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Volume 18, Number 6
Friday, February 5, 2021
Clinic a local option for vaccine By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
Area residents looking to get a coronavirus vaccine now have an option closer to home. Hartford HealthCare oversees vaccine distribution in Southington and had been directing people to the Hospital of Central Connecticut in
recent weeks. Now hospital leaders say vaccines will be available at the medical building at 462 Queen St. “As we get more vaccines, we’ll continue to expand sites and capacity,” said James Cardon, Hartford Healthcare chief clinical integration officer. “We’ve got months of work ahead of us for sure.”
Limited by vaccine supply
hospital group can schedule.
With vaccines provided to most healthcare workers, Cardon said the priority has been residents age 75 and older. Seniors are in the current group eligible for vaccination.
The Queen Street location is now scheduling appointments on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The scheduling is limited based on the anticipated number of vaccines available for the area.
Hartford HealthCare receives its allotment of vaccines each week from the state. That determines how many vaccination appointments the
By Bryant Carpenter Record-Journal staff
By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
These winter days, the kid who grew up in the shadow of Mount Southington arises in alpine meccas.
This week: Innsbruck, Austria. For all the fun he’s having,
The Board of Education approved a $103 million budget recommendation, Jan. 28, describing it as a bare-bones spending plan that meets important and increasing needs such as mental health.
Southington native Austin Florian, competing for the United States, waves as he arrives at the finish area during the skeleton mixed team competition at the 2020 Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Championships in Altenberg, Germany. Florian has been the top American on this year’s World Cup tour and has aspirations of making the U.S. team that will compete in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China.
See Florian, A16
The board unanimously voted for a spending proposal that increases the school budget by 3.3 percent. The current year’s budget is about $100 million. Superintendent of Schools Tim Connellan presented the budget to the board two weeks ago. Under the plan, general education would increase more than 2 percent
Jens Meyer, Associated Press
See Budget, A4
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Florian
See Vaccine, A2
BOE approves $103M budget, 3.3% increase
Austin Florian hopes to reach the Olympics
Winterberg, Germany one week. St. Moritz, Switzerland the next.
“The biggest limitation right now is
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