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Save Sharon Hospital was originally formed during the summer of 2018 when we found out that Sharon Hospital planned to close Maternity services in less than a month. We were outraged by the decision to remove this vital service from our community and upset by the lack of communication from Sharon Hospital. We hosted a rally to Save Sharon Hospital on the Sharon Town Green, with several speakers including local CT and NY selectmen, the CT State Representative, and concerned members of the community (including two women whose lives were saved because they had access to emergent obstetric surgery within a few minutes of their homes in Millerton, NY and Kent, CT). We also sent hundreds of signed letters from our community to state officials, asking them to ensure Labor and Delivery stayed open. Our hard work paid off, and Sharon Hospital announced that it would keep Labor and Delivery open indefinitely!  Later that year, HealthQuest (the NY-based company that previously owned Sharon Hospital) and Western Conne

Chrissy Befanis Wellness Rehab Project Manager “I feel I was born an Occupational Therapist!” Says Chrissy Befanis Wellness Rehab Project Manager and Occupational Therapist at Geer. Chrissy aims to support Geer clients in achieving their highest level of function and credits Andrea Gamble and Kevin O’Connell for assisting in enhancing her career within the Wellness program at Geer.  “My goals as an OT align with the mission and values of Geer and the Wellness program represents exactly who I am.”

Friends of Spencers Corners Burying Ground is a 501(c)(3) organization, with an IRS ruling year of 2022, and donations are tax-deductible.

Upcoming events SEP 28 Birding | September 28–October 16, 2022 - 9:45am Eastern Fall Pre-Order Bird Seed Sale The Sharon Audubon Center is once again offering quality Lizzie Mae brand bird seed at a special discounted price (20% off our regular store price)Details » OCT 08 Birding | Saturday, October 8, 2022 - 7:00am Eastern Fall Bird Tour Join Sharon Audubon Naturalist, Bethany Sheffer, and George Wallace of the American Bird Conservancy on a guided bird tour around Miles Wildlife SaDetails » OCT 15 Birding | Saturday, October 15, 2022 - 7:00am Eastern Fall Bird Tour Join Sharon Audubon Naturalist, Bethany Sheffer, and George Wallace of the American Bird Conservancy on a guided bird tour around Sharon Audubon CeDetails » OCT 22 Birding | Saturday, October 22, 2022 - 7:00am Eastern Fall Bird Tour Join Sharon Audubon Naturalist, Bethany Sheffer, and George Wallace of the American Bird Conservancy on a guided bird tour a

Just checked in to see how Dave made it thru the hurricane, and to see how he is enjoying retirement in Florida!!!!

Quote from Republican American "Dr. David Kurish, who has had a private practice in Sharon for 40 years, said Nuvance has not done a good job of recruiting physicians, nor has it been transparent about its finances. When Hirko spoke of plans for increasing telemedicine programs, Kurish said, “People don’t want that; they want doctors.” Quote from Save Sharon Hospital Facebook page Nuvance Health, the multi-pronged bi-state health hydra, seems to have precipitated a major showdown about the future of Sharon Hospital with the late September announcement of its “transformation” plan. More than just maternity services are slated for possible elimination. According to Dr. David Kurish, Nuvance plans to do away with the hospital’s intensive care unit or ICU, aiming to replace it with an intermediate level care medical-surgical and telemetry team called a “progressive care unit” (PCU). Terminating either obstetrics or ICU services is subject to approval from the Connecticut Office of Health Strategy (OHS).

12TH ANNUAL BREW-SKI FEST! OCTOBER 9TH, 2022 1PM - 4PM Live Music. Great Food. Beer, Cider, Hard Soda and more! $30 advanced pricing, $35 at the gate! The 13th Annual Brew-Ski Fest returns to the Salisbury Ski Jumps Sunday, October 9 with music, pumpkins, cornstalks and nearly 40 craft breweries offering visitors well over 200 examples of their best brews. Stateline Wine and Spirits organizes Brew-Ski Fest to benefit Salisbury Winter Sports Association (SWSA). The folks from Sunday in the Country Food Drive will be offering brats, burgers and dogs for sale to benefit their food program. The Steve Dunn Band will provide live music. For the past 12 years, the popular event has been delighting beer aficionados with its rich diverse beer offerings in a fun intimate setting. This is no cattle call you see. Unlike the big beer -tasting events where you stand in line seemingly forever to get a taste, at Brew-Ski you walk right up, ask for a beverage and chat with knowledgeable folks from b

Enjoy the Hotchkiss Philharmonic on Oct. 15 and Fine Arts Quartet on Oct. 27 SEP 26 2022 The Hotchkiss Philharmonic Orchestra will perform Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 and Dvořák’s Cello Concerto on Saturday, Oct. 15, at 7:30 p.m. with guest conductor Mariusz Smolij of Poland and cellist Alexander Hülshoff of Germany. The Fine Arts Quartet featuring Fabio and Gisele Witkowski on piano and Alexander Bickard on bass will perform rare chamber music by George Enescu on Thursday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m. Both concerts are free and will be held in Katherine M. Elfers Hall.

