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manich@leaderherald.com Dr. Tamara Dunlap, right,of the Quarantine the Quarantine group, speaks at the Fulton County Board of Supervisors meeting Monday at the County Office Building in Johnstown. To the left is speaker Kristen Baker. Seated is Stratford Supervisor Heather VanDenburgh. (The Leader-Herald/Michael Anich) JOHNSTOWN — Two members of the public addressed the Fulton County Board of Supervisors Monday about what they see as a need for county government to ease COVID-19 restrictions so local schools can open quicker. County officials have said they’re hands are often tied by the ...

manich@leaderherald.com Fulton County Office for Aging/Youth Director Andrea Fettinger discusses a federal grant at the Board of Supervisors' Human Services Committee meeting Tuesday at the County Office Building in Johnstown. (The Leader-Herald/Michael Anich) JOHNSTOWN — The Fulton County Office for Aging/Youth was recently informed it received a $27,177 federal grant, nearly half of which will go toward equipment for the senior meals program. OFA Director-Andrea Fettinger discussed the grant at a recent meeting of the Board of Supervisors’ Human Services Committee at the County Office B...

manich@leaderherald.com JOHNSTOWN — The number of persons getting weekly COVID-19 vaccinations at Fulton-Montgomery Community College is subsiding, but county officials are encouraging more use of pharmacies. Numbers of active COVID cases in Fulton County is also declining. A COVID update was provided by county Health Director Laurel Headwell to the Board of Supervisors’ Human Services Committee recently at the County Office Building. Headwell said that to date, Fulton County has had 17,565 people receiving one COVID vaccination; and 13,446 receiving their second shot. “We are slowing d...

manich@leaderherald.com JOHNSTOWN — A new 700-member area public Facebook group calling itself “Quarantine the Quarantine” has been contacting area news organizations, state politicians, health and county officials, and school districts spreading its message that it wants schools entirely opened up during the ongoing COVID pandemic. But some officials are confused as to what the group is seeking, as edicts continue to come down regarding the COVID-19 pandemic from the state. Quarantine the Quarantine spokesperson Tamara Dunlap, an Amsterdam-area dentist, and husband Brad Dunlap recently...

manich@leaderherald.com JOHNSTOWN — COVID-19 vaccine shipments to Fulton County are lagging behind, the county Board of Supervisors’ Human Services Committee heard Tuesday. County Public Health Director Laurel Headwell gave a COVID update to the panel. She said that this week Fulton County received last week’s vaccine shipment, which was delayed due to inclement weather. She said the county is trying to resume the regular schedule to vaccinate local residents. “We’re going to have to just wait for vaccine to come,” Headwell said. Headwell reported to supervisors that currently, th...