Actions to increase climate change resiliency focus of joint Northfield, Warwick listening session
Published: 5/25/2021 4:49:57 PM
The towns of Northfield and Warwick, along with the Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG), are holding a virtual public listening session on Thursday from 6 to 7 p.m. to review key findings and priority actions that have come out of more than a year of stakeholder outreach and virtual workshops pertaining to increasing their climate change resiliency.
Both towns are seeking to become designated as Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) communities through the state Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, according to a press release from Alyssa Larose, senior land use and natural resources planner with FRCOG. Four workshops were held virtually in February and March to discuss impacts of climate change, identify the towns’ top hazards of concern, review current strengths and vulnerabilities, and brainstorm actions to incre
Franklin County rises to sixth among 14 counties in annual Health Rankings Report
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Published: 5/16/2021 4:00:34 PM
Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) Director of Community Services Phoebe Walker and others hope the 2021 Health Rankings Report the agency recently presented, showing the rise of some unhealthy behaviors and the fall of others, will spur discussion and collaboration to keep the county moving in the right direction when it comes to health and health equity.
The report shows that while adult smoking, obesity, excessive drinking, sleep deprivation, drug overdose deaths and physical inactivity increased over the period examined, other things like access to exercise opportunities, drunk-driving deaths, sexually transmitted diseases and teen births decreased. When considering the health factors and health outcomes, Walker said Franklin County rose to sixth among the 14 counties in the report as c
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Larger local COVID-19 vaccine clinics to close by end of May
Licensed Practical Nurse Nancy Hayes administers a COVID-19 vaccine to Ware resident Christina Sajdak at the John Zon Community Center in Greenfield. Sajdak’s husband Donald Sajdak (right) was also vaccinated. The clinic will close at the end of the day on Friday. STAFF FILE PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
People are vaccinated in their vehicles at the drive-thru COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Greenfield Community College. The clinic’s last day will be May 25. Staff Photo/Paul Franz
Published: 5/12/2021 6:36:20 PM
GREENFIELD The city’s COVID-19 vaccine clinic will close at the end of the day on Friday and the drive-thru clinic run by the Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) at Greenfield Community College will follow on May 25, leaving doctors, health centers, hospitals and pharmacies to finish the job of vaccinating the rest of the county.
Orange hopeful for $24K grant to fund housing production plan
Downtown Orange. With the Selectboard’s approval, Orange Planning and Community Development Director Alec Wade intends to apply for a state grant to complete a housing production plan that will gauge the capacity for, and need for, housing growth in town. Staff File Photo/Paul Franz
Published: 5/7/2021 3:15:41 PM
ORANGE The Selectboard voted unanimously on Wednesday to authorize the town’s planning and community development director to apply for a state grant to complete a housing production plan that will gauge the capacity for, and need for, housing growth in town.