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New Canaan seniors vaccinated: Where to now? Grace Duffield FacebookTwitterEmail Human Service Director Bethany Zaros gave First Selectman Kevin Moynihan his  a vaccine.Contributed photo Seeing grandchildren and getting haircuts were on the top of the to do list for the 65-and-older set when they came out of the side door at Lapham Center after getting their second Moderna vaccine on March 4. Many of them stressed that they were going to wait two weeks before resuming other activities, saying it was consistent with the Center of Disease Control recommendations. According to the CDC, “It ta...

New Canaan to offer separate vaccine clinics for teachers FacebookTwitterEmail Russell R. Barksdale, Jr., president and CEO of Waveny LifeCare Network in New Canaan, receives a doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 21.Waveny LifeCare Network / Contributed Photo NEW CANAAN — New Canaan will be holding seperate, closed clinics for teachers and staff from its public and private schools following Gov. Ned Lamont’s announcement last Monday. Residents 55 and up, as well as school staff, teachers and child care providers are now eligible to register to receive the first dose of the COVID-19 vacc...

Town of New Canaan Directed by DPH to Prioritize COVID Vaccine Administration for Local Educators and Staff Written by HH The Town of New Canaan regrets to announce to residents age 55 and older that vaccinations of New Canaan residents at Lapham Center will be paused for the next several weeks because the Town has been directed by the CT Department of Public Health to prioritize local educators and staff first. The Town explains, "We have been directed to vaccinate all educators/staff of our the New Canaan Public Schools, our three private schools, our 14 nursery schools and dayca...

Written by HH This evening, New Canaan First Selectman Kevin Moynihan provided a COVID update reporting that last week, the number of positive COVID cases for New Canaan residents was 21, about the same as the prior week. "We’ve had 12 new cases reported this week so far. Most cases continue to be due to family transmission and in adolescents aged 10-22 years old.  Our Health Director continues to remind families to try to isolate a positive family member to the extent possible from the rest of the household," he said. New Canaan's COVID-19 community testing at Lapham Center con...

65 plus? Sign up for vaccine in New Canaan Grace Duffield FacebookTwitterEmail New Canaan has made it easy for people over 65 to sign up for the COVID-19 vaccine. Those seeking to be vaccinated can register online on the New Canaan town website after providing their name, address and date of birth. Residents visiting the town site should click on the red box that says COVID-19 in the lower right hand corner of the home page. Gov. Ned Lamont announced Monday that Connecticut residents over the age of 65 will be eligible to get the vaccine starting Feb. 11. The state is rolling out the next par...