns, so there are fewer places for our drivers to go to drop off and pick up papers as time goes on.
The COVID-19 crisis and cancellation of in-person meetings is occurring as towns and school boards prepare their budgets for the 2020-21 fiscal year.
The towns are posting budget proposals on their websites and doing their best to host online meetings.
This is the second of two articles on Dr. Kristie Schmidt; the first ran in the March 26 Lakeville Journal and Millerton News.
An unprecedented amount of state and federal financial assistance is within reach for Connecticut businesses and nonprofits crippled by the public safety measures put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Health insurance for the uninsured is available again, with sign-ups at Access Health CT from March 19 to April 2.
The special enrollment period is being offered because of concerns that COVID-19 will continue to spread.
The Rev. Heidi Truax of Trinity Lime Rock Episcopal Church is streaming service live on the church’s Facebook page. Image from the Facebook live stream
LIME ROCK — Last Sunday, March 15, Trinity Lime Rock Episcopal Church was closed for worship because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Undaunted, the Rev. Heidi Truax and a small group of people from the congregation held a service and streamed it live on the Trinity Lime Rock Facebook page.
Perhaps you’re doing the right thing and trying to stay inside. Perhaps you’re bored. Perhaps you’ve also just lost a bunch of money from the immolation of the stock market and you no longer feel like spending hundreds of dollars each month on subscriptions to streaming services.
Here’s some free stuff.
So far everyone seems to be getting along pretty well, but the grumbling is already beginning as people who live here full time are coming up against a large and rapid influx of part-time residents seeking refuge at their homes here, as well as renters who might or might not be familiar with the Northwest Corner and its traditions.
Three people in the Northwest Corner had tested positive for COVID-19 as of Tuesday morning, March 24. The three cases are in Kent, Sharon and Salisbury.
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