Fraud Alert: FEMA has received reports of scammers reaching out to people offering to register them for funeral assistance. FEMA has not sent any such notifications and we do not contact people prior to them registering for assistance. Learn more here. ____________________________________________________________________________ The COVID-19 pandemic has brought overwhelming grief to …
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The VA Providence Healthcare System will be providing COVID-19 vaccinations to all Veterans and their spouses this Saturday, April 10, 2021. The clinic will be located on the Cape Cod Community College campus 2240 Iyannough Rd, West Barnstable, MA. The clinic will run from 9am to 1pm. “The VA has …
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Colin A. Young State House News Service Nearly 1.5 million people in Massachusetts are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and almost 3 million vaccine doses have been administered here, but a potentially more contagious mutant form of the virus first identified in Brazil is now spreading through the state. The …
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“The federal/state partnership launches this week with FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency and other federal partners and will bring 6,000 additional daily vaccine doses to Massachusetts and will help reinforce the Commonwealth’s focus on vaccine access and equity. Yesterday MEMA Director Samantha Phillips joined Governor Baker, Lt. Governor Polito, Secretary …
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Mayor Jon Mitchell, joined by U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, Congressman Bill Keating, and members of the City Council and state legislative delegation, announced today that the City of New Bedford has established a waterfront vaccination center to vaccinate essential seafood industry workers. The site is located at the former Environmental …
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In a statement released today, The New Bedford Branch of the NAACP is calling on elected officials and area residents to accelerate efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19 in our communities. New Bedford continues to report among the highest total number of infected individuals in the Commonwealth, at over …
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Bristol County Savings Bank, utilizing funding obtained through Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) Boston’s Jobs for New England Recovery Grant Program, has awarded a total of $100,000 to nine non-profit organizations within the communities the Bank serves that have been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. As an FHLBank Boston member …
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“A MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF: “Last week, we tested 101 individuals for Covid 19. Only one positive case was reported by the lab! From where we were just a few weeks ago, this is a dramatic improvement. “As a hockey Dad I can not count the times we started celebrating …
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The Department of Public Health (DPH) today announced that the first case of the P.1 COVID-19 variant of concern, which originated in Brazil, has been detected in Massachusetts. The individual is a woman in her 30s who resides in Barnstable County. DPH was notified of her test results from genetic …
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The popular “Day Of Portugal” celebration has been delighting locals for well over two decades. Last year at this time organizers canceled the celebration and most of us at that time thought that COVID would pass in a few weeks or months. Unfortunately, the Day Of Portugal, or as some …
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