Emergency lifts, work continues on pandemic policy extensions By Michael Norton June 15, 2021 at 9:32 a.m.
Attorney General Maura Healey urges businesses to join voting rights fight By Matt Murphy June 10, 2021 at 6:54 a.m.
Massachusetts workers miss out on almost $1 billion in pay a year because of wage theft By Colin A Young June 9, 2021 at 6:53 a.m.
Popular Chelmsford restaurant reduced to rubble, twisted steel while memories live on By Barry Scanlon June 8, 2021 at 10:53 a.m.
Regional effort to reduce vehicle emissions suffers another blow By Colin A Young June 8, 2021 at 7:12 a.m.
![BOSTON- The COVID-19 state of emergency lifted overnight, taking with it most of the executive orders Gov. Charlie Baker put in place to force restrictions and special allowances during the 15-month-long crisis. Baker announced nearly a month ago his plans to lift the emergency on June 15, but the Legislature still hasn’t agreed on the […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/flagsnl14.jpg?w=122 "BOSTON- The COVID-19 state of emergency lifted overnight, taking with it most of the executive orders Gov. Charlie Baker put in place to force restrictions and special allowances during the 15-month-long crisis. Baker announced nearly a month ago his plans to lift the emergency on June 15, but the Legislature still hasn’t agreed on the […]")
![BOSTON – Despite economy-wide shifts in consumer habits and government-mandated restrictions on some of its key partners, the Massachusetts Lottery expects to end fiscal year 2021 having set a record with more than $5.6 billion in revenue and a near-record $1.06 billion in profits to be distributed as local aid. The Lottery initially projected that […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ebe7e69e-f0fd-11e8-ab2e-0fdefb975e9e.jpg?w=125 "BOSTON – Despite economy-wide shifts in consumer habits and government-mandated restrictions on some of its key partners, the Massachusetts Lottery expects to end fiscal year 2021 having set a record with more than $5.6 billion in revenue and a near-record $1.06 billion in profits to be distributed as local aid. The Lottery initially projected that […]")
![Consider that this is the year you have finally decided to have your dream house built. Before construction begins, you sit down with your contractor to review the blueprints. To your surprise, he tells you he doesn’t work that way. Rather than plan ahead, he prefers to buy the lumber and building materials first and […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/krikorian.jpg?w=85 "Consider that this is the year you have finally decided to have your dream house built. Before construction begins, you sit down with your contractor to review the blueprints. To your surprise, he tells you he doesn’t work that way. Rather than plan ahead, he prefers to buy the lumber and building materials first and […]")
![Question: My mother’s will names me as the personal representative of her estate and says I can serve “without the need for a bond.” When I filed with Probate Court, they are making me complete a bond. Why is a bond needed? Answer: The role of personal representative is a court-appointed authority, which causes judges […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/haroutunian-james.jpg?w=59 "Question: My mother’s will names me as the personal representative of her estate and says I can serve “without the need for a bond.” When I filed with Probate Court, they are making me complete a bond. Why is a bond needed? Answer: The role of personal representative is a court-appointed authority, which causes judges […]")
![BOSTON – Attorney General Maura Healey challenged business leaders on Wednesday to withhold money and support from politicians around the country engaged in efforts to strip certain groups of voting rights, encouraging companies to “create consequences” for state and federal legislators who would seek to make it harder to vote. Healey spoke to the Greater […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/opioidnl005.jpg?w=116 "BOSTON – Attorney General Maura Healey challenged business leaders on Wednesday to withhold money and support from politicians around the country engaged in efforts to strip certain groups of voting rights, encouraging companies to “create consequences” for state and federal legislators who would seek to make it harder to vote. Healey spoke to the Greater […]")
![BOSTON – Next Tuesday, the COVID-19 state of emergency that Gov. Charlie Baker declared on March 10, 2020 will terminate. When that emergency declaration was first signed, there were 91 “presumed positive” cases of COVID-19 in Massachusetts, and more than 114,000 confirmed cases worldwide. There have now been a total of 662,343 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/hearingcc01.jpg?w=100 "BOSTON – Next Tuesday, the COVID-19 state of emergency that Gov. Charlie Baker declared on March 10, 2020 will terminate. When that emergency declaration was first signed, there were 91 “presumed positive” cases of COVID-19 in Massachusetts, and more than 114,000 confirmed cases worldwide. There have now been a total of 662,343 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in […]")
![BOSTON – Beacon Hill lawmakers and other officials have for years lambasted unscrupulous employers that do not pay workers what they are owed, but enhanced wage theft prevention and enforcement legislation has repeatedly stalled out as liability provisions keep some employer groups from getting on board. The Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development heard […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/low-l-wagetheft.jpg?w=140 "BOSTON – Beacon Hill lawmakers and other officials have for years lambasted unscrupulous employers that do not pay workers what they are owed, but enhanced wage theft prevention and enforcement legislation has repeatedly stalled out as liability provisions keep some employer groups from getting on board. The Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development heard […]")
![CHELMSFORD – For more than 60 years, it was a community gathering spot, a place to eat, drink and be merry. Today it is a place to reminisce. The Glenview Pub and Grill, which opened in 1956, is being demolished. A chain link fence surrounds the popular landmark. On Monday, in sweltering conditions, an employee […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/low-l-demolished1.jpg?w=117 "CHELMSFORD – For more than 60 years, it was a community gathering spot, a place to eat, drink and be merry. Today it is a place to reminisce. The Glenview Pub and Grill, which opened in 1956, is being demolished. A chain link fence surrounds the popular landmark. On Monday, in sweltering conditions, an employee […]")
![BOSTON – The controversial regional effort to reduce vehicle emissions along the East Coast that advanced in December with just four of 13 interested jurisdictions agreeing to take part appears to have dwindled, at least for the time being, to include just Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Washington, D.C. as active participants. Connecticut Democrats and Gov. […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/low-l-editboard.jpg?w=132 "BOSTON – The controversial regional effort to reduce vehicle emissions along the East Coast that advanced in December with just four of 13 interested jurisdictions agreeing to take part appears to have dwindled, at least for the time being, to include just Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Washington, D.C. as active participants. Connecticut Democrats and Gov. […]")