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Congressman Paul Tonko has pushed four projects in Schenectady and Montgomery counties forward to the House Appropriation Committee for funding consideration. The committee has the authority to provide federal funding for a handful of projects requested by members of Congress, with each representative allowed to push for up to 10 projects. Tonko is also requesting funding for other projects based in Saratoga and Albany counties.
In Schenectady County, Hometown Health Center is asking for $750,000 in federal funding which would cover a portion of a $5.5 million project it has planned in order to help provide dental services to underserved populations of Schenectady. Specifically, it would be used to develop a new facility to accommodate patients Hometown Health will be taking on as Ellis Medicine prepares to close its McClellan Street dental facility as part of an anticipated merger with
Walmart, Sam’s Club to offer vaccinations at 24 Maine locations
Mainers who are 70 and older were expected to be able to start making appointments online Tuesday night.
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The 4,000-plus weekly doses for Walmart and Sam’s Club will be added to the 21,475 doses per week that Maine is receiving from the Biden administration.
Maine is ranked eighth in the nation for people who have received one or more doses, at 10.6% of the population.
The state’s seven-day average of new hospitalizations was 3.1 as of Tuesday, down from a peak of 18 in mid-December.
Derek Davis/Staff Photographer
New deaths: 3
Percentage of population: 10.85%
Walmart, Sam’s Club to offer vaccinations at 24 Maine locations
Mainers who are 70 and older were expected to be able to start making appointments online Tuesday night.
Share
The 4,000-plus weekly doses for Walmart and Sam’s Club will be added to the 21,475 doses per week that Maine is receiving from the Biden administration.
Maine is ranked eighth in the nation for people who have received one or more doses, at 10.6% of the population.
The state’s seven-day average of new hospitalizations was 3.1 as of Tuesday, down from a peak of 18 in mid-December.
Derek Davis/Staff Photographer
New deaths: 3
Percentage of population: 10.85%
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