Reading Churches React to COVID-19
Reading, MA – As we enter further into quarantine and self-isolation, Reading residents have seen a variety of their...
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Extension of School and Non-Emergency Child Care Program Closures, Continued Steps to Support COVID-19 Response
New measures include deferred student loan payments, updated remote learning guidance and enacting legislation to protect residents from evictions...
Implementation Of CARES Act Unemployment Benefits For Self-Employed, Gig Economy And Other Workers
Residents Can Now Apply For Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program BOSTON – The Baker-Polito Administration announced today that Massachusetts residents who...
Governor Announces Distribution Of PPE To All Emergency Responders In Massachusetts
BOSTON – The Baker-Polito Administration today announced the distribution of approximately 200,000 respirator masks for all local law enforcement officers...
Governor Tours Field Medical Station at Joint Base Cape Cod, Announce Further COVID-19 Response Reporting Data
BOURNE – Governor Charlie Baker and Lt. Governor Karyn Polito today joined Massachusetts National Guard Adjutant Major General Gary W....
Jones, Hill Support Liability Protections for Health Care Workers During COVID-19 Pandemic
Provide joint testimony urging swift passage of Governor’s bill BOSTON – House Minority Leader Bradley H. Jones, Jr. (R-North Reading)...
Baker Launches Manufacturing Emergency Response Team To Support Supply Production
BOSTON – The Baker-Polito Administration today announced a new initiative and over $10 million in funding to support manufacturers’ efforts...
Baker-Polito Administration Provides Update On Hospital Surge Capacity
BOSTON – Today, the Baker-Polito Administration provided an update on the Commonwealth’s hospital capacity and efforts to add more beds...
Governor Issues Further Public Health Guidance to Mitigate Spread of COVID-19, Expands First Responder Testing Sites to Include Grocery Store Workers and Authorizes Increased National Guard Activation
BOSTON – Today, the Baker-Polito Administration issued further public health guidance, expanded resources for critical workers and increased Massachusetts National...
Sidewalk Art Proliferates
As you take your social distancing walk or run around town your first thought might be that Dig Safe...