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Dr. Tamara Dunlap, right,of the Quarantine the Quarantine group, speaks at the Fulton County Board of Supervisors meeting Monday at the County Office Building in Johnstown. To the left is speaker Kristen Baker. Seated is Stratford Supervisor Heather VanDenburgh. (The Leader-Herald/Michael Anich)
JOHNSTOWN Two members of the public addressed the Fulton County Board of Supervisors Monday about what they see as a need for county government to ease COVID-19 restrictions so local schools can open quicker.
County officials have said they’re hands are often tied by the state.
Speaking were Dr. Tamara Dunlap of Amsterdam, an area dentist who created the Quarantine the Quarantine Facebook group, and Kristen Baker of Johnstown.
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Fulton County Office for Aging/Youth Director Andrea Fettinger discusses a federal grant at the Board of Supervisors Human Services Committee meeting Tuesday at the County Office Building in Johnstown. (The Leader-Herald/Michael Anich)
JOHNSTOWN The Fulton County Office for Aging/Youth was recently informed it received a $27,177 federal grant, nearly half of which will go toward equipment for the senior meals program.
OFA Director-Andrea Fettinger discussed the grant at a recent meeting of the Board of Supervisors’ Human Services Committee at the County Office Building.
The committee voted to accept $27,177 in federal Consolidated Appropriations Act funds and amend the OFA’s budget for this year. The full board will vote on final acceptance May 10.
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JOHNSTOWN The number of persons getting weekly COVID-19 vaccinations at Fulton-Montgomery Community College is subsiding, but county officials are encouraging more use of pharmacies.
Numbers of active COVID cases in Fulton County is also declining.
A COVID update was provided by county Health Director Laurel Headwell to the Board of Supervisors’ Human Services Committee recently at the County Office Building.
Headwell said that to date, Fulton County has had 17,565 people receiving one COVID vaccination; and 13,446 receiving their second shot.
“We are slowing down,” she said of the Thursday’s weekly vaccination POD, or Point of Delivery activity at FMCC.
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JOHNSTOWN A new 700-member area public Facebook group calling itself “Quarantine the Quarantine” has been contacting area news organizations, state politicians, health and county officials, and school districts spreading its message that it wants schools entirely opened up during the ongoing COVID pandemic.
But some officials are confused as to what the group is seeking, as edicts continue to come down regarding the COVID-19 pandemic from the state.
Quarantine the Quarantine spokesperson Tamara Dunlap, an Amsterdam-area dentist, and husband Brad Dunlap recently sent out numerous messages to area media and public officials introducing herself and her group.