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.
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.
Gill-Montague School Committee stays in remote format for now
Turners Falls High School and Great Falls Middle School. Staff File Photo/PAUL FRANZ
Published: 3/10/2021 4:03:48 PM
MONTAGUE After meeting remotely for almost a year, the Gill-Montague Regional School District School Committee briefly discussed Tuesday the possibility of returning to in-person meetings. While members were interested in meeting in person, they ultimately agreed that several drawbacks still make remote meetings preferable.
School Committee Chair Jane Oakes explained that the school district having transitioned to a hybrid class model in which about half the student population is in the school building each day, and the other half is at home and communicates remotely within the last month prompted her to consider whether the School Committee should also be moving away from the virtual meeting format it has used since last March.