Colin A. Young State House News Service Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday evening signed into law a suite of unemployment insurance relief measures that are aimed at helping employers and claimants during the coronavirus pandemic. The bill signed into law (S 2618) includes an expansion of the maximum allowable claims …
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With home values in New Bedford rising nearly 16% from a year ago, expect a significant increase in property taxes and rents in New Bedford in 2021. Home sales in New Bedford during April were down 27% pushing home prices nearly 16% higher to $257,500, up from $223,000 in April …
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New Bedford officials reported three additional COVID-19 related deaths since Tuesday bringing the total to 64. Mayor Jon Mitchell’s office reported one additional confirmed COVID-19 cases in New Bedford on Wednesday, bringing the total positive cases in the city to 1,758, up from 1,758 on Tuesday. The City of New …
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Michael P. Norton State House News Service Home sales in Massachusetts during April were down nearly 14%, although buyers and sellers wrapped up 3,706 sales agreements while the state grappled with a surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths and as residents largely stayed home and away from shuttered workplaces. According …
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United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Deb Haaland (D-N.M.), Co-Chair of the Congressional Native American Caucus and the first Native woman to preside over the House floor during the 116th Congress, wrote to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) requesting an update to the findings and recommendations …
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Katie Lannan State House News Service State education officials intend to provide school districts with guidance on summer programming early next week, followed by a mid-June distribution of draft fall guidance to help schools plan to reopen in the new academic year. “I want to be clear, we are working …
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The 98-bed facility was constructed to guard the region against a spring surge. The Southcoast Health COVID-19 surge hospital located in the Tripp Athletic Center at UMass Dartmouth has closed. The hospital was built in partnership with the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) to safeguard the capacity of the region’s …
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New Bedford officials reported two additional COVID-19 related deaths since Saturday bringing the total to 61. Mayor Jon Mitchell’s office reported 73 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases in New Bedford on Tuesday, bringing the total positive cases in the city to 1,757 , up from 1,673 on Saturday. 20 additional cases …
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On Wednesday, May 27, 7pm tune in on the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra website or on Facebook for a LIVE STREAM of Bach-Talk with Talk-Bach with NBSO concertmaster Jesse Holstein. The first known edition of Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin dates from 1720 while he was employed at …
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Katie Lannan State House News Service Current high school sophomores, who missed their first chance to take the grade 10 English and math MCAs exams this spring amid COVID-19 school closures, will instead likely be given the tests this winter, as 11th graders, under a plan set to be discussed …
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