Massachusetts gives more local communities coronavirus high risk designation
BOSTON – More than one-third of the cities and towns in Massachusetts now stand in the Department of Public Health’s highest risk designation for COVID-19, while the statewide incidence rate...
![BOSTON – Two Greater Lowell communities, Littleton and Tyngsboro, on Wednesday were named “high risk” due to COVID-19 infections, according to the state Department of Public Health. The statewide average daily case rate over the past 14 days climbed to 8.7 cases per 100,000 residents in the weekly update published Wednesday, crossing the 8-case threshold […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Littleton-sign-1.jpg?w=127 "BOSTON – Two Greater Lowell communities, Littleton and Tyngsboro, on Wednesday were named “high risk” due to COVID-19 infections, according to the state Department of Public Health. The statewide average daily case rate over the past 14 days climbed to 8.7 cases per 100,000 residents in the weekly update published Wednesday, crossing the 8-case threshold […]")
![The number of Massachusetts workers counted as unemployed dropped by more than 250,000 over the past two months, a decline of more than a third that helped the state escape from a short streak of owning the worst jobless rate in the country. About 114,000 more workers became employed in that span, too, a sign […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/low-z-1011biz-1.jpg?w=110 "The number of Massachusetts workers counted as unemployed dropped by more than 250,000 over the past two months, a decline of more than a third that helped the state escape from a short streak of owning the worst jobless rate in the country. About 114,000 more workers became employed in that span, too, a sign […]")
![BOSTON – While he was thinking through a descriptive title for a presentation on the state of Massachusetts wildfire response, the state’s forest fire warden David Celino batted around a few ideas before settling on a direct option: “2020 Fire Season: Not So Normal, exclamation, exclamation, exclamation.” Firefighters in Massachusetts have already seen two different […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/low-l-wildfires-1-1.jpg?w=140 "BOSTON – While he was thinking through a descriptive title for a presentation on the state of Massachusetts wildfire response, the state’s forest fire warden David Celino batted around a few ideas before settling on a direct option: “2020 Fire Season: Not So Normal, exclamation, exclamation, exclamation.” Firefighters in Massachusetts have already seen two different […]")
![BOSTON – Massachusetts is entering a crucial stretch in its journey through a global pandemic: the return of K-12 education and in-person college activities. Gov. Charlie Baker said Wednesday that those are “both really big and really important deals in Massachusetts,” citing the impending transition to students coming together as something his administration wants to […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/gov006-3-1.jpg?w=71 "BOSTON – Massachusetts is entering a crucial stretch in its journey through a global pandemic: the return of K-12 education and in-person college activities. Gov. Charlie Baker said Wednesday that those are “both really big and really important deals in Massachusetts,” citing the impending transition to students coming together as something his administration wants to […]")
![BOSTON – Midway through an answer about steps taken to relieve the financial burden restaurants face, Gov. Charlie Baker uttered two words relatable to virtually every resident of Massachusetts six months into the pandemic: “It stinks.” “It stinks. It stinks,” Baker said at a Thursday press conference. “A lot of this stinks. But it comes […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/baker-07-3.jpg?w=128 "BOSTON – Midway through an answer about steps taken to relieve the financial burden restaurants face, Gov. Charlie Baker uttered two words relatable to virtually every resident of Massachusetts six months into the pandemic: “It stinks.” “It stinks. It stinks,” Baker said at a Thursday press conference. “A lot of this stinks. But it comes […]")
![BOSTON – A new coalition of educators, school nurses and other support staff called Monday for schools across the state to postpone any in-person learning and adopt a phased approach until a range of potential COVID-19 safety issues are addressed. The Coalition to Safely Reopen Schools — a group that has the backing of the […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/baker1-1-1.jpg?w=132 "BOSTON – A new coalition of educators, school nurses and other support staff called Monday for schools across the state to postpone any in-person learning and adopt a phased approach until a range of potential COVID-19 safety issues are addressed. The Coalition to Safely Reopen Schools — a group that has the backing of the […]")
![BOSTON – Sharing personal stories of challenges with remote learning, a group of parents and K-12 school staff on Thursday questioned the viability of returning to in-person education this fall and criticized state officials for not offering a more concrete plan. Speakers at a virtual panel hosted by the labor-backed Massachusetts COVID-19 Response Alliance acknowledged […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/gov007-1-1.jpg?w=92 "BOSTON – Sharing personal stories of challenges with remote learning, a group of parents and K-12 school staff on Thursday questioned the viability of returning to in-person education this fall and criticized state officials for not offering a more concrete plan. Speakers at a virtual panel hosted by the labor-backed Massachusetts COVID-19 Response Alliance acknowledged […]")
![BEDFORD – Gov. Charlie Baker said Tuesday that his administration is “not taking any options off the table” to keep Massachusetts safe as COVID-19 transmission inches upward, such as reducing allowable gathering sizes and reviving restrictions on businesses. Baker did not indicate what specific threshold would trigger those steps, but he said he could not […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/gov001-2-1-1.jpg?w=111 "BEDFORD – Gov. Charlie Baker said Tuesday that his administration is “not taking any options off the table” to keep Massachusetts safe as COVID-19 transmission inches upward, such as reducing allowable gathering sizes and reviving restrictions on businesses. Baker did not indicate what specific threshold would trigger those steps, but he said he could not […]")
![BOSTON – Key data points indicating the state of the COVID-19 outbreak continued to creep upward over the weekend in Massachusetts, moving slowly in a direction indicating greater spread of the highly infectious virus. State officials reported 290 confirmed new cases on Saturday, some of which were based on older tests, and 353 more on […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/coronams09-3-1.jpg?w=118 "BOSTON – Key data points indicating the state of the COVID-19 outbreak continued to creep upward over the weekend in Massachusetts, moving slowly in a direction indicating greater spread of the highly infectious virus. State officials reported 290 confirmed new cases on Saturday, some of which were based on older tests, and 353 more on […]")