In photos: Brunswick gives blood to help reported blood shortage
Over 30 people donated blood to the American Red Cross in Brunswick, which has reported blood shortages throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
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About 31 people donated blood to the American Red Cross at the American Legion in Brunswick on Friday, April 9.
More than 30 people donated blood to the American Red Cross at the Brunswick American Legion on Friday, April 9.
For many donors, this wasn’t their first time giving blood.
Melissa Kirkwood of Woolwich admitted she was reluctant to give blood when a friend first convinced her to go to a blood drive in the 1970s, but soon giving blood became a habit.
Have you had a chance to visit the NCPA v. Azar page on the NCPA website? It’s the best place to find the latest information on the lawsuit NCPA has filed to put an end to pharmacy DIR fees once and for all. Among the resources on the page: a recording of the Jan. 28 webinar in which Ropes & Gray attorney Stephanie Webster discusses the case with NCPA CEO Douglas Hoey. Check the page often for updates on the case.
Have you had a chance to visit the NCPA v. Azar page on the NCPA website? It’s the best place to find the latest information on the lawsuit NCPA has filed to put an end to DIR fees once and for all. Among the resources on the page: a recording of the Jan. 28 webinar in which Ropes & Gray attorney Stephanie Webster discusses the case with NCPA CEO Douglas Hoey. Check the page often for updates on the case.
NCPA January 27, 2021
Please join us tonight at 8 p.m. ET for a webinar in which we’ll review our strong legal case against pharmacy DIR fees. You can register here. Speakers include NCPA President Brain Caswell, NCPA CEO Douglas Hoey, and attorney Stephanie Webster of Ropes Gray. Keep up with the case here. Please consider supporting our efforts with a contribution to NCPA s Legislative/Legal Defense Fund as we pursue this fight on behalf of our members and the more than 21,000 community pharmacies we represent. Please give online or text LDF to (703) 783-9397 to donate whatever you can give so that NCPA can keep fighting for you.
January 22, 2021
When you open your own pizza shop, you can put whatever you want on the walls. Take Alex Plattner. He loves Henri Matisse, so when you step into his small pizzeria in Hyde Park, you’re met with a wall coated in Matisse-inspired black cut-outs. It’s bold. It’s graphic. And it’s a whole lot of fun.
Photograph courtesy of Alex Plattner
Plattner plans to open his pizzeria, Parlor Pizza Project, the second week of February, a timeline he calls “cautiously optimistic.”
“Everything has been good so far,” he says. “There are always little hiccups and things, [but] since I took over an existing restaurant space, I avoided a lot of the challenges of a full buildout and all that goes with that.”