Northampton lands grant for assisted listening devices in buildings
Rodney Kunath at his home in Northampton. STAFF PHOTO/GRETA JOCHEM
Published: 1/19/2021 3:49:51 PM
NORTHAMPTON For years, city resident Rodney Kunath has wanted Northampton to close caption its public meetings.
“In the City Council meetings, there should be a screen showing closed captions,” Kunath said on Tuesday as he sat in his living room wearing a Clarke School baseball hat.
Kunath, who is deaf, is a member of the city’s Disability Commission and graduated in 1958 from what was then called the Clarke School for the Deaf. He moved back to the city in 1985.
It was expected to arrive eventually and may have already been here, but state public health officials on Sunday afternoon confirmed the first case of the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7 that was initially discovered in the United Kingdom.
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Sharon Public Schools reported on Monday that a student and a staff member at East Elementary School have tested positive for coronavirus. (Shutterstock)
SHARON, MA Sharon Public Schools reported on Monday that a student and a staff member at East Elementary School have tested positive for coronavirus, the district s sixth and seventh new cases since Jan. 5.
According to a letter to families from Superintendent of Schools Meg Dussault, the individuals who tested positive have not been in close contact with anyone in the school community. We have been informed of two positive cases of COVID at East, one a staff member, and one a student, said the district in a Twitter post. The cases are completely unrelated and neither person was in school to infect others.