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Massachusetts Realtors confront robust seller’s market Updated Feb 14, 2021; Posted Feb 14, 2021 Realtor Suzanne Moore at one of her listings on Berwyn Street in South Hadley. (Don Treeger / The Republican) Facebook Share As Realtors were approaching their busy spring season last year, the national lockdown in March resulted in slower than normal sales. But it wasn’t all doom and gloom. The good news is that as the country began to open up again, the market saw increased demand along with...

Big Y opens COVID vaccine sites in vacant storefronts MassLive.com 2/10/2021 Jim Kinney, masslive.com © Don Treeger | dtreeger@repub.com/masslive.com/TNS Big Y opened this week a COVID-19 vaccination clinic in a former Staples store near its East Longmeadow location. EAST LONGMEADOW — Big Y, working with students and staff from the Elms College School of Nursing, is opening COVID-19 vaccination clinics in vacant storefronts near its supermarkets in order to speed distribu...

These are the 10 worst winter storms to hit Massachusetts, from the devastating 1991 ‘Perfect Storm’ to the soul-crushing Great Blizzard of 1888 Updated Feb 10, 2021; Posted Feb 10, 2021 This view looks south on Main Street, Springfield shortly after the fabled Blizzard of 1888 paralyzed the region. (The Republican file photo) Facebook Share Cities and towns throughout Massachusetts were left unrecognizable in March 1888, buried underneath a blanket of white, blasted by wind-whipped snow...

Performing arts venues, suffering under pandemic shutdown, struggle to move forward Updated Feb 08, 2021; Facebook Share There is a joke among concert promoters that since they have nothing to do, the government should put them in charge of distributing the COVID-19 vaccine. “Everyone would get a wristband and head into a post-vaccination VIP meet-and-greet for a picture with Dr. Fauci,” said John Sanders of DSP Shows. It’s a bit of dark humor. Sanders said he knows that vaccines, Dr. An...

Rumbleseat Bar & Grille in Chicopee offering discount to diners who get COVID vaccine Updated Feb 02, 2021; Posted Feb 02, 2021 Billy Stetson, owner of The Rumbleseat Bar and Grille in Chicopee is offering a 20 percent discount to diners on Monday if they have received the COVID-19 vaccine. (Don Treeger / The Republican) Facebook Share CHICOPEE — With any one of the COVID-19 vaccines you’ll get increased immunity from the deadly coronavirus, maybe a little soreness and now 20% off on f...

These Massachusetts COVID-19 testing, vaccine sites are closing early due to storm Updated Feb 01, 2021; COVID-19 testing and vaccination sites across Massachusetts plan to close early as an intense nor’easter moves into the state. The storm is expected to pile 5 to 17 inches of snow over Massachusetts between Monday and Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. Some parts of the state, particularly in northern Worcester County and Berkshire County, could see as much as 18 inches o...

Health care providers urge Latino, Black communities to get COVID-19 vaccine Updated Feb 01, 2021; Posted Jan 31, 2021 Dr. Alejandro Esparza-Perez is the chief medical officer at Holyoke Health Center, where more than 80 percent of the staff were willing to be immunized during the states Phase I timeline with one of the vaccines that the Food and Drug Administration authorized for emergency use against COVID-19. (Don Treeger | The Republican) Facebook Share HOLYOKE — After Dr. Alejandro Es...

Ware looks to future as Baystate Health seeks to close Mary Lane Updated Jan 31, 2021; Posted Jan 31, 2021 Baystate Mary Lane Outpatient Center is located at 85 South Street in Ware. (Don Treeger | The Republican) Facebook Share WARE — Baystate Health, while explaining this week the rationale behind its planned shutdown of the Mary Lane Outpatient Center, said that of the 28 patients per day seeking care at Mary Lane’s emergency room, over 85 percent present with common, minor, non-ur...

‘It’s been made too complicated’: Vaccine registration process frustrates Massachusetts seniors, legislators Updated Jan 27, 2021; Posted Jan 27, 2021 The reliance on online registration and other factors have made the vaccination rollout frustrating for many Massachusetts residents 75 and older. (Alison Montemagni / Baystate Medical Center) Facebook Share With the state’s rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations for people over the age of 75 on the horizon, Gov. Charlie Baker explained the r...

‘The patients did not come’: Baystate Mary Lane, part of Ware since 1909, closing in two years under pressure of the modern health care market Updated Jan 26, 2021; Posted Jan 26, 2021 Facebook Share WARE — The president and CEO of Baystate Health said Tuesday he knows there will be some anger in the community about the health system’s plan to wind down operations at the Mary Lane Outpatient Center over the next two years, shifting services to Baystate Wing Hospital in Palmer. Dr. Ma...