Coronavirus

The following is a statement from New Bedford Public Schools Superintendent Thomas Anderson: “We are in a time unlike any other that we have experienced. Although anxiety remains high, I was very pleased with the success and excitement around our multiple virtual graduation ceremonies we had in June. Last spring …

Little in the world has been unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic, everything from schooling, our places of employment, favorite restaurants, weddings, and birthday parties and more. Acushnet’s very popular annual Apple-Peach Festival is another casualty of the worldwide pandemic, as organizers announced that the festival – in what would be …

Colin A. Young State House News Service There were nearly 500 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Massachusetts over the weekend and the percentage of tests that come back positive for the coronavirus is rising. The Department of Public Health confirmed 210 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday and 273 …

Mayor Jon Mitchell announced the MaskNB initiative on May 14, 2020. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend the wearing of cloth face coverings in public where social distancing is difficult to maintain; cloth face coverings are not a substitute for medical-grade masks, but provide more protection against the …

Today, Governor Charlie Baker announced that effective August 1st, all travelers entering the Commonwealth, including both out of state residents and Massachusetts residents returning home, will be required to comply with a new travel order. The travel order and other information is available at www.mass.gov/MAtraveler. Travel Order: Starting August 1, …

Today, Governor Charlie Baker extended the pause on evictions and foreclosures for 60 days, until October 17, 2020, through the authority granted to the governor by Chapter 65 of the Acts of 2020, An Act providing for a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures during the COVID-19 Emergency, which was signed …

Chris Lisinski State House News Service One of Massachusetts’s neighbors to the south will subject visitors from nearly two dozen states to fines up to $1,000 if they do not self-isolate for 14 days upon arrival. Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announced Monday that travelers from 22 states with high rates …

Last week, both the House and Senate agreed on a revised to-go cocktail bill and sent it to Governor Baker’s desk for approval, which he signed on Monday. With Governor Baker’s signature, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts joins 30 other states allowing cocktails to-go. The new law created to help restaurants …

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Chris Lisinski State House News Service The University of Massachusetts system, the third-largest employer in the state, will cut about 6 percent of its full-time equivalent workforce and furlough thousands as part of its efforts to close a $264 million budget gap ripped open by the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly three …