by Site Admin | May 7, 2020 | News
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...
by Site Admin | May 7, 2020 | News
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...
by Site Admin | May 7, 2020 | News
Virus news: Mask Use Mandatory, COVID-19 Deaths Top 4,400 BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts residents are now required to wear masks in public to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. An order signed by Gov. Charlie Baker last week took effect Wednesday mandating the use...
by Site Admin | May 6, 2020 | News
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...
by Site Admin | May 4, 2020 | News
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...
by Site Admin | Apr 30, 2020 | News
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...
by Site Admin | Apr 29, 2020 | News
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...
by Site Admin | Apr 29, 2020 | News
Stay-at-home advisory extended; COVID-19 deaths top 3,100 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 all nonessential businesses...
by Site Admin | Apr 17, 2020 | News
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...
by Site Admin | Apr 17, 2020 | News
The Plymouth School Committee cancels April vacation, the school year to end June 19th. In Plymouth, Assistant Superintendent of Schools for Human Resources, Patricia Fry, told Moderator Steven Triffletti, during his Covid-19 update, (broadcast on PACTV) that it’s a...