Legislators pledge funding as addiction cases continue rising
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Published: 3/17/2021 5:10:45 PM
Federal legislators told the Opioid Task Force of Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region on Wednesday that addiction should be examined through the lens of mental health, not moral failing, and that it is imperative that programs like the ones the local task force offers be funded.
The task force met virtually with local agency heads and state and local legislators to discuss what some of the continuing needs are when it comes to helping individuals and their families through addiction and recovery.
“We’ve been doing groundbreaking work,” said Sheriff Christopher Donelan, who is a co-chair of the Opioid Task Force. “But there are still deficiencies in the work being done with the addicted community.”
Over 50 Pioneer school district educators receive COVID-19 vaccine at pop-up clinic
New Salem resident Karen Ellis, an instructional assistant for second grade, receives her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine from registered nurse Brianna Cooley at Pioneer Valley Regional School on Friday. Staff Photo/Paul Franz
Published: 3/12/2021 4:29:20 PM
NORTHFIELD More than 50 special education teachers and instructional assistants received their first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine during a pop-up clinic at Pioneer Valley Regional School on Friday.
Superintendent Jonathan Scagel said Friday was a professional development day, so no students were attending classes in person at the building while teachers and instructional assistants visited the clinic in Pioneer’s gymnasium. The clinic was organized through the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office.
Sheriff’s Dept. partners with LifePath to vaccinate seniors
Annette Roback of Elm Terrace in Greenfield gets her COVID-19 vaccine from registered nurse Brianna Cooley at the Elm Terrace Community Room on Monday. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
Many residents of Elm Terrace in Greenfield received COVID-19 vaccines on Monday. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
Joe LaChance of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office TRIAD unit monitors residents of Elm Terrace after they received their COVID-19 vaccines on Monday. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
Published: 3/8/2021 5:06:46 PM
GREENFIELD Seventy-one-year-old Annette Roback was thrilled to receive the first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine early Monday morning.
Jail officers get first vaccine dose, inmates next
Sheriff Christopher Donelan receives the first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, administered by Dr. Ruth Potee. The jail has vaccinated its staff and will being vaccinating inmates this week. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
The Franklin County Jail and House of Correction. Staff File Photo/ANDY CASTILLO
Published: 1/19/2021 7:02:02 PM
GREENFIELD Almost all Franklin County Jail and House of Correction officers have received their first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, including Sheriff Christopher Donelan, and soon the facility will receive another 300 doses to start doing the same for its inmates.
Donelan, who was the first to be vaccinated, said the jail’s medical division received the vaccines after him, then officers who have immediate contact with new inmates coming in from outside the facility, and finally, the rest of the officers. He said he felt he needed to be first if he was going to ask others to be vaccinated, no
County jails vaccinate some staff, inmates next in line
Hampshire County Jail and House of Correction GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
Hampshire County Sheriff Patrick Cahillane talks about measures to reduce exposure to the new coronavirus at the Hampshire County Jail and House of Correction on Thursday, March 12, 2020. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
Published: 1/20/2021 1:25:15 PM
NORTHAMPTON Staff at the Hampshire, Hampden and Franklin county jails have begun to get vaccinated against COVID-19, and jail officials said they plan to offer vaccinations to inmates this week.
At the Hampshire County Jail and House of Correction, staff began getting vaccinated on Jan. 7, and so far, 44 members have been inoculated, Sheriff Patrick Cahillane said Tuesday.