Sheriff’s Dept. partners with LifePath to vaccinate seniors
Annette Roback of Elm Terrace in Greenfield gets her COVID-19 vaccine from registered nurse Brianna Cooley at the Elm Terrace Community Room on Monday. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
Many residents of Elm Terrace in Greenfield received COVID-19 vaccines on Monday. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
Joe LaChance of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office TRIAD unit monitors residents of Elm Terrace after they received their COVID-19 vaccines on Monday. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
Published: 3/8/2021 5:06:46 PM
GREENFIELD Seventy-one-year-old Annette Roback was thrilled to receive the first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine early Monday morning.
Published: 3/5/2021 3:54:32 PM
In August 2016, Huntington, West Virginia made headlines when it suffered 27 heroin overdoses in four hours.
Even in a state with the highest drug overdose death rate in the country, that day stood out as a catastrophe, becoming a kind of call to arms. Of the 27 overdoses, there was only one fatality, but community leaders realized something had to be done.
“The volcano just kind of erupted that day,” Ashley M. Shaw said. “We became known as the epicenter throughout the nation.”
Fast-forward to February 2021, when Shaw addressed two dozen people on a Hampshire HOPE virtual meeting for a decidedly more hopeful reason.
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Opioid Task Force garners grant to promote racial equity in treatment
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Published: 2/11/2021 6:44:24 PM
GREENFIELD A two-year, $99,974 grant that the Opioid Task Force of Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region has received from the State Attorney General’s Office will support recovery programs and behavioral health services for people who are Black, Indigenous and People of Color.
The Opioid Task Force will use the grant to implement its “Cultural Humility in Post-Opioid Overdose Follow-Up Services Project” in Franklin County and the North Quabbin area. The program is part of the Community Opportunity, Network, Navigation, Exploration and Connection Team (CONNECT) Initiative, which received a $1 million grant in October of 2020 to launch. In November, the Opioid Task Force received an additional three-year grant for $600,000 to support its new 24/7 overdose rapid response team.
Top 10 Newsmakers for 2020: Part 2
Greenfield City Clerk Kathy Scott swears in Mayor Roxann Wedegartner at the Allen Meeting Room at the John W. Olver Transit Center on Jan. 2, 2020. STAFF FILE PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
As part of her job with the Franklin Regional Council of Governments and the Communities That Care Coalition, Greenfield resident Keyedrya Jacobs is working on social justice issues in local schools. Staff File Photo/Paul Franz
Congressman Richard Neal speaks on Sept. 1 at Union Station in Springfield after defeating Alex Morse. STAFF FILE PHOTO/JERREY ROBERTS
Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse speaks to supporters at an post-election gathering in Holyoke after his loss in a bid to unseat U.S. Rep. Richard Neal in the Democratic primary on Sept. 1. STAFF FILE PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING