![BOSTON – There’s a change in leadership coming to the state’s veterans affairs office, which oversees the soldiers home in Holyoke where one of the nation’s deadliest outbreaks of COVID-19 occurred earlier this year. There were multiple reports overnight and early Wednesday morning that Secretary Francisco Urena was asked to resign and is departing, and […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-1-1.jpg?w=135 "BOSTON – There’s a change in leadership coming to the state’s veterans affairs office, which oversees the soldiers home in Holyoke where one of the nation’s deadliest outbreaks of COVID-19 occurred earlier this year. There were multiple reports overnight and early Wednesday morning that Secretary Francisco Urena was asked to resign and is departing, and […]")
State’s top veterans official on the way out
BOSTON – There’s a change in leadership coming to the state’s veterans affairs office, which oversees the soldiers home in Holyoke where one of the nation’s deadliest outbreaks of COVID-19...
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![AYER – Under pressure in the community it serves, Steward Health Care announced Wednesday night that it is reallocating intensive care unit staff back to Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer, citing the recent statewide decline in COVID-19 admissions. Last month, Steward adjusted its Massachusetts resources, saying the moves were based on the need to […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20190712_0713-low-n-grotonnurses-p1-1.jpg?w=132 "AYER – Under pressure in the community it serves, Steward Health Care announced Wednesday night that it is reallocating intensive care unit staff back to Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer, citing the recent statewide decline in COVID-19 admissions. Last month, Steward adjusted its Massachusetts resources, saying the moves were based on the need to […]")
Nashoba Valley Hospital to reopen ICU
AYER – Under pressure in the community it serves, Steward Health Care announced Wednesday night that it is reallocating intensive care unit staff back to Nashoba Valley Medical Center in...
![BILLERICA – Electronic monitoring, bail review decisions and a decline in new arrests are among the reasons behind a nearly 25 percent reduction in the jail population in Middlesex County, Sheriff Peter Koutoujian announced Monday. “On March 12, we had 787 people either sentenced or awaiting trial,” the sheriff said in a statement. “Today, we […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20190713_0714-low-n-ypsagraduation-p1-1.jpg?w=132 "BILLERICA – Electronic monitoring, bail review decisions and a decline in new arrests are among the reasons behind a nearly 25 percent reduction in the jail population in Middlesex County, Sheriff Peter Koutoujian announced Monday. “On March 12, we had 787 people either sentenced or awaiting trial,” the sheriff said in a statement. “Today, we […]")
Sheriff Koutoujian reports 25% drop in jail population
BILLERICA – Electronic monitoring, bail review decisions and a decline in new arrests are among the reasons behind a nearly 25 percent reduction in the jail population in Middlesex County,...
![BOSTON – In a significant change spurred by the spreading coronavirus, government boards in Massachusetts may now meet without a physical quorum of members present and without affording public access to the physical meeting locations, under an order announced Thursday night by Gov. Charlie Baker. The administration indicated the emergency order, which is effective immediately, […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/bakernl03-e1583876316155-1.jpg?w=140 "BOSTON – In a significant change spurred by the spreading coronavirus, government boards in Massachusetts may now meet without a physical quorum of members present and without affording public access to the physical meeting locations, under an order announced Thursday night by Gov. Charlie Baker. The administration indicated the emergency order, which is effective immediately, […]")
Spreading coronavirus spurs emergency change to law overseeing public meetings
BOSTON – In a significant change spurred by the spreading coronavirus, government boards in Massachusetts may now meet without a physical quorum of members present and without affording public access...
![By Michael Norton, State House News Service BOSTON — State officials reported Wednesday that a fourth Massachusetts person has died of a vaping-associated lung injury. The state Department of Public Health said the man, who was in his 70s and from Middlesex County, reported vaping tetrahydrocannabinol, an ingredient found in marijuana. “Today’s news is a tragic reminder […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/vaping-1.jpg?w=140 "By Michael Norton, State House News Service BOSTON — State officials reported Wednesday that a fourth Massachusetts person has died of a vaping-associated lung injury. The state Department of Public Health said the man, who was in his 70s and from Middlesex County, reported vaping tetrahydrocannabinol, an ingredient found in marijuana. “Today’s news is a tragic reminder […]")
Fourth Mass. vaping death is confirmed
By Michael Norton, State House News Service BOSTON — State officials reported Wednesday that a fourth Massachusetts person has died of a vaping-associated lung injury. The state Department of Public Health said...
Nursing homes challenged by margins, occupancy rates
BOSTON – Even amidst a wave of closures, usage rates at nursing homes in Massachusetts that are still open are declining and operating margins are plunging, according to a new...
Major highway exits in Mass. to be renumbered
BOSTON – Massachusetts is embarking on a multi-year effort to put new numbers on major highway exits, a change that Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver says will help motorists with calculating...
Major bills could reach governor’s desk by end of the day
BOSTON – Major education funding and distracted driving bills could reach Gov. Charlie Baker’s desk later today as lawmakers wrap up formal sessions for 2019. The Senate is also scheduled...
Hands free bill clears house 153-1
BOSTON – The House voted 153-1 Tuesday to approve legislation that bans people from using handheld electronic devices while driving, with lawmakers predicting lives will be saved and remembering people...
Drug companies would be held accountable in new Baker health care proposal
Expanding access to behavioral health and primary care, targeting hidden consumer costs, and holding drug companies accountable for “unjustified” price hikes are major goals of a new health care bill...