Support groups, resources and more >DAN LITTLEMothers Hillary Halpern, from left, Brianna Sloane, and Amanda Lamontagne talk with each other as their children Marlowe Halpern, bottom left, Edwin Roberts, and Will Lamontagne play during the Over the Hump class for mother s with infants between ages around 6-12 months at the Cooley Dickinson Center for Midwifery Care Thursday in Northampton. DAN LITTLE Daily Hampshire Gazette >DAN LITTLE14-month-old Edwin Roberts, of Sunderland, crawls along among the toys during the Over the Hump class for mother s with infants between ages around 6-12 months at the Cooley Dickinson Center for Midwifery Care Thursday in Northampton. DAN LITTLE Daily Hampshire Gazette
The reconstruction or replacement of the Department of Public Works facility is one of the four major capital projects that will be determined entirely by the town itself. In the case of the DPW project, there will be no granting agency to offer.
Struggling to find a COVID vaccine appointment? This Amherst native invented an easy way to help Western Mass. residents
Updated 5:53 AM;
Like many Massachusetts residents eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccination, Carlton and Linda Ho were struggling to secure an appointment.
The Amherst couple, both in their 60s, were continually looking online for open appointments in Amherst, Northampton and other Pioneer Valley communities. But the vaccine eluded them.
“It was horrible,” Carlton said. “You can’t continuously check the web. It usually would say that the sites didn’t have appointments. When they did, you would click on it and by the time you got in they were gone. My wife and I were very frustrated.”
Roving Amherst crew bringing vaccine to homebound folks in eight towns
A team of experts gets ready to vaccinate homebound residents in their Granby homes on Monday. From left are Michael Sawicki, with the Amherst Fire Department; Dr. Herb Abelson, Granby Board of Health; Gene Os, emergency medical services director in Granby; Robert Czerwinski, Granby fire chief; Emma Dragon, health director; and David Kelsen, Amherst Fire Department. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
Published: 3/11/2021 8:19:34 PM
AMHERST Knowing that her husband, Dan Georgakas, is unable to leave their Amherst home, Barbara Saltz worried that getting him vaccinated against COVID-19 might be impossible.
“When vaccines became available, we were trying to figure out how in the world to get Dan inoculated,” Saltz said.
Amherst plan to vaccinate homebound using ambulance service begins
Updated Mar 05, 2021;
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AMHERST – An ambitious plan to administer COVID-19 vaccination to homebound individuals here and surrounding towns began March 3, according to the town’s public health director Emma Dragon.
“It is expected to take several weeks to complete the plan to vaccinate the over 100 homebound individuals that have been identified so far,” a press release from the town of Amherst says.
According to Town Manager Paul Bockelman’s office around 30 individuals have been vaccinated.
“We value the vulnerable and underserved individuals within our community and feel committed to getting them vaccinated,” Dragon said in the statement.