Volume 20, Number 13
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Thursday, April 1, 2021
Locals rush to book clinic appointments
IMPRESSIVE WORK
An upcoming COVID-19 vaccination clinic for Plainville residents age 45 and over filled up fast. Registration for the Friday, April 2 clinic opened Wednesday, March 24, and soon after, the following message was posted to the town's Facebook page: "The vaccine clinic is full. Thank you for helping keep Plainville safe and healthy." One hundred first doses of the Moderna vaccine are expected to be administered at the April 2 clinic, which will be held at the Plainville firehouse on West Main Street.
See Budget, A9
See Clinic, A16
Town’s budget presentation lauded In order to receive the budget award, the town had to satisfy nationally-recognized
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guidelines for effective budget presentation. These guidelines are designed to assess how well the budget serves as a policy document, a financial plan, an operations guide and a communications device.
Centers for Disease Control officials have predicted a possible fourth wave of COVID-19 infections nationwide. But Gov. Ned LaConnecticut's most remont said Connecticut cent COVID-19 report, should be in good shape, issued March 25, showed 53 positive cases given the high numbers of people who have been vacin Plainville over a twoweek span, which works cinated in the upper age out to an average of 21.5 groups. daily cases per 100,000 And federal researchers repeople. ported good news Monday, according to media reports. In the state’s previous The coronavirus vaccines report, the community had 36 COVID-19 cases. made by Moderna and Pfiz-
Middle School of Plainville students have produced some striking artwork as of late, like this piece by Zachary Saucier. See more MSP artists’ hard work on Page 10.
Government Finance Officers Association announced recently that the Town of Plainville received its Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for its FY2020 budget.
The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is held by pharmacist Madeline Acquilano at Hartford Hospital in this March 3 photo.