A proposed event celebrating Burlington’s graduating seniors has been rescheduled, it was announced Wednesday. Night Under the Stars was rescheduled for June 1, with a raindate of June 4, according to a social media post by Burlington High School Principal Mark Sullivan.
In the post, Sullivan said the event was rescheduled after a meeting with student council.
On Tuesday it was announced the event, which was being promoted as a night of “music, playing games and taking pictures,” would not be going forward, leading to frustrated complaints on social media.
On Tuesday afternoon, Sullivan issued a statement that permission for the event had not been secured due to concerns from the state Department of Public Health, the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Burlington Board of Health.
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Montgomery: The state has expanded who is eligible to receive immunizations against COVID-19, but health officials caution there’s still not enough vaccine for everyone who qualifies for a shot. As of Monday, everyone 65 and older, educators, grocery store workers, some manufacturing workers, public transit workers, agriculture employees, state legislators and constitutional officers is eligible to get vaccinated. Previously only health care workers, first responders, nursing home residents, and people 75 and older were eligible. “If you are eligible for a vaccine, then we will get you one if want to take it. But it is not going to happen immediately for everyone,” Dr. Scott Harris, the state health officer, told reporters Friday. Harris said an estimated 1.5 million people would be eligible for vaccines, but the state has b
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The Burlington Health Department’s volunteer medical corps distributed 200 COVID-19 vaccines to the town’s first responders over the past week, and is preparing to give the same group their second round next month, according to Dr. Ed Weiner, the chairman of the Board of Health.
According to Weiner, the town’s police and firefighters, as well as some federal agents and a military police officer, were vaccinated by the 250 member volunteer corps, which included registered nurses and nurse practitioners. No adverse medical effects were reported.
Weiner is also currently advocating in advance of next week’s Town Meeting for support for creating an assistant director position for the Board of Health. With the COVID virus clinics and contact tracing, in addition to conducting flu clinics and continuing all of the other responsibilities of the Board of Health, including inspection of restaurants, stores, hotels, camps and biotech, management of trash and floodin