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Mecklenburg Co., community partners help find shelter for homeless after ‘Tent City’ forced to clear Mecklenburg County begins homeless camp evictions By Courtney Cole | February 17, 2021 at 5:00 PM EST - Updated February 18 at 11:16 PM CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Benjamin Blake has lived at what is known as “Tent City” in Charlotte’s North End for nearly a year. On Tuesday, Mecklenburg County issued an abatement order, giving the residents in that area 72 hours to va...

Written by Justin Rosen The City of Milford Health Department (MHD) is currently partnering with the CT Department of Public Health to provide COVID-19 vaccine as it is available in accordance with State guidelines.  The MHD has held seven (7) COVID-19 vaccination clinics at the Parsons Government Complex Gymnasium since December when vaccine distribution began in Connecticut.  Milford Health Department COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics operate on Wednesdays all day and Friday afternoons with ...

UpdatedTue, Jan 26, 2021 at 2:51 pm ET Reply Yale New Haven Health will operate vaccine clinics at the Parsons Complex on days when the city’s health department isn’t conducting its clinic. (Shutterstock) MILFORD, CT — The city is partnering with Yale to increase access to the coronavirus vaccine locally, officials announced Tuesday. The citys health department currently partners with the Connecticut Department of Public Health to provide the COVID-19 vaccine as its available in accordanc...

Milford hospital celebrates centennial FacebookTwitterEmail Photo caption: (l-r) Gina Calder, Administrator, Milford Campus Bridgeport Hospital; Anne Diamond, President, Bridgeport Hospital; Milford Mayor Benjamin Blake; and Pam Steneski, president, Milford Chamber of CommerceContributed by Bridgeport Hospital It’s seldom that a 100th birthday passes with little fanfare, but that’s sort of what happened at Bridgeport Hospital’s Milford campus earlier this week. On Jan. 17, the former Milf...

More important this year than ever: Virtual 5K raises $37K for Milford homeless shelter Donald Eng FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Beth-El Center, Inc. Executive Director Jenn Paradis describes how the converted soup kitchen has changed its practices since the beginning of the pandemic in Milford, Conn., on Saturday Oct. 10, 2020.Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of3 Kenneth Ferrari, senior vice president at Sikorsky Financial Credit Union, and attorney Joseph Kubic from...

Written by City of Milford Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC) is expanding its COVID-19 testing capacity to Milford by opening a new testing site at the Connecticut Post Mall on December 30. Testing at the mall will be located in front of Sears and open weekly Monday-Thursday from 10am-2pm.   An increasing number of COVID-19 positive cases in Connecticut has resulted in greater demand for testing. CHC offers testing at 18 locations throughout Connecticut. Testing is free, available to ...

Free COVID test site to open at Milford mall Dec. 29, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail The entrance to the Connecticut Post Mall in Milford photographed on August 12, 2020.Arnold Gold / Hearst Connecticut Media Community Health Center, Inc. is expanding its COVID-19 testing capacity to Milford by opening a new testing site at the Connecticut Post Mall on Dec. 30. Testing at the mall will be located in front of the former Sears location and will be open Monday to Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Testing...

Reply Community Health Center, Inc.​, will open a new coronavirus (COVID-19) testing site at the Connecticut Post Mall in Milford beginning Wednesday, organizers announced. (Shutterstock) MILFORD, CT — Community Health Center, Inc., will open a new coronavirus (COVID-19) testing site at the Connecticut Post Mall in Milford beginning Wednesday, organizers announced. The free facility will be in front of the Sears store and will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays. "CHC i...

When we are not vigilant, we find ourselves hobbled by pronouncements that seem to mean something, but in reality, don’t. Take, for example, the widely accepted assertion that if we don’t start an activity — playing the piano or speaking a second language, say — by age 5, or 7, or 3, then we won’t succeed. Too many people give up before they start because they’re convinced they missed their chance. Fortunately, many others choose to believe in themselves as opposed...