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SHARON — The flu is back, coronavirus is circulating and respiratory viruses are targeting the young. This stew of sickness has schools, nursing homes and hospitals bracing for a long, hard third winter of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jerry Milner, a state forester, inspects a newly planted witch hazel shrub at Housatonic Meadows State Park on Tuesday, Oct. 18. Photo by John Coston
SHARON — State workers arrived with heavy equipment at Housatonic Meadows State Park on Tuesday, Oct. 18, to plant trees and prepare the park for restoration.
The same environmentalists who last winter fought the state’s broad-scale tree-cutting were on the scene, lending a hand and collaborating on the renewal work.
Dawn Woodruff Photo submitted
SHARON — Nuvance Health has appointed Dawn Woodruff, MSN, RN, as chief nursing officer of Sharon Hospital.
The appointment was made on Thursday, Oct. 13.
SHARON — With a town meeting scheduled for late October, the Board of Selectmen discussed the duties of the position of performance manager for the Comcast project at its regular meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 11.
The town meeting is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 28, beginning at 6 p.m. at Sharon Center School.
U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) spoke at the Save Sharon Hospital rally in Sharon on Sunday, Oct. 16. Photo by Patrick L. Sullivan
SHARON — A crowd of more than 300 people, including U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), came to the Sharon town Green Sunday afternoon, Oct. 16, to protest the plan to close Sharon Hospital’s labor and delivery unit and reconfigure the intensive care unit.
SHARON — Anticipating a vote on the proposed Comcast partnership with the town, the Board of Selectmen set a date for a town meeting to be held on Friday, Oct. 28, beginning at 6 p.m., with the location yet to be determined.
Dr. Ron Santos, right, director of Sharon Hospital’s Emergency Department, reviews a patient chart with medical staff. Photo by Debra A. Aleksinas
Editor’s note: Sharon Hospital’s plans to eliminate Labor and Delivery and substitute its Intensive Care Unit with a Progressive Care Unit have captured headlines for months. This story takes an overall look at the hospital’s services.
Climate change and carbon capture were the focus of a panel discussion hosted by the Sharon Audubon Center on Sunday, Sept. 25 at LionRock Farm in Sharon. Eileen Fielding of Sharon Audubon kicked off the discussion. Photo by Leila Hawken
SHARON — Although the rate of progression is imperceptibly gradual, climate change spurred on by carbon in the atmosphere is relentless, a force that needs to be resisted.
Photo by Libby Hall-Abeel
Fire Chief Eric Golden of the Sharon Fire Department, left, and Bobby Carberry, assistant chief, shown with a drawing of a tanker truck slated to replace the department’s 32-year-old tanker. The occasion was a fundraiser for the Sharon Fire Department & Ambulance Squad held Saturday, Sept.
Cornwall Consolidated School teachers who received gift bags of school supplies are, Front row: from left, Joe Markow, Danielle Krueger, Kirsten Gray. Back row: from left, Helena Sweet, Karen Lindstrom, Laura Munson, Will Vincent, Cathy Binkowski. Photo submitted
SHARON— Demonstrating community spirit, two local residents distributed gift bags filled with essential school supplies to teachers throughout the Region One School District, anticipating the beginning of a new school year.
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