UNCASVILLE For Mohegan Tribal Chairman James Gessner, and presumably for many others, the most important thing one can have is their health.
“If anything, this past year has taught us that we each need to prioritize our personal health and wellness,” Gessner said during a speech.
On Monday afternoon, the Mohegan Tribe and Yale New Haven Health held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Uncasville Medical Center at Mohegan Sun, on 2 Sandy Desert Road, near the Norwich border. The 8,500-square-foot facility, which started service on May 10, is the culmination of two years of work between the two entities.
Medical services offered at the site include primary care, walk-in care and specialty care, and includes nine exam rooms and a procedure room. While the site is primarily intended to serve the employees of Mohegan Sun, President and General Manager Jeff Hamilton said it’s to serve communities throughout southeastern Connecticut.
NORWICH Kelly Steam Magnet Middle School seventh grade student Braden Pink is looking forward to getting the vaccine, as it means dining out, seeing friends more often and eventually not worrying about masks.
“We’ve been stuck for more than a year with COVID, so it’s nice to slowly get back to our normal lives,” Pink said.
On Monday, Norwich Public Schools with United Community Family Services (UCFS) ran a COVID-19 vaccine clinic for 175 Kelly students. Another one for 125 Teacher’s Memorial Global Magnet Middle School students will take place on Tuesday. This is after the CDC approved use of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for people ages 12 to 15 last week.
“They’re buying more, because they’re afraid they’re not able to get it,” Welch said.
A Bio-Lab factory in Westlake, Louisiana, which produces pool and spa treatment products, experienced a devastating fire on the morning of Aug. 27, 2020, after the landfall of Hurricane Laura, according to USA Today. As a result there have been shortages of chlorine across the country, with an anticipated 58% price increase from June through August, compared with the same period a year earlier, according to IHS Markit data cited in a Goldman Sachs report on the chlorine shortage.
Locally, the people at Bronson’s and at Roy’s Pools LLC in Canterbury and Plainfield are noticing issues with acquiring powder and tablet chlorine, while liquid pool shock seems to still be in supply, though it seems contingent on getting the shock drums back.
“He was sent by God for my protection,” the 62-year-old said.
While crossing the road from the Cumberland Farms to Sunset Pizza on Laurel Hill Ave., Barron said his electric wheelchair’s battery died, and he got stuck in the middle of the road until a man pulled over and helped Barron back to his apartment at the Harry Schwartz Manor.
“He got my chair, pushed me back into my apartment, and left without asking for any reward or anything,” Barron said.
Barron said he uses an electric wheelchair because a stroke left him paralyzed on his left side. Barron said he hadn’t had any issues with the wheelchair before.