“Earlier today Wahlburgers hosted an event to give back to first responders. They have been traveling the area providing meals to different departments. Today involved Worcester Police and Fire Departments, Worcester EMS and MSP. Thank you Wahlburgers! From left to right: SPAM Vice President Patrick McNamara, Dan Wheeler – CMO …
Read More »Highest Rate of COVID-19 still in Chelsea followed by Brockton
Katie Lannan State House News Service Chelsea remains the Massachusetts community with the highest rate of COVID-19 diagnoses in the third week that public health officials reported municipal level case breakdowns. The 1,965 confirmed cases in Chelsea translate to a rate of 5,217 per 100,000 residents, according to the Department …
Read More »Massachusetts looking into unreported COVID-19 deaths
Colin A. Young State House News Service Gov. Charlie Baker said Wednesday that he generally agrees with federal officials who suggested COVID-19 deaths are probably being undercounted in the hardest hit states, including Massachusetts, and he said the state is making an effort to get a more precise count. Officially, …
Read More »Massachusetts reports record 252 COVID-19 related deaths on Wednesday
Massachusetts Coronavirus Update On April 29, the Massachusetts Public Health Department reported that the state added 1,963 more positive cases of COVID-19 bringing to total to 60,265. This is an increase from Tuesday’s 1,840 reported cases. 252 new COVID-19 related deaths were reported on Wednesday bringing the total deaths in …
Read More »Immigrant stimulus check bills draw support in Massachusetts
By Katie Lannan State House News Service State stimulus checks would flow to certain immigrant taxpayers who are ineligible for similar payments through a federal program, under bills recently filed in the Massachusetts House and Senate. Filed by Sen. Jamie Eldridge and Rep. Christine Barber, the bills would direct the …
Read More »New Bedford reports one more COVID-19 related deaths, 46 new cases since Tuesday
Mayor Jon Mitchell’s office Wednesday reported 46 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases in New Bedford, bringing the total positive cases in the city to 581, up from 535 on Tuesday. One more COVID-19 related death was reported today and two on Tuesday bringing the total to 16 in the city. Fall …
Read More »Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court urges Baker to weigh prisoner release options
Matt Murphy State House News Service The Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday urged the Baker administration to consider how it could commute sentences, furlough prisoners or allow early parole to “mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the Commonwealth’s prison system,” but denied a request from defense attorneys to stay the …
Read More »Downtown New Bedford’s Green Bean opens back up
Green Bean, a popular downtown New Bedford coffee and vegan spot on 740 Purchase Street, announced that they are back open today from 7 am – 2 pm. Customers will have to order online or by phone. Green Bean temporarily closed their business on March 23 when the coronavirus pandemic …
Read More »Polito, Keating, Kennedy tour UMass Dartmouth field hospital
With the Commonwealth’s latest field hospital set to open this week at UMass Dartmouth, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, Representatives Bill Keating and Joseph Kennedy III, and other officials visited the campus’s Tripp Athletic Center on Tuesday for a tour. The facility, a partnership among the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, UMass …
Read More »COVID-19 cases rise in Massachusetts for the first time in five days
Massachusetts Coronavirus Update On April 28, the Massachusetts Public Health Department reported that the state added 1,840 more positive cases of COVID-19 bringing to total to 58,302. This is an increase from Monday’s 1,524 reported cases. 150 new COVID-19 related deaths were reported on Tuesday bringing the total deaths in …
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