Mary Garofalo tested positive for COVID-19 around Easter when, a couple of days later, she received a call from a nurse practitioner at her UPMC Hamot primary-care doctor s office.
Garofalo, 69, of Millcreek Township, was told that she would be a good candidate for monoclonal antibody treatment, an infusion that helps COVID-19 patients who are at-risk for complications. Her 74-year-old husband, Joe, also had tested positive for COVID-19 and was offered the treatment. I m diabetic and overweight, so I was a candidate, said Garofalo. I didn t understand it, so the nurse practitioner explained that it would strengthen us and help us get over COVID more quickly.
A 13-year-old has relocated with his grandmother across central Maine after an alleged altercation during April vacation that the school says "potentially involved racial bias."
Ready, get set, go! Let the crab cake wars begin
Though there s nothing like hot and spicy crabs piled on newspaper surrounded by pitchers of beer, the crab cake is waaayyy more portable and requires a lot less effort to consume. BOB YESBEK PHOTO
Bob Yesbek April 30, 2021
Every morning, I pour myself a cup of cold-brew coffee. I add a polite squirt of Monin Dark Chocolate, a splash of half & half, and then pad into my office to gaze into the murky horrors of the unknown. In other words, I read my email.
My various email boxes get around 150 hits every day. Of course, there are always the crazies (refer to my “send to trash” column from a few months ago), but the great majority of people are kind enough to share their thoughts about our local eateries. Though I grouse about it (to get a laugh), it affords me a pretty good cross-section of the local zeitgeist, i.e., the prevailing mood that suggests what’s “in” or what’s not quite so “in.” One thing I can
After the hurricane, she wanted to ensure people didn t forget about the plight of abused children. Toward that end and as part of April being National Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Child Abuse Awareness Month, Book is promoting a 30-minute special set to broadcast Saturday locally on WJHG-Channel 7 to help people remember and hopefully reach someone in need of help.
“Hurricane Michael destroyed more than just buildings it took away a sense of comfort and the safe spaces where survivors of child abuse come to heal from trauma,” said Book, a Democratic senator representing the Broward County area and founder of Lauren’s Kids. “By rebuilding the (Gulf Coast CAC) Trauma Therapy House, we gave this dedicated group of therapists and advocates the bones and the structure to once again create a living and breathing safe space for children and families who so desperately need it.