Local seniors struggle to schedule vaccinations, face long wait times
Local seniors struggle to schedule vaccinations, face long wait times
Pediatrican Dr. Allison Beitel, left, confers with receptionist Laurel Lopossa at Pediatric Medicine of Wallingford at 97 Barnes Road on Thursday. Beitel helped her office staff and her 75-year-old father get COVID-19 vaccines through the HHC MyChartPlus. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal Advertisement
Gaylord Specialty Health Care nurse Amy Benoit vaccinated Wallingford resident Jane Crowley Thursday at the health care center in Wallingford. Crowley, who previously served as a Gaylord volunteer and former president of the Gaylord Auxiliary, was among the first members of the general public older than 75 to receive the vaccine when the community clinic opened. Photo submitted by Gaylord Specialty Health Care
By Andreas Yilma, Staff Writer
A tent is set up behind the Naugatuck Parks and Recreation building, the former armory, on Rubber Avenue on Jan. 21 for a drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination clinic. Waterbury Hospital and Naugatuck partnered to open the clinic, which will began administering vaccines Jan. 25. -ANDREAS YILMA
NAUGATUCK Naugatuck and Waterbury Hospital have partnered to open a COVID-19 vaccination clinic in the borough.
The drive-thru vaccination clinic is scheduled to open Monday in the parking lot of the parks and recreation building the former armory on Rubber Avenue next to Naugatuck High School.
“Waterbury Hospital approached us to provide us with an additional supplemental site,” Mayor N. Warren “Pete” Hess said. “The best location is the parking lot between the high school and the armory.”
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Cheshire school superintendent reflects on challenging year
Cheshire school superintendent reflects on challenging year
Superintendent of Schools Jeff Solan speaks during a presentation naming Norton Elementary School a 2020 National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education, Thurs., Sept. 24, 2020. Norton Elementary School is one of four Connecticut schools receiving the prestigious national honor. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
January 15, 2021 11:47AM By John Rook, Cheshire Herald staff
CHESHIRE â There were any number of concerns for the school district heading into the school year, but Superintendent of Schools Jeff Solan admits that one issue seemed to be on the minds of everyone.
Local first responders, nursing home residents and staff getting inoculated
Lisa DeTulio, a registered nurse, gives Beacon Hose Co. No. 1 firefighter and EMT Brayden Alves a COVID-19 vaccination shot at Waterbury Hospital in Waterbury on Jan. 7. -STEVEN VALENTI/REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
The vaccination of nursing home residents and staff as well as first responders in the battle against COVID-19 is underway.
Glendale Center and Beacon Brook Health Center, both in Naugatuck, have partnered with CVS to administer the approved Pfizer vaccines to their staff and residents. The nursing homes began to vaccinate their residents and staff in late December.
Glendale Center completed its first vaccination clinic on Dec. 27, according to Glendale Center Chief Medical Officer Dr. Richard Feifer.