Late-February opening projected for mass vaccination site
Sanford site is collaboration between York County government, Southern Maine Health Care and the county s municipalities.
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SANFORD The mass COVID-19 vaccination site at a vacant storefront in the Center for Shopping in Sanford is poised to open the latter part of next week.
That was the word Monday from York County Emergency Management Agency Director Art Cleaves.
“(It is) looking like end of next week, as we continue to pull together the furniture and ensure all the utilities are in order, as well as making sure the registration system is fully functional,” said Cleaves in an email.
York County lags others in COVID-19 vaccinations
A coronavirus hotspot, Maine s southernmost county has had the most infections per capita, but it also has one of the lowest inoculation rates.
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Nicolette Caron, a physician assistant with York Hospital, administers a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Jenny Keefe at a clinic at St. Christopher’s Church in York on Friday. It was the second dose for Keefe, who works in the lab at York Hospital.
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York County is facing a glaring disconnect between coronavirus infection rates and the percent of people vaccinated against COVID-19, despite the county’s standing as a hotspot throughout the nearly yearlong pandemic.
Southern Maine Health Care.
Central Maine Growth Council in Waterville presented its annual “2020 Developer of the Year” award to
Shane Savage, co-owner of
KVConnect, also named
Josh Kim its “2020 Emerging Leader of the Year Award” winner. Kim is founder and CEO of
the Cubby, an online marketplace exclusively for college students.
Daulton Wickenden, a personal insurance account executive at
Allen Insurance and Financial in Camden, graduated from the Safeco Producer Development program.
The University of Maine at Augusta announced that its mental health and human services bachelor’s degree program received national accreditation from the Council for Standards in Human Services Education. The five-year accreditation is the culmination of a three-year process, including a self-study and written report by the faculty of the academic program and a virtual site visit by the council’s site review team.
Good Samaritans stop to help woman whose car crashed in Lyman
The men gave their coats to the woman, called 911 and stayed with her until an ambulance arrived at the scene, according to the Goodwins Mills fire department.
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Two passers-by who stopped to help a woman whose car crashed off the side of the road in Lyman early Friday morning are being credited with helping her survive and getting her the assistance she needed.
A woman suffered minor injuries Friday morning when her car went off the road on U.S. Route 202 in Lyman near the Waterboro town line.