Williamsburg backs off having drive-thru vaccinations
Stickers on hand at the Bangs Community Center in Amherst where first responders were receiving their first COVID-19 vaccinations on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021.
Published: 1/27/2021 8:27:35 PM
WILLIAMSBURG The town is shelving plans for a drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination site, in favor of sending residents to the vaccination site at the Northampton Senior Center through Phase 2 of the state’s vaccine rollout.
“We’re not going to do them locally at this point,” said Donna Gibson, chair of the Williamsburg Board of Health.
But both Northampton and Amherst, home to Hampshire county’s two regional vaccination sites, have been hit hard by a reduction in vaccine allotments for local health departments.
Hilltown health officials, centers prep for vaccine rollout
Boxes containing the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine AP PHOTO/PAUL SANCYA, POOL
Published: 1/20/2021 12:12:40 PM
WILLIAMSBURG – As vaccinations for COVID-19 are being administered throughout the state, those involved with public health in the Hilltowns are working on plans to provide access for residents.
While first responders and others in Phase 1 of the state’s vaccination rollout plan are being vaccinated elsewhere in the region, Donna Gibson, chairwoman of the Williamsburg Board of Health, said the town is preparing to set up drive-thru clinics to serve residents of Williamsburg and Goshen.
Michael Kurland, chairman of the Goshen Board of Health, said the current plan is to have a staging area at the parking lot of the Anne T. Dunphy School, with drive-thru vaccinations taking place near the garage of the Williamsburg Highway Department.
By Jarrod Mills
Staff Writer Dec 17, 2020
Dec 17, 2020
WILLIAMSBURG â During its monthly board meeting Tuesday, the Williamsburg Board of Education approved creating tutoring positions via a private grant through Berea College.
Superintendent Tim Melton explained that because the grant is a private grant, the school district would not have to provide matching funds for the positions and that tutors will be available for elementary, middle, and high school students.
Melton said that he wanted to provide tutors for all three levels because of the different needs each level has.
âThe elementary teacher, it might be bringing students in and theyâre working with students one-to-one, one-to-three whatever is allowable,â he said. âThe middle school students, they might have a different need. We know high school students, everything is credit-based and what we are working towards is graduation. We donât want students to fall behind during thi