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FFA award recipient James “Cricket” Jacquier, right, with Christopher Crane, junior president, on Feb. 7 at Housatonic Valley Regional High School. Photo by Jenn Jacquier
The Housatonic Valley FFA dedicated its new Farm to Table room to James “Cricket” Jacquier in recognition of his leadership and commitment in seeing the project through.
Dr. David Kurish, center, testified on behalf of the Save Sharon Hospital (SSH) organization at the public hearing Feb. 15 from Kent Town Hall with SSH attorney Paul Knag (right) and Lydia Moore, SSH president. Hearing officer Daniel Csuka is on the screen. Photo by Leila Hawken
HARTFORD — Nuvance Health’s proposal to replace the intensive care unit at Sharon Hospital with a progressive care unit was heard by the Office of Health Strategy (OHS) on Feb. 15.
HYDE PARK — Former state Sen. Sue Serino (R-C, Hyde Park) is running for Dutchess County executive. “I’m excited to be back in the community where I’ve lived and worked,” said Serino in an interview with The Millerton News.
Laura Babcock of Salisbury said she makes most of her wine purchases at Stateline Wine and Spirits in North Canaan, and she intends to remain a loyal customer. Photo by Debra A. Aleksinas
Connecticut is one of eight states in the country that prohibits grocery stores and supermarkets from selling wine.
DOVER — The state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) recently held a public hearing on the Iroquois Enhancement by Compression (ExC) Project for the Dover compressor station on Dover Furnace Road in Dover Plains and the Athens, New York, compressor station.
DaTa courtesy of Northwest Hills COG
GOSHEN — Affordable housing was front and center in discussions during the Northwest Hills Council of Governments (NHCOG) monthly meeting on Feb. 9.
Jocelyn Ayer, director of the Litchfield County Center for Housing Opportunity (LCCHO), provided an update on housing statistics for the region before reviewing plans for the coming year.
This is the time of year — late January and early February — when black bears are giving birth in the den.
Ginny Apple, a Master Wildlife Conservationist volunteer with the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, spoke on Saturday, Feb. 11, at the Norfolk Library to a rapt audience of approximately 100.
POUGHKEEPSIE — Members of the Dutchess County Legislature have called on the state to allow volunteer firefighters and emergency medical personnel to receive both a $200 income tax credit from the state as well as a local property tax exemption.
Emerging farmers mingled with service providers at a networking event in January in Bloomfield. Photo by Janna siller
Farmers in our region, like farmers everywhere throughout history, turn a few simple ingredients — seeds, sun, soil, and water — into crops and livestock.
From left, Advertising Director Rosemary Scanlon, Associate Editor Melanie Ollett and founding editor and publisher Andy Thibault at the Tuesday, Jan. 24, launch of the Winsted Citizen in Winsted. Photo by Terry Cowgill
WINSTED — Can a start-up, print-focused, monthly newspaper make a go of it in a rising former mill town that is still emerging from years of mismanagement and strife? If the 100 people who turned out at the launch of the Winsted Citizen on Tuesday night, Jan. 24, is any indication, enough citizen support is there to make it a success.
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