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The health district is teaming up with Yale New Haven Health to vaccinate the educators, childcare providers and other eligible school staff in those towns. “There are going to be appointments made available to them in the month of March," said Patrick McCormack, director of health for the Uncas Health District. "The partnership regionally in southeastern Connecticut is incredible." According to McCormack, there are about 30 schools within the Uncas Health District and an estimated 3,000 sch...

As a business reporter, I write about small businesses opening and closing, manufacturing, food and drink, labor issues and economic data. I particularly love writing about the impact of state and federal policy on local businesses. I also do some education reporting, covering colleges in southeastern Connecticut and regional K-12 issues. Erica Moser As a business reporter, I write about small businesses opening and closing, manufacturing, food and drink, labor issues and economic data. I parti...

FESTIVAL WILL BE HOSTED AS A DIGITAL EVENT IN MARCH 2021    The Climate Action Film Festival (CAFF) by SunCommon, today announced their 2021 event will be an online festival running March 2nd-12th.    The second annual Climate Action Film Festival (CAFF) by SunCommon is a celebration of short films with a focus on solutions to the climate crisis. It is the first festival of its kind to exclusively feature storytelling around solutions rather than simply the impacts of climate change.    �...

As The Days military/defense reporter, I work to explain complex issues in a way the everyday citizen can understand. On any given day, I can be found poring over defense budgets, writing a feature on a local veteran or documenting the impact of deployments on those left behind. I even spent two nights aboard a submarine. Julia Bergman As The Days military/defense reporter, I work to explain complex issues in a way the everyday citizen can understand. On any given day, I can be found poring ove...

The COVID-19 vaccination clinic scheduled for Friday at the Rose City Senior Center will be held Saturday to avoid anticipated bad weather.

As a business reporter, I write about small businesses opening and closing, manufacturing, food and drink, labor issues and economic data. I particularly love writing about the impact of state and federal policy on local businesses. I also do some education reporting, covering colleges in southeastern Connecticut and regional K-12 issues. Erica Moser As a business reporter, I write about small businesses opening and closing, manufacturing, food and drink, labor issues and economic data. I parti...

Yale New Haven Health, Hartford HealthCare, UCFS, and the two local health districts shared their system for scheduling second doses.

In what is believed to be a first in the country, Vernon officials have made a deal with Uber to bring people to vaccine clinics. Town officials, using COVID relief funding provided by the state, have contracted with Uber Health, based in New York City, to provide drivers for home-bound vaccine-eligible people on days when the town runs vaccination clinics. “We know there are people who are housebound and have no family support, and we needed a way to reach them,” Vernon Emergency Services ...

CT town could be first in nation to use Uber to deliver COVID vaccines By Dave Altimari, CTMirror.org © Provided by Connecticut Post Aldin Winslowet-Alps, 82, gets picked up by Uber driver Robert Jordan for a ride home after getting the first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the Vernon Senior Center, Saturday, Jan. 30. Winslowet-Alps lives alone in the Rockville section of Vernon and was contacted by the regional call center to see if he needed transportation to get to ...

As a business reporter, I write about small businesses opening and closing, manufacturing, food and drink, labor issues and economic data. I particularly love writing about the impact of state and federal policy on local businesses. I also do some education reporting, covering colleges in southeastern Connecticut and regional K-12 issues. Erica Moser As a business reporter, I write about small businesses opening and closing, manufacturing, food and drink, labor issues and economic data. I parti...