Lamont to speed up eligibility in CT COVID vaccination plan that inspired president s national timeline
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Syringes filled with COVID-19 vaccine wait on a table at Hartford HealthCare’s new mass vaccination clinic on the west campus of Sacred Heart University, in Fairfield, Conn. March 10, 2021.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Gina Kelly, right, and Gina Christakos, fill syringes with COVID-19 vaccine at Hartford HealthCare’s new mass vaccination clinic on the west campus of Sacred Heart University, in Fairfield, Conn. March 10, 2021.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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A Connecticut COVID vaccination plan that partly “inspired” the president’s national timeline for all American adults to be eligible for the shot could be sped up even more, Gov. Ned Lamont said Friday.
Lisa Pierce Flores (opinion): Relegating the homeless to the margins of the map
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Dorothy Day Hospitality House in 2018 in Danbury.H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut Media
Last month, the Dorothy Day Hospitality House on Spring Street in Danbury, which offered shelter to some of the city’s poorest residents for 37 years, lost its appeal to remain open. The tool used to shut it down? An obscure zoning violation.
The 16-bed shelter is located in a working-class neighborhood zoned for high-density housing. Zoning regulations require nonprofits wishing to provide shelter for the homeless to obtain an exemption to operate in neighborhoods like Spring Street. The shelter was granted permission to operate by zoning officials in 1983. In addition, for many years it applied for and obtained a license for dormitory use.
Triad musicians seek out golden tickets on American Idol
FRAN DANIELS, The Winston-Salem Journal
March 12, 2021
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) Growing up in the Triad, Mason Via and Presley Barker were familiar with the careers of each other as fellow musicians and singer/songwriters but had never met until they auditioned in California for the latest season of “American Idol.”
They are among hopefuls from across the country vying for golden tickets to Hollywood on the show.
Although he grew up in Danbury, Via (pronounced Vi), 23, now lives in Winston-Salem. Barker, 16, a native of Traphill, is a 10th-grader at East Wilkes High School.
As he turns 102 years old, New Milford resident recalls a century of memories
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Clarence Joyce and his wife Mary the day before Clarence s 102nd birthday.Photo courtesy of Nancy SchulzShow MoreShow Less
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Couple Mary and Clarence Joyce around the year 1945Photo courtesy of Nancy SchulzShow MoreShow Less
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NEW MILFORD When Clarence Joyce was born in a Brookfield farmhouse on March 13, 1919, President Teddy Roosevelt had died in his sleep two months earlier, and the Treaty of Versailles would be signed by the end of June, ending World War I.
Clarence, who turns 102 on Saturday, still remembers the single lightbulb they had, right in the middle of the farmhouse ceiling.
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Families have gone through extraordinary lengths to visit loved ones in nursing homes. Soon they may hug again.
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Confetti flies in the air as Jeanne Peters, 95, a rehab patient at The Reservoir, a nursing facility, gestures after she was given the first COVID-19 vaccination as Mary Lou Galushko, left, looks on,Friday, Dec. 18, 2020, in West Hartford, Conn. (AP Photo/Stephen Dunn, Pool)Stephen Dunn / Associated Press
It’s been nearly a year since Gov. Ned Lamont issued an executive order restricting nursing home visits throughout the state hundreds of days since many residents have been able to hug their children, grandchildren, or great-grandchildren. But now, with new federal guidance released this week, long-awaited hugs with vaccinated seniors can officially resume.