NORTHAMPTON Cooley Dickinson Health Care announced Tuesday that Joanne Marqusee, its president and CEO of seven years, will be stepping down from her position in the next few weeks.Marqusee is taking a job as executive vice president and chief.
Former San Juan mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz takes post at Mount Holyoke College
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Carmen Yulin Cruz, then mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, answers questions during an hourlong press conference at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Nov. 7, 2019. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING
Published: 1/25/2021 7:27:35 PM
SOUTH HADLEY Carmen Yulín Cruz, the former mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, will join Mount Holyoke College as a fellow focused on leadership initiatives for the next year.
Cruz will work directly with students in her role, according to a college spokeswoman, and will remain in the post through December 2021.
Community vaccine rollout could begin next month
Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton has not turned away patients and is offering all non-COVID-19 related services, such as elective surgeries, with only rare exceptions, a hospital official said. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
By JACQUELYN VOGHEL
HADLEY Cooley Dickinson Health Care officials signaled last week that community rollout of a COVID-19 vaccine is likely to begin in early to mid-February and last for six months.
Cooley Dickinson Hospital has administered around 1,100 first doses of the vaccine in the first phase of the vaccination rollout, with 380 people having also received the second of the two doses, reported Dr. Estevan Garcia, chief medical officer at Cooley Dickinson Health Care. The first phase includes health care providers who work directly with patients, long-term care facilties and health care workers in non-COVID-19 facing care.
Published: 1/18/2021 5:19:00 PM
EASTHAMPTON As residents of the Lathrop Retirement Communities approached the common area Monday, they were met with a long-awaited message.
“Vaccine Clinic Day!” a sign outside of the building said. “Hope is here!”
Over the course of eight hours on Monday, pharmacists from Walgreens administered the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to nearly all residents and staff members at the retirement community, which has locations in Easthampton and Northampton.
Most residents and staff members eagerly welcomed the vaccine.
Beverly Bowman, who lives at Lathrop’s Northampton location, had been “anxiously awaiting the clinic” and was “elated” to receive her vaccine on Monday, she said.
Turning a page: Locals sound off on pending inauguration A giant portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. gazes into the distance from behind the A.P.E. Gallery window in downtown Northampton. The holiday for MLK Jr.’s birthday is clouded by an uneasy presidential transition and threats of sectarian violence at the nation’s capitol. FOR THE GAZETTE/Sabato Visconti
“I’m pretty excited for the inauguration,” said Emily Turner of Boston. “I think I’m very encouraged by the social media platforms eliminating a lot of the vitriol and misinformation coming out. I think addressing coronavirus and sowing the surge is the number one thing I’d like to see change.” FOR THE GAZETTE/Sabato Visconti