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Celebrating community
Nathan Miller
Sep 22, 2026
Photo by Nathan Miller
Millbrook came together to celebrate the end of the summer season with its annual Community Day, drawing crowds to Franklin Avenue on Saturday, Sept. 19, for a day of shopping, congregating, and live music. Highlights included the Bubble Bus at the Millbrook Library and a classic car meet at Reardon-Briggs Hardware.
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Rainy battle
Nathan Miller
Sep 22, 2026
The Webutuck Wildcats battle through a cold drizzle at the Millbrook Blazers’ home field on Thursday, Sept. 17. The hard-fought game ended in a 6-0 win for the Blazers on their home turf. The Wildcats and the Blazers are set to match up again at Webutuck High School on Monday, Sept. 28.
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The Webutuck Wildcats battle through a cold drizzle at the Millbrook Blazers’ home field on Thursday, Sept. 17. The hard-fought game ended in a 6-0 win for the Blazers on their home turf. The Wildcats and the Blazers are set to match up again at Webutuck High School on Monday, Sept. 28.
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Herrington’s to open new ‘design center’ in Hillsdale
Graham Corrigan
Sep 22, 2026
HILLSDALE — Family-owned building supply company Herrington’s will celebrate the opening of its new Kitchen, Bath and Tile Design Center at 312 White Hill Lane on Saturday, Sept. 26.
Customers can view displays of wall and floor tile, countertop surfaces and cabinetry at the new location. The company expanded into kitchen and bath design in the early 1980s, and added porcelain, ceramic, and marble tile to its offerings in 2016.
“We like to think of the new Design Center as a full-circle moment,” said Ed Herrington, the company’s president and CEO. “We’re proud of our business’ 120 year history and its connection to the New York and Harlem Valley Line.”
The Design Center was built on the former site of the Hillsdale Harlem Valley Railroad Station. The location has special significance to the Herrington family. When rail service to Hillsdale ended in 1976, Richard E. Herrington purchased the station and used it to store finished lumber until a fire destroyed the building in 1987.
The new building’s design takes inspiration from the original station, with a linear arrangement of connected showrooms. It was envisioned by Richard B. Herrington, the company’s general manager and vice president, and carried out by Zac Culbreth Architecture, Carrie Herrington of C. Herrington Home + Design, Scott Decker Construction, and a team of local subcontractors.
Carrie Herrington, who collaborated with the company’s design team on the showroom vignettes, said, “It was our intention to show a broad range of aesthetics in the displays, while nodding to the history of the original structure in the common areas.”
Today Herrington’s operates six locations across New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut, supplying contractors and homeowners throughout the tri-state region with lumber, millwork, hardware, paint, stone and tile. The company remains family-owned after several generations.
The public is invited to a Grand Opening on Saturday, September 26, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Design Center will be open Monday — Friday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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In the field
Graham Corrigan
Sep 22, 2026
Photo by Graham Corrigan
The Pine Plains Bombers girls’ field hockey and boys’ soccer teams both hosted games at Stissing Mountain High School on Thursday, Sept. 17. The girls’ field hockey team went head-to-head with Coxsackie-Athens High School while the soccer team battled Ellenville.
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$13 million boost for Sharon Hospital
Ruth Epstein
Sep 22, 2026
SHARON, Conn. — Sharon Hospital will receive $13.1 million in federal funding to expand care for older residents, improve access to specialists and establish an outpatient rehabilitation facility outside its campus.
Gov. Ned Lamont announced Sept. 16 that the award is part of $50 million in first-year agreements finalized by the Connecticut Department of Social Services under the Rural Health Transformation Program.
The statewide funding package includes $46 million for four rural hospital systems and nearly $4 million for technical assistance.
Sharon Hospital, part of Northwell Health, plans to combine its $13.1 million award with investments from the health system to support three initiatives: a healthy aging program, a staffed virtual health office and an off campus rehabilitation facility.
The healthy aging program will bring blood pressure checks, glucose monitoring and cholesterol screening to community settings where older residents already gather. Hospital officials said the gatherings will also provide opportunities for social interaction.
The virtual health office will provide a dedicated space at Sharon Hospital where patients can consult remotely with specialists, with clinical staff available to assist. The service is intended to help older residents, working families and patients whose medical conditions make travel difficult.
The planned rehabilitation facility will provide an additional location for physical therapy and rehabilitation, which hospital officials described as among the area’s most sought-after services. Existing rehabilitation services on the hospital campus will continue.
“These resources will help us strengthen access to care, invest in services that meet the unique needs of our rural community and continue building a healthier future for the patients and families we are privileged to serve,” Sharon Hospital President Christina McCulloch said in a statement.
Other first-year awards include $20.2 million for Day Kimball Hospital in Putnam and a combined $12.7 million for Hartford HealthCare’s Windham Hospital and Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington.
The grants are intended to help rural hospitals address challenges that include staffing shortages, aging facilities, low patient volumes and a heavy reliance on public insurance programs. Projects statewide will include equipment upgrades, building renovations, expanded telehealth capacity and efforts to stabilize the health care workforce.
“Connecticut’s rural hospitals are essential to their communities, and they have unique challenges in ensuring that people who live in these areas can access the healthcare they need,” Lamont said.
The announcement follows other investments since Sharon Hospital became part of Northwell Health in May 2025, when Northwell merged with Nuvance Health, the hospital’s former parent organization.
Earlier this year, McCulloch described upgrades to the hospital’s radiology department, including a replacement CT scanner, and an expanded training program that brings family medicine residents to Sharon for experience in rural health care.
Connecticut is expected to receive approximately $154.2 million during the first year of the five-year federal program. The $50 million announced Sept. 16 represents the first group of finalized agreements with hospitals and a technical-assistance provider.
Sharon Hospital has not specified when its three initiatives will begin, where the offsite rehabilitation facility will be located or how the $13.1 million will be divided among them.
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Building robots
Leila Hawken
Sep 22, 2026
Samuel Johnson, 8, and his 10-year-old brother Emmett, right, of Amenia, build a car out of legos that they will then use a computer to program and drive at the Amenia Free Library on Wednesday, Sept. 16.
Photo by Leila Hawken
Samuel Johnson, 8, and his 10-year-old brother Emmett, right, of Amenia, build a car out of legos that they will then use a computer to program and drive at the Amenia Free Library on Wednesday, Sept. 16.
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