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GREENFIELD The physician and clown who inspired the 1998 film “Patch Adams” is in the middle of wrapping up a five-day masterclass on clowning at The Rowe Center and spent the weekend taking day trips to Greenfield nursing homes to perform and. ....
Obituaries • Doris Frances Harvey, 95, of Brattleboro. Died Nov. 24, 2021 at Pine Heights nursing home. She was born on June 22, 1926 in Brooklyn, N.Y. In her amazing 95-plus years, she touched the lives of many along the way. As a young girl, she lived through the . ....
Across Franklin County, COVID-19 numbers appear to stabilize In its dashboard that shows Department of Public Health data on the countywide level, the Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts indicated there were 214 new cases in Franklin County over a two-week period, down from 329 in the previous two-week period. Courtesy graphic/Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts Published: 1/1/2021 4:31:01 PM Franklin County and the North Quabbin region, for the most part, seemed to see a quieter couple of weeks as a whole when it came to reports of positive COVID-19 cases. On New Year’s Eve, the state Department of Public Health reported that 22 of the Franklin County’s 26 municipalities are currently in the “gray” or lowest-risk category, with towns reporting anywhere from zero to eight cases since Dec. 17. Six towns report zero cases, while nine report fewer than five cases. ....
Poet’s Seat, Quabbin Valley health care centers get first vaccines Quabbin Valley Healthcare LPN Jess McGivern receives the COVID-19 vaccine on Monday. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Quabbin Valley Healthcare resident Peter Gartland receives the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Monday. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Jess and Peter received their first dose together. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Modified: 1/1/2021 4:35:31 PM Quabbin Valley Healthcare in Athol was one of the first nursing homes in Worcester County to conduct a COVID-19 vaccination clinic for its residents and staff with CVS/Omnicare pharmacy, Assistant Administrator Michael Kachadoorian said. “Nursing homes across the state have been paired with a pharmacy CVS or Walgreens and back in the fall when this program was announced, QVH signed up for it immediately,” he said. “We were notified of our clinic date of Dec. 28 just before the Christmas holiday.” ....
Deaths from COVID-19 up to 8 in one area nursing home Published: 12/23/2020 6:58:04 PM Two local nursing homes continue to report no new cases of COVID-19, while a third reported eight deaths this week, five more than it reported last week. Another nursing home and a long-term care facility reported an increase in the number of positive cases. Quabbin Valley Healthcare in Athol reports its COVID-19 numbers daily on its website. Last week, it reported three deaths from the virus and by mid-week this week was reporting eight casualties. It currently has 27 residents who have tested positive and 19 staff members. Seventeen residents and 26 staff members have recovered from the virus. ....