This Month’s Featured Articles…

Social media plays a prominent part in most, if not all, of our lives. It might have been a Facebook post that brought you to this article online, or maybe an Instagram story reminded you to pick up a copy of Main Street. Even if social media did not play a part in your reading this, social media still influences so much of what people do and when or why they do it. As a 20-year-old college student, I know that social media has become [...]

Inertia is a body’s tendency to stay in motion. That principle is captured in the sculptures and sketches of Auguste Rodin, on view now at the Clark Art Museum. The exhibition, entitled Rodin in the United States: Confronting the Modern, has two sides: the scholarly aspect, which meticulously documents the American patrons who sought to bring Rodin’s work to this side of the Atlantic, and the kinetic beauty of Rodin’s masterful work. Both are worthy reasons to get your body in motion to see this [...]

In September, 2021 Nuvance Health announced plans to shutter the Labor and Delivery Unit at Sharon Hospital – a 78-bed general hospital in Connecticut’s Litchfield County. At the time, Nuvance announced that it would also make cuts to the Surgical Department and Intensive Care Unit. The reason: reduced patient demand and staffing challenges, which were further exasperated by the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 12,000 people are employed by Nuvance Health’s network, which includes seven hospitals, of which Sharon ranks highest in patient satisfaction and safety [...]

It’s time to celebrate the life and legacy of Jane Lloyd – a self-employed gardener and landscaper who passed away from breast cancer in 2005. When Lloyd’s illness made it difficult for her to earn a living, friends and family responded by graciously providing her with financial assistance, which enabled Lloyd to remain in her home in Lime Rock, CT, until her passing. After Lloyd’s battle with cancer, her family established The Jane Lloyd Fund in 2006. As an endowed fund within Berkshire Taconic Community [...]

In The Warden, novelist Anthony Trollope asks “What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?” For centuries, coffee has been a daily ritual for people worldwide. Minutes after waking up, many people across the world eagerly anticipate their first sips of coffee. Second only to oil, coffee is the most valuable legally traded commodity in the world, according to PBS. The US ranks #1 among the “Top 10 Countries that Drink the Most Coffee in the [...]