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St. Clair County health officials are asking local elected leaders to formally endorse efforts to encourage COVID-19 vaccinations and other mitigation measures against the virus.
On Monday, city council members in both Port Huron and Marysville unanimously approved resolutions related to the vaccine, as well as mask use in public spaces and limiting gatherings to allow at least six feet between people not in the same household.
And officials said it was anticipated other communities will be asked to take similar action.
“St Clair County has had one of the most alarming rates of COVID-19 cases in the nation, resulting in lost workforce, suffering and death,” Dr. Annette Mercatante, the county’s medical health officer, told Port Huron officials in a letter last week. “Likewise, it is our duty to suggest to you that this crisis is not going to ‘stop’ unless dedicated and deliberate actions are taken by the majority of our citizens. We know that there is a
ZertoCon: Zerto Makes Big Play For Kubernetes, Cloud Data Protection
‘The new technologies being introduced at ZertoCon give customers the ability to protect, move and recover data regardless of the workload. We’ve done it in the virtual world in the past. Now we’re extending our capabilities to Kubernetes and SaaS,’ says Andy Fernandez, Zerto’s senior product marketing manager. By Joseph F. Kovar April 20, 2021, 01:35 PM EDT
Cloud data protection and data management technology developer Zerto Tuesday used ZertoCon 2021 Virtual to unveil new data protection offerings aimed at workloads running on the Amazon Web Services cloud.
The Boston-based storage company also unveiled the general availability of Zerto for Kubernetes, a continuous data protection offering for backup and recovery across cloud and on-premises environments, and introduced Zerto 9.0, the upcoming release of its flagship data protection platform.
A new floral business, Bel Fiori Mercato, has sprouted in Marysville.
The business held a soft opening at 1703 Gratiot Blvd. Thursday and offers plants, bouquets, bunches and more, said owner Gina Nowicki, who lives in Marysville.
“If you’re going to work with something, it might as well be something pretty,” she said.
Bel Fiori Mercato is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays. It offers deliveries, permanent and fresh flowers, and services special events like weddings and funerals.
Nowicki is still working on getting signage and filling the shop space, with hopes to put in a flower bar so people can make their own bouquets as well as buy premade ones. She plans to host a grand opening for the business sometime around Mother’s Day.
Port Huron Times Herald
Residents facing difficulty in paying their water and sewer bills amid the coronavirus pandemic still have a month before the state’s shutoff moratorium ends, but whether they’ll face a financial penalty for nonpayment depends on where they live.
In the last month, Marine City officials agreed to once again extend a measure waiving late fees until May. A utility bill deferment was first OK’d by the City Commission in May 2020 and extended twice before first to November and then February of this year.
According to the city, 116 water and sewer accounts were delinquent over $53,000 at the start of 2021. Marine City Treasurer Megan Pearce told commissioners this month that the city could withstand the economic impact of delaying penalties for nonpayment but asked officials support a return to shutoffs once allowed when a state-ordered ban ends March 31.