![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 […]")
State braces for possible wildfires
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...
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![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 […]")
Baker: Focus is on school reopenings
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...
![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 […]")
Baker sums up dislocation caused by virus: “It stinks”
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...
![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 […]")
Teachers, nurses detail 16 back to school concerns
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...
![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 […]")
Alliance flags concerns with fall education options
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...
![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 […]")
In Bedford, Baker again hints at possible virus control steps
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...
![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 […]")
COVID-19 data points continued creep upward over the weekend
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...
Senate wants commission to design new state seal
BOSTON – Massachusetts senators unanimously agreed Tuesday that a panel should suggest a new state seal to replace the 122-year-old version that Native Americans largely view as symbolizing white supremacist...
![BOSTON – Massachusetts will impose new restrictions on travelers from most of the United States next week, threatening fines of $500 per day for those who do not quarantine or prove they tested negative for COVID-19, the Baker administration announced Friday. Under Gov. Charlie Baker’s new executive order, anyone entering Massachusetts will need to fill […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/bakerms08-1-1-2.jpg?w=132 "BOSTON – Massachusetts will impose new restrictions on travelers from most of the United States next week, threatening fines of $500 per day for those who do not quarantine or prove they tested negative for COVID-19, the Baker administration announced Friday. Under Gov. Charlie Baker’s new executive order, anyone entering Massachusetts will need to fill […]")
Fines for travelers to Mass. who don’t quarantine or get tested
BOSTON – Massachusetts will impose new restrictions on travelers from most of the United States next week, threatening fines of $500 per day for those who do not quarantine or...
![BOSTON – The University of Massachusetts will cut fiscal 2021 spending about 5 percent below last year’s level, part of a strategy to close a $264 million budget gap as the university and students prepare for a different college experience. Outlining the budget gap, UMass President Marty Meehan told the UMass Board that the four […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Meehannc41-1.jpg?w=132 "BOSTON – The University of Massachusetts will cut fiscal 2021 spending about 5 percent below last year’s level, part of a strategy to close a $264 million budget gap as the university and students prepare for a different college experience. Outlining the budget gap, UMass President Marty Meehan told the UMass Board that the four […]")
UMass trustees to cut budget by $171 million, freeze tuition
BOSTON – The University of Massachusetts will cut fiscal 2021 spending about 5 percent below last year’s level, part of a strategy to close a $264 million budget gap as...