MaineHealth to open school vaccination clinics
The Scarborough Downs mass vaccination clinic will close by May 20 as in-school clinics begin in Oxford County next week Author: Beth Brogan (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 3:13 PM EDT May 7, 2021 Updated: 3:13 PM EDT May 7, 2021
PORTLAND, Maine MaineHealth announced Friday that it would shift its COVID-19 vaccination efforts to adolescents and younger adults, phasing out a mass vaccination site at Scarborough Downs in favor of in-school vaccination clinics.
The first school clinics are set to open next week at Poland Regional High School and Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, MaineHealth spokesman John Porter said in a release.
City of Laredo working to initiate composting program
May 7, 2021
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Red Wing United s Alec Martinez describes the different types of vegetation, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021 as he gives a tour of Red Wing United s community garden.Danny Zaragoza, Staff Photographer / Laredo Morning Times
Laredo City Council voted this week to initiate the first phases of a composting program for the city, beginning internally with bio-solids from the Utilities Department.
The city does not have a composting permit at their main landfill site. But in September council approved the purchase the Ponderosa Landfill for $24 million, which is permitted for a 10-acre composting site.
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HAMILTON, ON, May 6, 2021 /CNW/ - Lorraine Simpson, the Cityline TV Travel Expert and Travel Personality, is proud to partner with BarterPay to launch a special barter grant program that will distribute $37.5 million in value to travel, tourism and hospitality businesses across Canada to help them recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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BarterPay will help Canadian travel businesses convert their unsold time, space, services and idle inventory, their spare capacity, into Barter Credits™ at retail value. Rather than standard one-to-one-bartering, BarterPay is a one-to-many-ecosystem where BarterPay members are able to exchange what they have to get what they need in an organized way. Through Barter Credits,™ travel businesses
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âWhen people asked if I needed an umbrella I just told them that it didnât bother me â Iâm an old retired Army guy,â said Spradley, who defeated Joy Harvey by 47 votes to win in his first try at elective office.
Others scoring big wins Saturday included District 3 Council Member Harry Bowers, who coasted to an easy reelection victory, Steve Minus, who will succeed four-term retiring incumbent Sherry Harrison as New Braunfels ISDâs District 5 trustee, and Courtney Biasatti, who defeated District 2 Trustee and Comal ISD board President David Drastata, who was seeking a fifth term.
All 18 city charter propositions also passed in unofficial election totals, which indicated 3,269 voters, or 3.89% of 84,034 eligible, participated in at least one of Comal Countyâs five elections, which also included city council races in Garden Ridge and Bulverde.
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MADAWASKA, Maine May 4, 2020 The front of Madawaska Middle/High School in Madawaska, Maine (Hannah Catlin| St. John Valley Times)
MADAWASKA, Maine May 4, 2020 The front of Madawaska Middle/High School in Madawaska, Maine (Hannah Catlin| St. John Valley Times)
Aroostook schools ranked among top 10 in Maine Three schools in Aroostook County ranked within the top 10 high schools in the state, according to a recent ranking published by the national outlet U.S. News & World Report.
HOULTON, Maine Three schools in Aroostook County ranked within the top 10 high schools in the state, according to a recent ranking published by the national outlet U.S. News & World Report.