Towns Contend With Vaccine Shortages: Patch PM
It's Wednesday, January 27. Here's what you should know this afternoon:
Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling is asking to be taken off of the Hall of Fame ballot after missing induction by just 16 votes.
A South Shore school district will end the practice of having boys where blue gowns and girls wear white gowns at graduation to be more inclusive for transgender and non-binary students.
U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton is frustrated with the state’s vaccination program.
Scroll down for those and other stories Patch has been covering in Massachusetts today.
Wednesday's Top Story
Some communities have had to scale back their vaccination clinics after not receiving enough doses from the state.
Health officials in Arlington this week said they received 300 of the requested 1,000 doses to cover Arlington, Belmont and Lexington residents in Phase 1. The town had to limit Wednesday's vaccination clinic to a subset of home-based healthcare workers.
Medford Mayor Breanna Lungo-Koehn advised eligible residents in Phase 2 to visit a site operated by the state or a local pharmacy after the state did not provide the city with the necessary vaccine doses.
State-operated sites are the priority, and supplies are being directed there, the mayor said in a community update Wednesday.
"Please know that I am as frustrated by this news as you are," Lungo-Koehn said. "We are working hard and will continue to work hard to make this vaccine available to our residents, right here in Medford, as soon as we are given vaccine doses from the state."
Nearby News
1 Seriously Injured In Reading Crash On I-93: State police said one person had "potentially fatal" injuries following a two-car crash late Tuesday night.
Mystic Valley Seniors Offered Free Rides To Vaccine Sites: Mystic Valley Elder Services is offering round trip transportation to vaccine sites for adults 60 years and older in 11 communities.
Somerville Resident Sworn In As New Assistant District Attorney: Maryrose Robson is one of eight new assistant district attorneys in Middlesex County.
Today’s Other Top Stories In Massachusetts
No thrill for Schill: Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling says he is “mentally done” with his push to be enshrined into the Baseball Hall of Fame and is asking to be taken off of future ballots. Schilling, who claims he is being denied a spot in Cooperstown because of his conservative political views and post-career controversies, was the top vote getter in this year’s polling of baseball writers, but still fell 16 votes short.
Moulton tells veterans to skip state’s vaccine line: Rep. Seth Moulton voiced frustration with the state’s distribution of the coronavirus vaccine and told veterans to consider enrolling with the VA to get the treatment quicker. "The coronavirus vaccine is the most precious commodity on the planet, but it is useless unless it is in people's arms," Moulton said in a statement. "Too many doses in our state are sitting in freezers.
Down with white gowns: The Braintree High School class of 2021 will wear blue gowns at graduation, ending a tradition where boys wore blue and girls wore white. The school committee approved the change in a 6-1 vote, saying the move was more inclusive for transgender and non-binary students.
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By The Numbers
$14 million: That’s how much the city of Worcester will borrow following a city council vote to cover cost overruns at Polar Park, the new home of the Worcester Red Sox. The team, which is the AAA affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, will repay the loan. The Worcester Red Sox are scheduled to begin play this season after decades in Pawtucket, RI.
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