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SHARON— The Board of Selectmen in Sharon voted on April 14 to allow taxpayers who are struggling financially right now to defer paying their property taxes.
Gov. Ned Lamont issued an Executive Order telling towns they could choose one of two options to help lessen the burden of property taxes during the COVID-19 crisis.
The show(s) will go on at Sharon Playhouse this season, but will begin in August rather than June. Photo by Cynthia Hochswender
SHARON — It is a tribute to Sharon Playhouse that area residents have been extremely keen to know whether the theater will continue with its summer season as planned.
This week, those plans were announced by Managing Director Robert Levinstein and Artistic Director Alan M-L Wager.
Photo by Cynthia Hochswender
The parking lot at Sharon Hospital is eerily empty, filled mainly with the state field hospital that was constructed there last week. Hospital President Dr. Mark Hirko said that there are fewer new cases of COVID-19 but precautions are still essential.
Updated April 22, 10:30 a.m.
SHARON — The number of new cases of COVID-19 in Litchfield County and the state seem to be leveling off, according to Dr. Mark Hirko, president of Sharon Hospital.
Updated: April 22, 10:00 a.m.
SHARON — Sharon Health Care Center’s (SHCC) first day as a COVID-19 recovery facility was Thursday, April 16.
SHARON — Responding to Sharon residents’ concerns about plans to use Sharon Health Care Center as a recovery facility for patients recovering from COVID-19, a Zoom video conference was held as part of the Tuesday, April 14, meeting of the Board of Selectmen.
SHARON — Criticism lodged against the World Health Organization (WHO) for its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic by the administration of President Donald Trump, including the withholding of millions in funding, is “completely unfair and a political act to divert attention to the tardy and ineffective response by the U.S.
SHARON —A request from Town Clerk Linda Amerighi for the purchase of a map photocopier was discussed and voted upon at the regular meeting of the Sharon Board of Finance on Tuesday, April 7.
Board of Finance Chair Karen Dignacco detailed the projected benefits to the town of the copier and the merits of leasing or purchasing the item.
A field hospital owned by the state Department of Public Health was constructed in the entry to Sharon Hospital on Friday by members of the Connecticut militia, under the guidance of Daniel Murphy, director of the New England Disaster Training Center. Photo by Cynthia Hochswender
Updated: April 15, 9:30 a.m.
SHARON — The rumors that Sharon Hospital will become an overflow facility for Norwalk Hospital are not exactly true. As is often the case with rumors, though, there are some true elements in the story.
SHARON — Plans for the transfer of COVID-19 patients to Sharon Health Care Center and other facilities owned by Athena Health Care Systems were released on Thursday afternoon, April 9.
The plans have been shifting and changing rapidly.
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