Vaccination megasites pop up in empty malls
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business
Now that Covid-19 vaccination efforts are ramping up, local health officials are on the hunt for locations that can quickly be converted into vaccination clinics, and malls across the country, battered by declines in in-person shopping, are starting to play a role.
Mall operators are sitting on plenty of abandoned retail space that might be ideal for the purpose and some landlords hope that opening vaccination sites might bring in badly needed foot traffic.
When Dr. Herbert Conaway, the director of Burlington County Health Department in New Jersey, was looking for a location for one of the state s six vaccination megasites, he realized a local, shuttered Lord & Taylor might fit the bill.
Common calendar, Packet papers, January 8
Common calendar, Packet papers, January 8
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While decorating for the holidays is a tradition, too often strings of burnt out or damaged holiday lights end up being tossed out with household garbage.
There is a greener way to properly dispose of these decorations. Instead of discarding non-working lights in the trash, the Burlington County Board of Chosen Freeholders want residents to give them a second life by bringing them to the county’s Resource Recovery Complex, where a permanent electronics disposal center is staffed from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays and from 7-11:30 a.m. Saturdays.
Common calendar, Packet papers, January 1
Common calendar, Packet papers, January 1
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While decorating for the holidays is a tradition, too often strings of burnt out or damaged holiday lights end up being tossed out with household garbage.
There is a greener way to properly dispose of these decorations. Instead of discarding non-working lights in the trash, the Burlington County Board of Chosen Freeholders want residents to give them a second life by bringing them to the county’s Resource Recovery Complex, where a permanent electronics disposal center is staffed from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays and from 7-11:30 a.m. Saturdays.
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