Dr. Edward Kavle talks with Marshall Miles about a number of subjects related to the closing of maternity at Sharon Hospital and Nuvance's and lack of commitment to primary care in the local area. Specifically. talking about the risks to mothers and babies if the unit closes in terms of travel times and the rural nature of the area and the varieties of populations served. Also talking about the national trend of large health conglomerates closing rural maternity “profit centers” (not patient care centers) and the fact that these centers are not losing money in general but instead not making enough. Also talking about the trend for these hospitals to seek highest reimbursement services above all. ABOUT SAVE SHARON HOSPITAL In September 2021, Nuvance Health, the corporate owner of Sharon Hospital, announced plans to close Labor and Delivery and make cuts to the Surgical Department and the Intensive Care Unit within the next year. Our community needs these vital healthcare services to remai

Join Women's Support Services Annual Community Vigil October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Women's Support Services (WSS) will hold its Annual Community Vigil on Thursday, October 6th at 6:30 pm. Each year, we commemorate residents of Connecticut who have lost their lives to domestic violence / intimate partner violence. This year we will meet at Community Park (10 Sharon Road) at the corner of Rts. 41 & 44 in Lakeville for a welcome at 6.30 pm. We will then walk to our new offices at 13a Porter Street, where we will hold the remainder of the program and reception. Parking is available at both Community Park (10 Sharon Road) & behind the Lakeville United Methodist Church (319 Main Street). This year we are partnering with Red Sand Project. Red Sand Project is a participatory art project designed to raise awareness of human trafficking and intersects with the human trafficking curriculum WSS implements in partnership with Region One schools. The project was created by resident

The Amenia Wastewater Committee is hosting three community forums to discuss the 2022 Amenia Hamlet Sewer Feasibility Study. We want to present the report to as many people as possible and get everyone's input.  Forum Dates, Times & Locations Saturday, October 1, 10am at Town Hall Wednesday, October 12, 7pm at Town Hall Tuesday, October 18, 7pm Virtual via Zoom (https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89746652474 | Meeting ID: 897 4665 2474 | Call in: 929 205 6099) The goal is to assemble all community feedback and quantifying support. If the project can be modified to address consensus feedback from residential and commercial owners, the Wastewater Committee will recommend the Town Board proceed to the next phase: map, plan and report / environmental review.  That phase is required to form the district and forming the district is necessary to apply for grants and interest-free loans. That report will detail the maximum acceptable user fee thereby insuring no construction oc

STILL LIFE GENEROUSLY UNDERWRITTEN BY MANON AND IAN SLOME WRITTEN BY EMILY MANN DIRECTED BY JADE KING CARROLL IN COLLABORATION WITH PLAYHOUSE CREATURES LIVE at Ancram Opera House September 30 - October 9 Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 7p Saturday, Sundays at 2p Pay What You Will Night: Thursday, October 6th at 7pm. You decide how much to pay! TICKETS Still Life is a searing and revealing documentary play about the immediate aftermath of the Vietnam conflict on a former marine, his wife, and another woman with whom he has an intimate relationship, gleaned from interviews and refined to illuminate the post war experience. The man confesses to a war crime and returns home, carrying the seeds of violence with him. The wife wants to ignore the terrors that haunt her husband, while the other woman blames the forces that conditioned him before he went to Vietnam. In the end, Still Life provides a snapshot of America in the turbulent 1970s–a country in the throes of an unpopular war abroad and s

The Village of Millerton invites you to celebrate the completion of Phase 1 of Eddie Collins Memorial Park Millerton’s Community Park Saturday October 1, 2022 Food Vendors American Legion Post 178Millerton Fire DepartmentEsperanza and Mario’s KitchenJimmy’s Italian IceLe Petit ChienTea and lemonade from Harney & Sons Tea Entertainment by Jonny G 1-2pmThe Joint Chiefs 5pmOutsiders Entertainment 12-5pm Special Guest Appearances from Sue Serino, NYS SenatorDidi Barrett, NYS AssemblypersonGregg Pulver, Chair Dutchess County LegislatureMarc Molinaro, Dutchess County ExecutiveChris Kennan, Town of North East SupervisorJennifer Najdek, Village of Millerton MayorStephen Waite, Chair Eddie Collins Memorial Park Revitalization Committee Basketball TournamentSoccer FunWebutuck Little League presents “Sandlot Fun Days”Face PaintingCookie Cook OffBicycle Tune-ups & Basic RepairsMillerton Police Department Car and Bicycle SafetyPony and Goat Petting Zoo

