NORWICH – Freezing temperatures in the last month have had thousands of county residents adjusting their thermostat and no public assistance program has felt a greater impact than HEAP.

If you heat your home with electricity, natural gas, oil, coal, propane, wood or wood pellets, kerosene or corn, HEAP can help you heat and cool your home by providing up to $900 in benefits.

This year's HEAP benefit applications opened on Nov ... 11 Quarry Road in Goshen at 845-291-2002; 18 Seward Ave. (second ...