Thursday, January 17, 2013
Five Things You Need to Know Today: Flu Shots Still Available; "Beat the Beep" and Replace Aging Carbon Monoxide Alarms; Real Time Traffic and Gas Prices; And More...
"Five Things you Need to Know Today" is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance. 1. Flu Shots Still Available Flu Shots are still available from the Stoughton Public Health Association/Visiting Nurses Association at their office on the second floor of Stoughton's Town Hall. Call 781-344-7011 for more information and to confirm a nurse is available to administer the shot. 2. "Beat the Beep" and Replace Aging Carbon Monoxide Alarms The Massachusetts Department of Fire Services has started a campaign to encourage residents to "Beat the Beep" and replace their aging CO (carbon monoxide) Detectors, Greg Goldberg, Deputy Chief of the Stoughton Fire Department, said. The average life expectancy of a CO …
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Girl Scouts Pasta Dinner, flu shot clinic, early release Thursday for the schools, and more...
"Five Things you Need to Know Today" is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance. 1. Stoughton Girl Scouts Pasta Dinner The Stoughton Girl Scouts will be having a pasta dinner on Thursday, Oct. 20 from 5-8 p.m. at the Sons of Italy, 560 Washington Street in Stoughton. The cost is $8 per person (pasta, meatballs, salad and garlic bread). Proceeds will be used to defray the cost of the girl's travel to the Girl Scouts 100th Anniversary "Rock the Mall" sing-along in Washington D.C. This event will bring together over 200,000 Girl Scouts and Girl Guides from all over the world. 2. Public Flu Clinic The Stoughton Public Health and VNA will hold a public flu clinic Thursday, Oct. 20, from 3 to 5 p.m. at…
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Stoughton Life Teen Fundraiser at Nocera's, Senior Center Events, and more...
"Five Things you Need to Know Today" is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance. 1. Stoughton Life Teen Fundraiser at Nocera's Nocera's in Stoughton is providing a community outlet to local non-profit groups for fundraising. This is a great way to raise money for important community organizations, like Stoughton Life Teen, that are often not financially supported to the extent of what is needed to succeed. This evening, Thursday, October 13, bring the fundraiser ticket (posted in the media gallery) and enjoy dinner or order take-out from Nocera’s Restaurant. When paying your check, give the waitperson your ticket. The ticket will be attached to your check. Nocera’s Restaurant will contribute 20% …
Monday, September 19, 2011
The benefits of getting the flu shot and other common vaccines, outweigh any of the potential risks involved.
Have you scheduled your child’s flu shot? Or, gasp, even your own? There are many reasons why getting injected with a dead virus may not top your to-do list, but it better not be something as lame as…I forgot! Pharmacies around town seem to be singing the same song, Signs, by the Five Man Electrical Band. You know the one - “signs, signs everywhere a sign” - if you don’t CVS, Walgreen’s and Rite Aid certainly do. And they are covered in them. Okay, so perhaps you have somehow avoided the signs. What about the pediatrician reminder card that came by mail? Surely, your PCP will be sending one along soon. I must admit I loathe this time of year. Or at least I have since 2004. That’s the fall I was pregnant with my first child. It …
Christine Iacobucci
8:04 pm on Wednesday, September 21, 2011
I can definitely appreciate where your coming from, especially since you have a great deal more hands on experience than I do. I am a pretty trusting person so perhaps this may be one of those cases where I lean on what my pediatrician says. Since my immune system is not quite strong I do air on the side of caution. That's why I added the disclaimer that this is just my opinion and I am in no way… more ›