MONTAGUE Citing time and travel required by a new job, Selectboard member Michael Nelson has announced his plans to resign from the board at the end of this summer.Nelson made a formal announcement during Monday’s Selectboard meeting, but also took.
My Turn: Time for a change on the Montague Board of Health
Published: 6/9/2021 1:13:21 PM
What can I bring to the Board of Health in Montague? Thirty-five years of experience working in our local communities, and an understanding of the strengths and limitations of our community services and our healthcare system.
As a nurse, I have experience in resource utilization, education, community resources, public health, community nursing, advocacy, legislative awareness, along with understanding the human condition. The pandemic showed a need for strong public health.
Numerous Montague residents, have told me that when they were isolated or quarantined they did not have contact with anyone local. They did receive updates, were not able to talk to someone who understood their needs, or what is available here. Some left isolation, knowing that they shouldn’t, to get groceries or medications.
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.
Montague, a one-school district serving students in pre-kindergarten through grade eight, petitioned the state education commissioner in December 2019 for approval to end its relationship with High Point Regional, in Wantage, so it could go back to sending students in grades 9-12 to Port Jervis High School in New York.
A subsequent lawsuit by Montague, filed December 2020, accused High Point of bad-faith obstruction of its petition, which was not ruled on and is now a dead issue.
Montague s resolution directs its legal counsel to immediately withdraw the board from the above-referenced actions and cease the performance of any and all actions related to termination of the board s sending-receiving relationship with High Point Regional Board of Education.
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.