Sen. Comerford visits Orange clinic she helped link to county vaccine supply
Safety Officer Cam Dunbar, who also sits on the New Salem Board of Health, and state Sen. Jo Comerford, D-Northampton, welcome volunteers for the drive-thru COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Ralph C. Mahar Regional School on Saturday morning. STAFF PHOTO/MARY BYRNE
Volunteers work together at the drive-thru COVID-19 vaccine clinic Saturday at Ralph C. Mahar Regional School in Orange. STAFF PHOTO/ MARY BYRNE
As many as 270 doses were expected to be administered at a drive-thru COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Ralph C. Mahar Regional School on Saturday morning. STAFF PHOTO/MARY BYRNE
FRCOG hosting virtual pollinator workshop for Heath
The Franklin Regional Council of Governments is continuing to work with eight local communities highlighted in green on the map on its Regional Pollinator Habitat Corridor Action Plan. Contributed image
A bee collects pollen from a spring crocus in a Greenfield yard. The Franklin Regional Council of Governments is continuing to work with eight local communities on a Regional Pollinator Habitat Corridor Action Plan. Staff Photo/Paul Franz
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HEATH The next step in a collaboration between eight Franklin County towns to develop a Regional Pollinator Habitat Corridor Action Plan involves a virtual workshop for the town of Heath.
FRCOG moves toward central vaccine center with second-dose clinic at GCC
Lisa White, regional public health nurse for the Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) holds vials of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in South Deerfield at Tree House Brewing. FRCOG plans to centralize its vaccine clinics at a site to be determined. STAFF FILE PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
Published: 4/12/2021 4:55:50 PM
GREENFIELD The Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) and its Cooperative Public Health Service are taking the first step to transitioning from administering the COVID-19 vaccine at rotating satellite or “spoke” clinics to a single larger site by holding a second-dose clinic at Greenfield Community College on May 7.
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Greenfield, FRCOG to open one larger vaccination site; spoke clinics to close
Jenny Potee, public health nurse for New Salem, gives New Salem resident Lori Lunn a COVID-19 vaccine in the parking lot of Ralph C. Mahar Regional School in Orange in February. Staff File Photo/Paul Franz
Vials of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in South Deerfield. Staff File Photo/Paul Franz
Published: 4/7/2021 5:11:04 PM
The Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) and its Cooperative Public Health Service have decided to close spoke COVID-19 vaccine clinics over the next few weeks and consolidate with Greenfield’s operations to open one larger clinic where all Franklin County residents can get vaccinated.