Signaling a crisis: The story of Connecticut s first COVID-19 death
Ken Dixon
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Fred and Beverly Marchionna on vacation in Hawaii in 2011. Fred Marchionna, a retired manager at PerkinElmer Corp., was the first Connecticut resident to die of COVID-19.Courtesy of the Marchionna familyShow MoreShow Less
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Danbury Hospital was the site of the first confirmed COVID-19 infection in Connecticut on March 6, 2020. On March 17, another patient, 88-year-old Frederick Marchionna of Ridgefield, became the state’s first fatality there.H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Benchmark Senior Living at Ridgefield Crossing, on Route 7, in Ridgefield, where 88-year-old Frederick Marchionna became infected with COVID-19. He became the state’s first coronavirus related fatality on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in Danbury Hospital.Peter Yankowski / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
The War on Parents
Friday, March 12, 2021 @ 11:31 AM
The fascinating thing about jigsaw puzzles is a single piece, by itself, doesn’t convey any meaning at all. Any one of those little cuts of cardboard, separated from the group, is really just a blob of indiscernible color.
It’s not until you fit all the pieces together that the image begins to come into focus.
The movements of culture can possess a similar mystery, needing corroborative examples to show the true nature of a specific agenda.
Take, for example, the
story of Anmarie Calgaro and her teenage son, who was referred to by the media as E.J.K.
August 26, 1950 - February 28, 2021
It is with sadness in our hearts that we share news of Marilyn’s passing on Sunday, February 28th, 2021 after a long, hard-fought battle with Huntington’s Disease.
Marilyn Jean Kaechele was the eldest of 2 daughters born to George & Jean Kaechele. Marilyn and her sister Edi grew up on the family farm just east of Three Hills. She is predeceased by both parents, Jean in 1987 and George in 2010.
Marilyn married Gary Trentham in 1969 and moved to Drumheller. Early on, she worked for a local Credit Union, then Alberta Power in Drum before starting her own
successful bookkeeping business, which she operated until the effects of Huntington’s made it impossible to carry on.
Read Across America Day was celebrated in a special way Tuesday at Williamson County Schools.
March is National Reading Month, and every year on March 2, Read Across America Day is held to commemorate childrenâs author Dr. Seuss. WCS celebrated Tuesday by asking teachers and students to dress as their favorite book characters, and several notable names were on hand to guest read.Â
Allendale Elementary literacy coach Amanda Knipp helps her students celebrate Read Across America Day. Submitted
âWe show students that reading can be in every part of their lives,â Amanda Knipp, Allendale Elementary literacy coach, said. âBeing excited about it allows them to have fun and learn about the technical side of reading.âÂ