Suhoski: Vaccination planning no easy task
COVID-19 vaccinations are administrated in the parking lot of Ralph C. Mahar Regional School in Orange on Wednesday morning as the State starts Phase Two of vaccinations for people over 75. Staff Photo/Paul Franz
Jenny Potee, Public Health Nurse for the Town of New Salem, gives Lori Lunn of New Salem a COVID-19 vaccination in the parking lot of Ralph C. Mahar Regional School in Orange as the State started Phase Two of vaccinations for people over age 75. Staff Photo/Paul Franz
Published: 2/28/2021 4:21:44 PM
Modified: 2/28/2021 4:21:42 PM
ATHOL One of the difficulties in getting a COVID vaccination clinic up and running in Athol has been the state’s decision-making process regarding the distribution of doses throughout the Commonewealth. That’s according to Town Manager Shaun Suhoski.
Athol: Lions Club Virtual 5K raising funds to help the community
Published: 3/1/2021 3:35:42 PM
Modified: 3/1/2021 3:35:40 PM
ATHOL “First of all, it’s not a race.”
Event organizer Karen Perkins, speaking with the Athol Daily News, wanted to make sure local residents don’t mix up anything the Lions Club is doing with the Big Cheese 5K that often takes place at this time of year, just prior to the River Rat Race.
That being said, this virtual competition is being called the Athol Lions Dust Off Spring Fling 5K.
Perkins said that, thus far, four sponsors have lined up to help support the event. They include Workers Credit Union, Orange Oil, Flint Garage Sales and Lyman Signs. The cost of sponsorship is $75 and Perkins is hopeful other businesses will soon sign up to help.
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Athol barber retiring after 51 years
Joe Neri works on a haircut for customer Larry Patterson. Neri, after 51 years in business in Athol, will retire at the end of the day on Feb. 27. Staff Photo/Greg Vine
Joe s Barber Shop on Exchange Street in Athol will close after Feb. 27. Staff Photo/Paul Franz
Published: 2/21/2021 11:36:41 AM
Modified: 2/21/2021 11:36:38 AM
ATHOL Joe Neri said when he first opened for business, there were 12 barbers in Athol. Now there are three (not counting a couple that bill themselves as “hair salons”). After the end of the month, there will only be two.
Neri, who owns Joe’s Barber Shop, has decided to hang up his clippers after more than five decades in business. He moved into the small storefront at 56 Exchange St. 33 years ago, after spending 18 years at another spot on Exchange Street.
District community center previewed for School Committee
FERNANDES Staff Photo/Greg Vine
Published: 2/17/2021 3:06:03 PM
Modified: 2/17/2021 3:06:01 PM
ATHOL Athol Royalston Regional School District Superintendent Darcy Fernandes last week gave the School Committee a preview of what a district-run community center might look like.
Fernandes told the committee, “Over the past few years, one of the main pieces of the strategic plan that we’ve been looking at and trying to build capacity for, is what I’m calling a ‘family and community center.’ If we look at our strategic plan, one whole segment is on community involvement, and a number of strategies that we’ve used around that is how to use media to bring people more into the fold in the district. But what this district has been looking for is something much more comprehensive.