BOSTON MARATHON DIRECTOR TAPPED FOR FENWAY PARK, GILLETTE STADIUM MASS VACCINATION SITES

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Dave McGillivray, the race director of the Boston Marathon, has been selected by the state of Massachusetts to run the mass vaccination operations at Gillette Stadium and Fenway Park.

VIDEO: BOSTON MARATHON RACE DIRECTOR OVERSEEING FENWAY VACCINE ROLLOUT

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Massachusetts officials are turning to the longtime race director of the Boston Marathon to oversee vaccination sites at Gillette Stadium and Fenway Park.

VIDEO: BOSTON MARATHON RACE DIRECTOR HIRED TO HELP RUN MASS COVID-19 VACCINATION SITES

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The race director of the Boston Marathon has pivoted his business to help bring an end to the COVID-19 pandemic, and thus save his industry.

HERE'S A LOOK INSIDE THE MASS VACCINATION CENTER OPENING AT FENWAY PARK ON MONDAY

THE BOSTON GLOBE

Workers at Fenway Park will be preparing hundreds of shots at a Sam Adams-themed bar on Monday — shots of the COVID-19 vaccine, that is.

FENWAY PARK DITCHES HOT DOGS AND BEER FOR PFIZER SHOTS AS MASS VACCINATION SITE OPENS AT HISTORIC BALLPARK

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Instead of the usual Fenway Franks and ice-cold pints of Sam Adams Boston Lager, the bar behind third base at the historic home of the Red Sox has started serving up shots of the Pfizer vaccine by the hundreds.

PANDEMIC HELP WANTED: FAST FOOD MANAGERS AND ROAD RACE EXPERTS

A year into the coronavirus pandemic, Americans are painfully aware that overcoming the scourge is a marathon, not a sprint.

AUDIO: MASS VACCINATION SITE PARTIALLY OPENS AT FENWAY PARK; ANOTHER GAINS MOMENTUM AT GILLETTE STADIUM

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This week, Fenway Park became more than just a place to cheer on the Red Sox with a soft pretzel.

The park had a soft opening as the state's second mass vaccination site. Starting next week, the site plans to be vaccinating upwards of 1,500 people each day, to start.

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HOW BOSTON MARATHON RACE DIRECTOR DAVE MCGILLIVRAY AND HIS TEAM ARE AIDING VACCINE EFFORTS

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When it comes to planning a road race, whether a major marathon or a smaller scale event, each one requires essentially the same thing: moving a large group of people across a small course and to a finish line as efficiently and safely as possible.

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SEVEN MONTHS AGO CIC HEALTH DIDN'T EXIST. TODAY IT'S RUNNING THE STATE'S MASS-VACCINATION EFFORT

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Tim Rowe started getting nervous last February.

The founder and chief executive of the Cambridge Innovation Center, a co-working company, had heard from CIC’s Tokyo office about the emergence of a novel coronavirus.

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A DIFFERENT KIND OF RACE: BOSTON MARATHON DIRECTOR HELPS ORGANIZE MASS VACCINATION SITES

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Long-time Boston Marathon Race Director Dave McGillivray is running logistics for a different type of race these days. The 66-year-old marathoner is now running against the clock in the fight to end the coronavirus pandemic.

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AUDIO: MONDAY, JAN. 18, 2021

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Despite months of attempts to overturn democracy, the presidential transfer of power will happen this week. Thousands of U.S. troops will guard the inauguration as Joe Biden takes the oath of office. Vaccine distribution is moving more slowly than expected. Also, what does the Kremlin plan for Alexei Navalny? The critic of Russia's Vladimir Putin returned to his home country. Officials there arrested him.

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VACCINATION SITE AT GILLETTE STADIUM OPENS MONDAY

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FOXBOROUGH, MA – The vaccination site at Gillette Stadium, Massachusetts’s first large-scale COVID-19 vaccination site, opens Monday.

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GAME DAY AT GILLETTE: MASS. OPENS FIRST MASS COVID-19 VACCINATION SITE

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FOXBOROUGH — Registered nurse Amber LaMere has watched many Patriots games at Gillette Stadium, but wasn't expecting to get the best view of the field when she received her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Friday.

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BOSTON MARATHON RACE DIRECTOR NOW DIRECTING MASS VACCINATION SITES

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With mass-participation running events on hold, longtime Boston Marathon race director Dave McGillivray has shifted his event-organizing skills to perhaps the most important race of the 21st century: getting every American vaccinated against COVID19. McGillivray's event management company, DMSE Sports, is now working with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, CIC Health, the New England Patriots, Fallon Ambulance and Mass General Brigham Hospital in standing-up a mass vaccination site at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, home of the New England Patriots.

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CIC HEALTH, LED BY ROWE AND GAWANDE, WILL MANAGE VACCINATIONS AT GILLETTE STADIUM

THE BOSTON GLOBE

The group charged with managing the state’s first large-scale COVID-19 vaccination site was formed about six months ago, and it is a company with roots and expertise in operating co-working and testing sites, not poking people in the arm.

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MASSACHUSETTS TO OPEN FIRST MASS VACCINATION SITE AT GILLETTE ON THURSDAY

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Gillette Stadium will become the state’s first mass injection site when it opens on Thursday, laying out a game plan to massively scale-up a coronavirus vaccine rollout that has so far been “bumpy” and slow as cases continue to surge.

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JENNIFER EDWARDS NAMED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FALMOUTH ROAD RACE

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FALMOUTH — The chill of winter is here, but news from the Falmouth Road Race is a sign of summer on the horizon, albeit six months away.

Jennifer Edwards, a member of the race management team since 2011 and most recently general manager, was named executive director Tuesday in an announcement by the board of directors of Falmouth Road Race, Inc.

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GILLETTE STADIUM TO BE STATE'S FIRST MASS VACCINATION SITE

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Gillette Stadium will be the first mass COVID-19 vaccination site in the state, Gov. Charlie Baker announced Tuesday.

RESOLUTIONS FOR 2021: TRY TO BE REALISTIC

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Everyone has their own long-term goals and objectives that may frame their New Year’s resolutions so I’m certainly not going to impose any of my personal opinions on you by telling you what you should or shouldn’t set as your own personal goals.

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DMSE SPORTS ANNOUNCES NEW EVENT THAT AIMS TO MOTIVATE AND SPREAD HOLIDAY CHEER

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Boston — DMSE Sports’ Merry-Thon has kicked off its 26-day streaker challenge of fitness and holiday spirit. The Merry-Thon promises to keep participants moving, even as the weather gets colder, and to spread a bit of holiday joy, even in the midst of a pandemic. For each day over the course of 26 days, participants are asked to complete at least one mile of movement by whatever means the participant chooses, and to complete one act of kindness.