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Amid 'onslaught,' CT books 100,000 COVID vaccination appointments on first day of expanded eligibility FacebookTwitterEmail A COVID-19 vaccine site in San Francisco in February. the latest California city to temporarily shutter a mass vaccination site due to lack of vaccine, joining Los Angeles in pausing inoculations amid a national shortage. Officials said mass vaccinations are on hold at Moscone convention center for one week until supply ramps up. On Tuesday, Feb. 16 two new mass vaccination sites with doses from the federal government will open in Oakland and in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ha...

Super relieved: Shelton teens happy to get a vaccination slot even if it's summer Brian Gioiele FacebookTwitterEmail 2of3 3of3 Actually, he isn’t. But at least he’s on the list for one. "I actually scheduled my appointment last night, just after midnight, right after I received an email from VAMS,” Burden, a Shelton High senior, said. “The earliest appointment I could schedule wasn't until this summer, but I'm hoping to be able to find a way to get vaccinated sooner than that.” The state’s expansion of COVID-19 vaccinations to everybody 16 and older went into effect April 1. And B...

CT vaccine priority to go by age and to educators, in reversal by Lamont FacebookTwitterEmail Nurse Elin Loh assists Lt. Ken Benedict of the Bridgeport Fire Department as he administers a COVID-19 vaccination to a man at the weekly vaccination clinic held in the gymnasium of Central High School, in Bridgeport Feb. 10.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media Gov. Ned Lamont announced Monday the state will expand COVID-19 vaccination eligibility next month through defined age groups and to teachers, shifting priority away from essential workers and those with underlying medical conditions. While s...

'A wonderful outlet': Aldrich workshop shows poetry is for everyone FacebookTwitterEmail Barbara Jennes firmly believes that anyone can write poetry. “And not just an awful poem,” adds Jennes, Ridgefield’s poet laureate and an educator at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield. “You can write wonderful poems. It just takes time.” Jennes has taught poetry workshops and poetry camps at the Aldrich for some time, but starting in June, she began teaching an online poetry workshop, called the Virtual Poetry Playshop, which is free and open to all ages. The workshop happens mon...

The art of science: New Stamford exhibit uses orchids to inspire activism FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 "Marvelous S" is one of the paintings in the new exhibit,Contributed by Patricia Laspino /Show MoreShow Less 2of3 Artist Patricia Laspino in front of her painting “Alice B." Laspino's work will be on display in the exhibit “Global Garden: Resonant Beauty,” which be on view in the Stamford Museum’s Bendel Galleries through April 25, 2021.Contributed by Patricia LaspinoShow MoreShow Less 3of3 Saving the world seems like an insurmountable task. Patricia Laspino used to feel that way, too....