MA: Tee Times Now Open As Baker Lifts Ban On Golf

MA: Tee Times Now Open As Baker Lifts Ban On Golf

Gov. Charlie Baker is ready to let people tee off in Massachusetts again. The administration updated a COVID-19 essential services webpage Thursday morning and said that while golf courses are not considered essential businesses, “private operators of golf...
Hanson: Local Woman Loses Life in Fatal House Fire

Hanson: Local Woman Loses Life in Fatal House Fire

Hanson Woman Loses Life in Fatal House Fire Fire investigators say a Massachusetts woman died in a house fire that three other people escaped. Officials say 58-year-old Margaret O’Toole-Driscoll was one of four people who lived in the log cabin home in Hanson that...
MA: Virus News: Mask Use Mandatory, COVID-19 Deaths Top 4,400

MA: Gov. Baker Says State Making Gains on Virus

Baker says state making gains on virus; 2nd Walmart closes BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker said Tuesday that Massachusetts is seeing coronavirus numbers heading in the right direction even as the state’s number of confirmed COVID-19 cases topped 70,000. In...
MA: New Hospitalizations for COVID-19 Down

MA: New Hospitalizations for COVID-19 Down

BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker says Massachusetts is seeing hopeful data about efforts to limit the spread of the coronavirus. He points in part to a general decline in new hospitalizations for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. Total COVID-19 deaths in...
MA: Virus News: Mask Use Mandatory, COVID-19 Deaths Top 4,400

MA: COVID-19 Deaths Hit Single Day High

COVID-19 deaths hit single day high; Cities mandate masks BOSTON (AP) — The number of COVID-19-related deaths in Massachusetts surged by 252 on Wednesday, the state’s single highest daily death total since the start of the pandemic. The increase brought the number of...
MA: New Hospitalizations for COVID-19 Down

MA: Gov. Baker Extends Stay-at-Home Advisory

Stay-at-home advisory extended; deaths at veterans home rise. BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker is extending the state’s stay-at-home advisory until May 18 as Massachusetts continues to battle the spread of the coronavirus. Baker said Tuesday that all nonessential...
MA: Gov. Baker Considers Extending State Emergency

MA: Gov. Baker Considers Extending State Emergency

Gov. Baker Considers Extending State Emergency BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said he’s weighing whether to extend the state of emergency beyond May 4 to help stem the spread of the coronavirus. Whether to reopen schools is also part of that...