EXETER – A well-known local author is battling a “severe” case of COVID-19 in Exeter Hospital, and the community is responding to help him and his family cover medical expenses.
Mark Dagostino is best known for achieving the New York Times Best Seller list six times, including books on Hulk Hogan and Villanova University men’s basketball coach Jay Wright. He was transported Sunday to Exeter Hospital after experiencing difficulty breathing. He was placed on oxygen in the intensive care unit.
Terry Taylor, Dagostino’s fiancée and life partner, said she last spoke with Dagostino around 2 a.m. Tuesday over FaceTime. She said he reported suffering from coughing fits each time he attempted to move. She is also battling COVID-19 herself, but with milder symptoms. She said his symptoms began Jan. 30 with fevers, headaches and exhaustion.
February 2, 2021
Danbury 4 @ Maryland 2 – In the opening game of a midweek series in Maryland, the Danbury Hat Jr. Tricks got two goals from Valentino Passarelli to defeat the Maryland Black Bears, 4-2 on Monday.
It was a tale of three periods, but the Jr. Hat Tricks controlled the 1
st period thanks to two goals from Gabe Dombrowski and Passarelli to take a 2-0 lead.
The tide turned in the 2
nd period as the Black Bears managed to tie the game at 2-2 with a goal from Jude Jurtas and a power play tally from Garrett Szydlowski.
It took just over a minute into the 3
BROCKTON City officials have asked Gov. Charlie Baker to move educators up in line to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and treat them like the frontline essential workers that they are so students and teachers can safely return to classrooms.
The letter, signed by Mayor Robert Sullivan, Superintendent Michael Thomas and members of the school committee and city council, was sent to Baker on Wednesday, just days before the beginning of Phase 2 distribution of the vaccine in Massachusetts.
Although educators are in Phase 2, they fall third in line in priority, behind those who are 75 or older and those 65 or older or anyone with two or more comorbidities.