Amherst officials hopeful local COVID vaccination clinics will resume
Updated Feb 22, 2021;
AMHERST Town officials remain hopeful that its local COVID-19 vaccination sites will resume operations early next month, despite the state’s recent decision to stop supplying doses to local boards of health.
“I expect to make an announcement along these lines in the very near future in the hope that we can launch our site in early March,” Town Manger Paul Bockelman said in a memo to the Amherst Town Council on Saturday.
The town had been running clinics at locations including the Bangs Center and Amherst-Pelham Regional High School. But last week Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration announced it would stop supplying doses to boards of health in all but 20 communities hardest hit by the pandemic.
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I did it. I signed up get the vaccine. I followed the directions and went on line at 11 a.m. as requested. I can see why there are issues. The sign-up required a photo or download of the insurance card. Dismay, I don’t know how to download. I have never done it. Fortunately , one could take a photo.
For those who register over the phone, I assume a photo would not be required. I have friends in other states where it took hours just to connect.
I will still wear my mask, keep my distance and use a lot of hand lotion with all the hand washing.
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Indoor garden report: The paper whites have been in bloom over a week. I clipped some fresh basil and put it on pasta.
Brian Melley, the son of Ellen Melley and the lateDan Melley of Amherst, had a byline story in the Saturday Springfield Republican about the pandemic in Los Angeles.
He was a reporter for the Republican for a while and then moved to California. The piece was done for The Associated Press.
Seniors can get a parking sticker from the Bangs Center for parking in the Bangs lot. The stickers cost $25. There is a table at the front door of the center with a clipboard. Fill out the form, attach your car registration and check and leave it on the table. Jennifer Reynolds will come back in five minutes with your sticker.
Around Amherst: Two prominent nonprofits depart Bangs Center
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST The upper floor of the Bangs Community Center is vacant after two private nonprofits that have long used the space relocated over the past several months.
Both Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampshire County, a program of the Center for Human Development, and the Center for New Americans have departed the town building.
But Town Manager Paul Bockelman said no decisions have yet been made on how to repurpose the rooms and offices that have been rented to the agencies for close to 40 years.
“We will look at options to use of the space at the Bangs Center,” Bockelman said.