After a tumultuous 2020 that nearly ended in closure, Crotched Mountain School in Greenfield announced the sale of its facility to Gersh Autism, which was effective at the end of June. Now named Legacy by Gersh, the facility has seen a smooth.
Crotched Mountain School plans to close Wonderworks daycare facility this week. There are also no plans to reopen the indoor pool, which closed to local swimmers this summer, to the public.Both decisions came after a long look at what programs the.
A recent COVID-19 outbreak at the Pheasant Wood Center in Peterborough resulted in the death of 12 residents, 32 positive cases among residents and two positive cases among staff, according to the facility’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Richard Feifer. A.
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
Published: 2/3/2021 1:04:53 PM
The rising Wilton Ambulance contract, building a relationship with new Crotched Mountain School operators Gersh Autism, and expanding broadband infrastructure are some of the challenges the Town of Greenfield faces in 2021.
Greenfield’s budget hearing, a preliminary step towards addressing those challenges, is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 4 at 5:30 p.m. in advance of a May 1 Town Meeting, to be held outdoors in Oak Park.
Wilton Ambulance, which began serving Greenfield last year, is billing Greenfield $97,135 in 2021 as compared to $57,800 last year. This is not entirely unexpected, Town Administrator Aaron Patt said. When Greenfield participated in planning the 2020 budget, they pointed out some decisions Wilton Ambulance was making were likely to catch up with them in later years. “That’s happening now,” he said. “If the revenue is weaker than expected, and it was not accounted for when they were making bud
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
Published: 12/23/2020 3:48:19 PM
The Crotched Mountain School in Greenfield underwent a tumultuous year in 2020: COVID-19 nearly stressed the financially struggling institution to closure, before a new organization stepped in to purchase the 650 acre mountaintop operation and keep providing services for people with disabilities.
The COVID-19 pandemic hit Crotched Mountain early, infecting three residents and 11 staff members in late March, which resulted in the death of one resident, a 46-year-old man with significant disabilities and a history of respiratory complications.
Like many other longstanding entities, the pandemic’s financial stressors proved to be too much for the institution, which had been struggling financially for many years. The Crotched Mountain Foundation’s Board of Directors announced their intent to close the campus by the end of the year in late June, prompting shock and grief from families of students, current and past staff