Pittsfield, MA- With the vaccine in plentiful supply this year, the Berkshire Visiting Nurse Association has scheduled twenty flu vaccine clinics throughout Central and South Berkshire during the month of November. Also available at these clinics is the pneumonia vaccine.
Medicare recipients are fully covered for the cost of the flu shot and must present their Medicare card at the time of the vaccination. The cost to all others is $15. The flu vaccine clinics presented by the Berkshire VNA are open to all adults, regardless of age who wish to receive a flu shot. Youths between the ages of 13 and 17 may get the shot at the clinics, but must first present a doctor's prescription.
The flu and pneumonia vaccine clinics will be held on:
November 1- Berkshire Medical Center Hillcrest Campus- 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
November 2- Mt. Carmel Church, Pittsfield- 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
November 4- Sheffield Dewey Hall- 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
November 5- Jewish Federation of the Berkshires- 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
November 6- Lenox Community House- 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
November 7- Great Barrington Senior Center- 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
November 10- St. Stephen's Church, Pittsfield- 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
November 13- Christian Center, Pittsfield- 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
November 14- Berkshire Medical Center Hillcrest Campus- 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
November 15- Dalton Community Center- 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
November 16- St. Joseph's Church, Pittsfield- 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
November 18- Housatonic Community House- 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
November 19- Lanesborough Town Hall- 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
November 19- Hancock School- 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
November 20- Hinsdale Town Hall 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
November 21- Monterey Town Hall- 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
November 25- First Congregational Church, Gt. Barrington- 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Additionally, the Berkshire VNA is providing flu and pneumonia vaccine clinics at senior housing centers. Schedules for those clinics are posted at each site.
For more information on the flu and pneumonia vaccine clinics, call the Berkshire VNA at 447-2862.
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North Adams Double Murder Case Continued to March
By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The case of a city man charged with killing his parents was continued to March on Monday.
Darius Hazard, 44, was scheduled for a detention hearing on Monday in Northern Berkshire District Court.
Prior to the start of the court's business, the clerk announced that Hazard's case was continued to Monday, March 2.
Hazard is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of arson in connection with the Nov. 24 fire that claimed the lives of Donald Hazard, 83, and Venture Hazard, 76.
Police say Hazard confessed to the killings and starting the fire and fled the Francis Street home where he lived with his parents.
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