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Trolley rolls into under-vaccinated Schenectady neighborhoods to continue COVID fight | The Daily Gazette
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Holden Townsel of Rotterdam is vaccinated by Schenectady County Public Health Services registered nurse Taylor Taranto as his father, Neal, watches Thursday outside the Schenectady Community Ministries food pantry.
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A slow but steady stream of people walk or drive into the parking lot to roll up their sleeves, drawn by the sign or, more likely, people telling them there would be a pop-up vaccination clinic that day at the Schenectady Community Ministries food pantry in Hamilton Hill.
That afternoon, Schenectady County was tied for the highest adult COVID vaccination rate in the state nearly three out of four adult residents have received at least one dose.
Slain Schenectady man to be buried Thursday, his birthday
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Family and friends have erected a makeshift memorial in front of a bus stop near Yates Village in Schenectady where Xiaa Price grew up. Paul Nelson / Times Union Show MoreShow Less
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Family and friends have erected a makeshift memorial in front of a bus stop near Yates Village in Schenectady where Xiaa Price grew up. Paul Nelson / Times Union Show MoreShow Less
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Family and friends have erected a makeshift memorial in front of a bus stop near Yates Village in Schenectady where Xiaa Price grew up. Paul Nelson / Times Union Show MoreShow Less
Series Tuesday: Child of first-wave Guyanese immigrants to Schenectady looks to build community in hometown | The Daily Gazette
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When Travis Ghirdharie started a fellowship working at the Schenectady City School District central office in August 2019, he hoped to get to the bottom of a vexing question: How many students of Guyanese descent attend Schenectady schools?
The eldest son of a Guyanese immigrant family that settled in Schenectady in the early 2000s, Ghirdharie returned to the city with a Cornell University diploma, multiple years of experience teaching in a New York City charter school and a burning desire to help improve his hometown.