The Western Connecticut Area Agency on Aging, Inc. (WCAAA) is a private, non-profit corporation. Through designation as an Area Agency on Aging, the WCAAA is a funding source for services designed to maintain seniors in the community. Funding is derived from federal, state and local sources with clients contributing toward the cost of many supportive services. Federal and non-federal funding finances services such as congregate and home delivered meals, legal, chore, health, adult day care/respite, transportation, veterans outreach, senior centers, benefits outreach and health screenings for seniors in the 41 town western CT area. Our home based senior assessments frequently act as a gateway to our programs and services. The Agency administers the statewide Alzheimer Respite Care Program, as well as the following programs with federal funding: National Family Caregiver Support, Money Follows the Person, Live Well, Congregate Housing Service, a Veteran's Program, the Medicare focused CHOICES and SMP (Medi

KAREN LESAGE is an artist based in Salisbury, CT. Her large, atmospheric canvases sell out shows, have been featured in national publications and are collected world-wide.  A U T U M N   2 0 2 2  RECEPTION: SAT, OCT 8  4:00-7:00 Pop-up Gallery, 15 Academy Street, Salisbury, CT Across from LaBonne's market By appointment: SCHEDULE HERE or chance! VIEW NEW PAINTINGS HERE

Late one night in 2009 Nikolaj Busk pushed open the door of a bar in Copenhagen and chanced upon fiddle player Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen and cittern player, Ale Carr, playing some traditional Nordic tunes. Spotting a piano in the corner of the room Nikolaj joined the pair. Within minutes it became clear that there was an instant musical chemistry happening. Since that first meeting Dreamers’ Circus has toured widely, performing not just in our native Scandinavia but also throughout Europe and in Japan, Australia and North America.  More than ten years later the journey goes on for us all. While we all have various musical backgrounds what unites us is an interest in, and love for, folk and traditional music. Rune grew up in a household where traditional dance and music was important but he also studied classical music and to this day plays as a member of the world-class chamber music ensemble, Danish String Quartet. Nikolaj’s background in jazz is evident in his fluid and melodic playing while Ale

Rob Sedgwick was born into one of America’s oldest families and Manhattan royalty. His cousin, Edie Sedgwick, was Andy Warhol’s muse. His sister is Kyra Sedgwick, the actress; his brother is painter Nikko Sedgwick; his brother-in-law is movie star Kevin Bacon, and his stepfather was renowned art dealer Ben Heller, who pioneered the careers of Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko. So, to say Rob has struggled to stand out in a family of big personalities is a huge understatement. In his memoir, Bob Goes to Jail, Rob relates his journey from lost little boy to inept criminal with such honesty and heart that you can’t help but root for him. More than the memoir of a man, Bob Goes to Jail is the story of the search for love, the yearning for acceptance, and the struggle to find oneself. Sedgwick, has the drop-dead good looks of Robert Redford and the judgment of Keith Richards. Though you cringe at each bad decision―and there are so many―it’s impossible not to fall in love with him and hope he find

DONATIONS ACCEPTED HERE COVID-19 NOTICE OUT OF CONCERN FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR GUESTS, ALL ATTENDEES SHOULD BE FULLY VACCINATED; THE FESTIVAL WILL BE SUBJECT TO FEDERAL/STATE/LOCAL GUIDELINES IN PLACE FOR IN-PERSON GATHERINGS AT THE TIME OF THE FESTIVAL. ABOUT HAYSTACK BOOK FESTIVAL, A PROGRAM OF THE NORFOLK FOUNDATION, INC. Haystack Book Festival is a stand-alone book festival that is sponsored by the Norfolk Foundation with patronage from residents and businesses in Norfolk, CT. Our objective is to bring writers and thinkers together in unmoderated conversation to explore new ideas, concepts, and designs, in literature and in the arts. As well as exploring nature and its relationship to humans and other beings, and the beauty of the Earth, among other topics. www.norfolkfoundation.net/book-talks ABOUT THE NORFOLK FOUNDATION, INC. The Norfolk Foundation is a 501©3 private operating foundation that works to advance the vitality and sustainability of the town of Norfolk, Connecticut by strengthe

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE AND PURCHASE TICKETS Christ Trinity Church presents the final concert of its 2022 Lich Gate Concerts series, with music for string quartet. Artistic Director & Concert Violinist Jorge Ávila, also a Sheffield resident, has programmed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Divertimento in F Major, K. 138, Antonín Dvořák’s Waltzes, Op. 54, Nos. 1 & 4, Jessie Montgomery’s “Strum” for String Quartet, and Johannes Brahms’ String Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 51, No. 1. Our New York-based string quartet features Jorge Ávila, Violin I; Rachel Handman, Violin II; Orlando Wells, Viola; and Sarah Hewitt-Roth, Cello. Lich Gate Concerts strives to bring live chamber music concerts in beautiful settings in the Southern Berkshires. The Pavilion in the Sheffield Town Park is a large wooden structure with excellent acoustics. And starting this season, we will provide folding chairs under the Pavilion, courtesy of a grant from the Sheffield Cultural Co