Sherman sees dramatic increase in COVID-19 cases
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The town of Sherman has seen ‘a dramatic increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases’ recently, according to First Selectman Don Lowe.H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut Media
SHERMAN Many towns have seen an increase in novel coronavirus cases but for the town of Sherman, the spike has been extraordinary.
“Sherman has had a dramatic increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases,” First Selectman Don Lowe said during this week’s Board of Selectmen’s meeting.
In the past three weeks, 27 new cases have been confirmed, he said.
“We don’t know if that’s an increase because of Thanksgiving gatherings, but we suspect that it may have something to do with it,” Lowe said.
Nearly a foot of snow hits Danbury area overnight, bringing region to a halt
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Marselo Gregorino makes a second pass with a snow blower along West Street as he cleared a sidewalk early Thursday morning. A nor easter was expected to drop a foot or more of snow over the area. December 17, 2020, in Danbury, Conn.H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Cleanup started early Thursday morning from a nor easter that was expected to drop a foot or more of snow over the area. December 17, 2020, in Danbury, Conn.H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
Sherman school board approves final playground design, seeking $400,000
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SHERMAN The Board of Education approved the final design for a new playground at Sherman School by a narrow 4-3 vote, recently. The school board plans to let the Board of Selectmen know the project is ready to be presented to the town.
The school board is seeking no more than $400,000 for the playground replacement project $50,000 of which would be a “buffer” in case work needs to be done on the school’s pirate ship playground, said Superintendent-Principal Jeff Melendez.
NICOLE MANN, MS ’01;
KATE RUBINS, PhD ’06; and
JESSICA WATKINS, BS ’10 – are among the 18 astronauts chosen to be part of the “Artemis Team.”
According to the press release from NASA, the Artemis program will “land the first woman and next man on the moon in 2024 and establish a sustainable human lunar presence by the end of the decade.”
Jessica Watkins is one of three Stanford alumni selected for NASA’s next mission to the moon. (
Courtesy of NASA)
Mann was born in Petaluma, California, and grew up in nearby Rohnert Park. She received a Master of Science degree from Stanford in mechanical engineering with a specialty in fluid mechanics in 2001 and joined the astronaut corps in 2013. According to NASA, Mann is currently training for the first crew flight test of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft.