On July 6, when the County Commission denied a solar farm in Archer, key points were ignored.
First, the heartfelt stories by opponents of the solar farm described pride in generational ownership of land, seeing wildlife and having gardens. While they saw solar as opposition to these things, there is nothing about solar that would affect those experiences.
Second, there is extensive data showing climate change to disproportionately affect the Black community. While a few neighbors celebrated the denial of the solar farm, they and the broader Black community will continue to suffer hardship as food and energy production and health are diminished by the changing environment.
Senior Neighbors: Wellesley Council on Aging programs
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Staff: Heather Munroe (director of senior services), Gregory Wilson (assistant director),
Kate Burnham (health and social services administrator), Amy Rose (senior activities coordinator), Andria DeSimone (office administrator), Sally Miller (volunteer coordinator), Sarah Paglione (activities assistant) and Roslyn Comenitz (department assistant).
A Word from the Director
We will continue to post updates and posts on what we are finding with vaccination scheduling troubleshooting. If you are a resident in town over 75 and are having trouble scheduling an appointment, we have volunteers who may be able to assist, you can call us at 781-235-3961.
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Comparing COVID rates
Red or blue counties which are getting hit worse by the pandemic in upper Florida? To find out, I checked the New York Times’ online COVID-19 database. The selected statistic is the ”Daily Average of New Cases per 100,000” residents over the last seven days.
Florida’s highest rate is found in Miami-Dade, No. 1 on the list. The next six are red counties north and west of Alachua: Lafayette, Holmes, Okaloosa, Bay, Liberty and Calhoun. Counties eight to 10 are in other directions, but six of the next nine also are red and west of us: Santa Rosa, Gulf, Wakulla, Hamilton, Madison and Walton at No. 19. Bright blue Alachua is 45th out of 67 counties.