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The rush is on at Flowers by Miss Bertha to assemble gift orders for Mother s Day. The coolers are jammed with freshly cut stems and buckets of lilies stand ready to be pressed into bouquets.
But pandemic uncertainties and disruptions in the global supply chain have forced the Minneapolis flower shop to get creative, as prices for fresh flowers have spiked and shortages of some colors and varieties abound. Prices have been fluctuating on a weekly basis, said Cara Dalton, whose mother owns the longtime Whittier neighborhood store. Now there s a shortage of daisies. Really? It s such a common flower.
Written by Bob Sprague
Public schools report 8 positive staff cases
UPDATED, Jan. 9: Arlington High School, as part of a regional effort, is the lead site for four towns where health personnel plan to administer Moderna vaccine to about 600 first responders on Tuesday, Jan. 12.
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This is the first large-scale inoculation effort here, aimed at addressing the Covid-19 pandemic whose cases have risen since mid-October. As of Jan. 7, the town had a 3.56-percent positivity rate, as compared 7.7 percent statewide.
Meanwhile, Gibbs School Principal Fabienne Pierre-Maxwell reported to families Jan. 5 that a staff member from learning community 3 tested positive for Covid-19, but the superintendent had more to add.