![BOSTON – State education officials are reviewing school districts’ initial reopening plans and expect to issue guidance on athletics and extracurricular activities next week, Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Jeff Riley said Tuesday. Speaking during a Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce panel on school reopenings, Riley said his department will return feedback to districts on […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/baker09-3.jpg?w=140 "BOSTON – State education officials are reviewing school districts’ initial reopening plans and expect to issue guidance on athletics and extracurricular activities next week, Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Jeff Riley said Tuesday. Speaking during a Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce panel on school reopenings, Riley said his department will return feedback to districts on […]")
School committees face tough reopening decisions
BOSTON – State education officials are reviewing school districts’ initial reopening plans and expect to issue guidance on athletics and extracurricular activities next week, Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Jeff...
![BOSTON – School districts will have an extra 10-day period at the start of the school year to plan their pandemic-era operations, under what the head of the Massachusetts Teachers Association said was an agreement between unions and state education officials. “COVID learning is crisis learning, and it’s going to be with us for a […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Bakernc-10-3.jpg?w=132 "BOSTON – School districts will have an extra 10-day period at the start of the school year to plan their pandemic-era operations, under what the head of the Massachusetts Teachers Association said was an agreement between unions and state education officials. “COVID learning is crisis learning, and it’s going to be with us for a […]")
![BOSTON – Twenty-six organizations, including farms, school meal programs and food pantries, will receive $3 million in grants through a new food security infrastructure program launched in June, Gov. Charlie Baker said Wednesday. Visiting the Lynn outpost of the Salvation Army, Baker said the funding is the first round to be distributed through the grant […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/coronams09-3-1.jpg?w=118 "BOSTON – Twenty-six organizations, including farms, school meal programs and food pantries, will receive $3 million in grants through a new food security infrastructure program launched in June, Gov. Charlie Baker said Wednesday. Visiting the Lynn outpost of the Salvation Army, Baker said the funding is the first round to be distributed through the grant […]")
![BOSTON – Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday afternoon signed a pair of bills that will update the state’s approach to mosquito control and allow restaurants to sell sealed containers of mixed drinks with their takeout and delivery food orders. Lawmakers sent Baker those two bills on Thursday, along with a $1 billion supplemental budget that […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Baker-1.jpg?w=97 "BOSTON – Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday afternoon signed a pair of bills that will update the state’s approach to mosquito control and allow restaurants to sell sealed containers of mixed drinks with their takeout and delivery food orders. Lawmakers sent Baker those two bills on Thursday, along with a $1 billion supplemental budget that […]")
![BOSTON – Both branches of the Legislature have now signed off on allowing Massachusetts restaurants to sell to-go cocktails. The Senate on Friday passed a bill that would allow restaurants to sell mixed drinks in sealed containers alongside takeout and delivery food orders, a measure some bar and restaurant owners have been advocating for as […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Dizaglionc-4-1-1.jpg?w=132 "BOSTON – Both branches of the Legislature have now signed off on allowing Massachusetts restaurants to sell to-go cocktails. The Senate on Friday passed a bill that would allow restaurants to sell mixed drinks in sealed containers alongside takeout and delivery food orders, a measure some bar and restaurant owners have been advocating for as […]")
![BOSTON – A bill moving through the Senate Ways and Means Committee would create a new Police Officer Standards and Accreditation Committee that would certify law enforcement and be able to revoke or modify that certification, along with investigating misconduct complaints. Officers would need to be re-certified every three years, under the bill, and the […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/low-z-warren-1.jpg?w=123 "BOSTON – A bill moving through the Senate Ways and Means Committee would create a new Police Officer Standards and Accreditation Committee that would certify law enforcement and be able to revoke or modify that certification, along with investigating misconduct complaints. Officers would need to be re-certified every three years, under the bill, and the […]")
![BOSTON – A report released Wednesday into the deaths of at least 76 veterans with COVID-19 at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home flags “substantial errors” the facility’s leadership team made in responding to the outbreak, knocks the Department of Veterans Services for not addressing long-standing concerns with the home’s leadership, and finds the home’s superintendent did […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/low-z-bennet-1.jpg?w=132 "BOSTON – A report released Wednesday into the deaths of at least 76 veterans with COVID-19 at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home flags “substantial errors” the facility’s leadership team made in responding to the outbreak, knocks the Department of Veterans Services for not addressing long-standing concerns with the home’s leadership, and finds the home’s superintendent did […]")
![BOSTON – A total of 467 people died of confirmed or estimated opioid overdose deaths in the first three months of 2020, according to new state data, representing a 5.7 percent decline from the same period in 2019. Public Health Commissioner Dr. Monica Bharel presented the figures at a Wednesday morning Public Health Council meeting. […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/bharaljfm001-1.jpg?w=132 "BOSTON – A total of 467 people died of confirmed or estimated opioid overdose deaths in the first three months of 2020, according to new state data, representing a 5.7 percent decline from the same period in 2019. Public Health Commissioner Dr. Monica Bharel presented the figures at a Wednesday morning Public Health Council meeting. […]")
![BOSTON – Smaller, “isolated” classes, masks on students and staff, frequent hand washing, and six feet of spacing between desks are among the elements necessary to safely reopen schools in the fall, according to new state guidance. Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Jeff Riley on Friday sent school superintendents guidance around safety supplies to help […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/03-25_Baker_Riley-1.jpg?w=133 "BOSTON – Smaller, “isolated” classes, masks on students and staff, frequent hand washing, and six feet of spacing between desks are among the elements necessary to safely reopen schools in the fall, according to new state guidance. Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Jeff Riley on Friday sent school superintendents guidance around safety supplies to help […]")