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Volume 66 Number 7 • February 18, 2021
For local morale, a shot in the arm “This is the first time since the pandemic began that we really are seeing a light at the end of the tunnel.” Dr. Thomas Franck
With vaccine delivery set to ramp up, health district records highest ever total of people vaccinated at one time
After ice storm, county residents jumped in to help neighbors in need By Roslyn Ryan Editor
n the roughly 12 months since the United States first felt the scourge of the COVID-19 pandemic, Goochland residents have waited alongside the rest of the world for signs that an end could be in sight. And while those rare scraps of good news have often been hard to come by, last week Chickahominy Health District Director Dr. Thomas Franck delivered perhaps the most positive pandemic update many residents have heard in Franck quite some time.
It was two days after one of the worst ice storms to hit Central Virginia in decades, with no electricity and the prospect of another frigid night looming, that Goochland resident Ashley Benton realized she needed help. Opening up her computer and clicking over to the Goochland Need help? Living Facebook page, she dashed Those facing off a quick post: hardships due to “We’re about to lose everything winter weather in our fridge and freezer and I’m are urged to afraid my two little boys may lose contact the their two fish,” she wrote. “Anyone county’s have a small generator for sale?” non-emergency Within minutes, the replies number at began rolling in with advice, offers (804) 556-5349. of help, and suggestions about where she might be able to find a generator. People offered to take in the fish and lend their coolers. In less than a few hours, Benton’s post had garnered dozens of comments, including one from another resident who
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