“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 …
Read More »New Bedford establishes waterfront vaccination center for essential seafood industry workers
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 …
Read More »New Bedford NAACP urges faster action on COVID-19 vaccination
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 …
Read More »Bristol County Savings Bank grants $100,000 to nine New Bedford, Fall River and R.I. non-profits impacted by COVID-19
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 …
Read More »Acushnet Fire Chief Gallagher pleased with town’s “dramatic improvement” with COVID cases
“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 …
Read More »Massachusetts Officials announce first case of P.1 COVID-19 variant; urge continued protective measures
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 …
Read More »New Bedford’s 25th annual “Day Of Portugal” canceled due to COVID-19
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 …
Read More »Baker spars with teachers union over vaccine access
By Matt Murphy State House News Service In an escalating battle over vaccinations and a full-time return to the classroom, Gov. Charlie Baker and the state’s largest teachers’ unions butted heads Thursday over the unions’ request to allow teachers to be vaccinated in schools, with the administration refusing to divert …
Read More »Massachusetts education officials will force districts to bring students back into the classroom next month
As posted on the the MA DOE Website: News from Commissioner Jeffrey C. Riley & the MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Guidance on In-Person Learning Requirements Dear Superintendents, Charter School Leaders, and Leaders of Collaboratives, On March 5, 2021, the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education adopted amendments …
Read More »Dartmouth Police Department announces milestone: 4,000 COVID vaccinations in town
“Congratulations to Dartmouth Board of Health Director, Chris Michaud, as well as to all of the other workers and volunteers, who made our final vaccination clinic such a GIANT success yesterday at Dartmouth High School. As a result of their collective efforts over the last couple of months, nearly 4,000 …
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