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Covid vaccines available with no appointment through Southcoast Health

Southcoast Health will be offering walk-in vaccines without appointments at various locations this week, with more walk-in clinics to come. Anyone can go get vaccinated at the following locations and times: -April 30, until 3pm, Moderna, Vanity Fair...

Southcoast Health vaccine clinics to resume Feb. 24

Southcoast Health’s vaccine clinics — operated at the Gleason Family YMCA in Wareham, the Vanity Fair outlet in Dartmouth, and in Fall River — will resume vaccinating patients from across the region on Wednesday, Feb. 24. The clinics opened on Feb...
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Rochester Council on Aging plans vaccine trips for seniors

ROCHESTER — After the town’s efforts to coordinate a covid-19 vaccination site fell through due to lack of state support, the Rochester Council on Aging decided to take matters into its own hands. Selectman Woody Hartley, who is also a member of the...

State covid numbers hold steady in towns

After a steady two weeks of covid news in the Tri-Town, state health data shows that Marion, Mattapoisett and Rochester have all remained the same in their risk designations and relatively same in case counts. Marion is still a high-risk community (...

21st school covid case reported at Sippican School

MARION — Another individual at Sippican School has tested positive for coronavirus, making this is 21st case in the Old Rochester Regional School District since opening on Sept. 16. In a press release, the district said the person has not been in...

Rise in Tri-Town covid cases continues

Residents of Marion, Mattapoisett and Rochester are going to have to keep covid in mind in their plans for the holidays, as cases continue to spike throughout the area. Marion was designated as a high-risk community by the state on Nov. 12, after...

Three new covid cases in schools, ORRHS preschool closed until Nov. 23

The Old Rochester Regional School District has now seen 20 cases of coronavirus related to students, teachers and staff since opening on Sept. 16, with two new cases reported at Old Rochester Regional High School and one new case at Sippican School...

Sippican Healthcare Center reports 11 additional new covid cases

MARION — As of Nov. 16, there are now 55 residents or staff who have tested positive for covid at Sippican Healthcare Center, an addition of 11 cases to a recent outbreak in the long-term healthcare facility. According to Kathryn Soderberg, chief...

New covid case reported at Old Hammondtown School

MATTAPOISETT — A new case of covid was reported in Old Hammondtown School on Nov. 11, the fifteenth case found in the Old Rochester Regional School District since schools opened on Sept. 16. It’s not clear whether the person who tested positive is a...

Sippican Healthcare Center reports 10 new covid cases, two deaths

MARION — Sippican Healthcare Center, a long-term healthcare facility, has reported 10 new cases of coronavirus among staff and residents and two covid-related deaths of residents as of Nov. 9. There are now 44 active cases of the virus associated...