Towns plan COVID-19 vaccine clinics for 12 and over
staff reports
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A COVID-19 vaccination clinic was held for students at Bunnell High School, in Stratford, Conn. April 28, 2021.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media
School districts in greater Bridgeport and the Naugatuck Valley are preparing for the upcoming expansion of COVID-19 vaccine eligibility for 12- to 15 year-olds.
Similar to the plan laid out for those aged 16 and older in public schools across the state, many districts are either planning to offer vaccine clinics or are in talks about whether a youth-only clinic makes sense. In all cases, parents would have to sign consent forms for their child to be vaccinated and/or accompany their child.
Seymour budget vote anybody s guess given pandemic uncertainty
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Seymour Town HallJean Flabo-Sosnovich / For Hearst Connecticut Media
SEYMOUR Residents will cast ballots Tuesday on a budget proposal that would result in a slight decrease in the town’s property tax rate.
But that doesn’t mean that everyone’s taxes will go down if voters approve it.
“Some people’s taxes are going to go up, some people’s will go down, and some people are going to stay the same,” First Selectwoman Annmarie Drugonis said Monday.
That’s because a state-mandated revaluation of properties in town meant different things for different property owners.
By Andreas Yilma, Staff Writer
BEACON FALLS A group of senior citizens is looking to get back into the swing of things and use the Beacon Falls Senior Center again.
“We would like to get together at least a few days a week, if it’s possible, in the afternoon,” senior center President Bernadette Dionne told the Board of Selectmen during its April 12 meeting.
Dionne and seven other seniors inquired if the center could be reopened or hold its regular monthly meetings.
The senior center has been closed since the COVID-19 pandemic first hit the state last March.
The town is slowly starting to reopen. Town Hall is open to the public by appointment and Beacon Falls Public Library is open on a limited basis.
Ansonia and Derby ramp up COVID-19 vaccine outreach
Eddy Martinez
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Caitlin Kelley, LPN, administers the COVID-19 vaccine to Christopher Nicholas Coideo of Seymour April 9 at the Naugatuck Valley Health District vaccine clinic at the Seymour Community Center.Brian Gioiele / Hearst Connecticut Media
ANSONIA Tuesday’s pause of the Johnson & Johnson single dose vaccine has acted as a spur to the ongoing vaccination efforts in Ansonia and Derby.
The two cities have been working on getting more people inoculated and have plans that include mobile vans and Ansonia’s Mayor David Cassetti going door to door to sign up more residents for vaccination appointments.