First Covid-19 vaccinations get underway at Merlin Park
8 January 2021
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Photo – Sarah Madden (101 yrs of age) a native of Bowling Green, Galway city getting ready to receive her COVID-19 vaccine with her doll known as ‘the ladeen’
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The first Covid-19 vaccinations have taken place at Merlin Park Hospital.
Barbara Griffin, of Moycullen, and Furbo native Kathleen Cunningham were the first residents at the Merlin Park Community Nursing Unit to receive the Pfizer BioNTech inoculation.
Overall, 96 residents and staff received the vaccine – with the event marking the beginning of a campaign in residential facilities in Galway, Mayo and Roscommon.
Solar farm applies for permit
The Kansan
The location of a proposed solar farm announced in November that will be constructed by the newly formed Kansas Cooperative Sun Power Program in Harvey County was revealed Tuesday.
The Butler County Electric Cooperative applied for permits and zoning for the construction of a solar facility at the southwest corner of East Lake Road and First Street in rural Harvey County.
The farm is one of about two dozen that are scheduled to be constructed by a group of electric cooperatives across the state.
The Kansas Cooperative Sun Power Program is a series of solar farms developed by Today s Power Inc. of Arkansas to harvest renewable energy in the state for 12 participating electric cooperatives. The 25-year program will result in the construction of more than 20 megawatts of solar power spread out across more than 800 miles of Kansas.