137 outer island residents get shots
MOUNT DESERT A total of 137 people – most of them over 65 – on Swan’s Island, the Cranberry Isles, Frenchboro and Isle au Haut were vaccinated against COVID-19 at the Maine Seacoast Mission’s vaccination clinics on the islands late last week.
Sixty-one of those getting shots live on Swan’s Island, where Donna Wiegle is the health officer and runs the island’s Mill Pond Health Center.
“It was fantastic,” she said of the vaccination clinic. “People could not have been happier, more grateful for the opportunity to get their vaccine out here.”
Of those getting the shots, 52 were 65 or older. Among the rest were four local firefighters, a first responder and a health care worker.
Karen Preston Griffin informs us about financial support for educational opportunities: “Swan’s Island Educational Achievement Trust Fund applications are available in the Town Office. The trust fund was established in 1997 to provide scholarship support for permanent residents of Swan’s Island who wish to further their education beyond high school at college, vocational or technical schools. Email the town office at [email protected] or call (207) 526-4279 for more information.”
Donna Wiegle notifies us that “
Dr. Timothy Oh and staff from Caring Hands of Maine Dental Center will be coming out to the Mill Pond Health Center on Friday, Feb. 5. Call their office at 667-6789 for an appointment. They will be practicing COVID safety measures to keep patients safe. All patients must wear a mask to enter the health center and while in the waiting room. Patients will be instructed when to take their masks off when you they are safely in the exam room.”