Individuals 18 years or older may now cast their votes for the 2024 presidential primaries at the Mansfield Town Hall located at 4 South Eagleville Road, until 8 p.m. on April 2.
A member of the Mansfield Town Council has reported discrimination, obstruction and threats from town council members, the town manager and an anonymous source during the past few months. Councilor Brian Coleman had raised concerns about his hearing disability and a lack of proper accommodations in multiple council meetings. On Dec. 11, 2023, and Jan. 8,…
Mansfield Officials Targeting Brewers, Vintners, Distillers - Mansfield-Storrs, CT - A new ordinance in Mansfield has opened up "new opportunities in the town of Mansfield," development officials said this week.
Hartford Healthcare must reopen the Windham Hospital maternity unit
The first cry and breath of new life holds dear the hope and pride for the newborn and its family. Eighty some years of this miracle has been nurtured at Windham Community Memorial Hospital in Willimantic. Stories of the first birth of the year, of birth announcements, of sibling visits and dinner for the new parents made the birth experience more loving and healthy over the years.
In the summer of 2020 in the throes of the COVID pandemic, Hartford Healthcare announced the permanent closing of the 80-year-old maternity unit. They said that the dwindling numbers meant “women were choosing to go elsewhere.” They failed to disclose their corporate moves to close the intensive care unit, and the loss of OB GYNs due to that. During the pandemic, they held a Zoom meeting to tell the community of the future of childbirth at Windham Hospital. There was none but transfers to other preferred sites. They
January’s “Presidential Trappings “series, presented by New Canaan Library and the New Canaan Museum & Historical Society, continues Tuesday, January 12 at 7 PM EST with Ronald Schurin, PhD, Associate Professor in Residence in the Department of Political Science at the University of Connecticut, examining the history of inaugurations. The four-part series continues Tuesdays throughout […]