In response to the statewide push to reopen schools for in-person education, the recently formed Coalition to Safely Reopen Schools, has issued its position statement citing a number of issues that need to be addressed to ensure that schools can be reopened…
Month: September 2020
RMV to Offer Designated Service Hours for Customers 75 or Older
The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) is announcing that it will begin offering dedicated service hours for customers who are 75 years of age or older and are required to renew their Massachusetts driver’s license in person. The…
Local Students Earn Academic Honors
Cabrera Graduates from RIT Jonathan Cabrera of Lynn graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology with a BS in applied arts and sciences. Some 4,000 degrees were conferred in the 2019-2020 academic year at all of RIT’s campuses. A virtual celebration…
Lina Rehal, Local Author, Launches Latest Romance Book
Local author Lina Rehal has self-published her fifth contemporary romance, Someday is Here. Photographer Blair Emerson reconnects with Jace Cooper, the handsome electrical engineer who left town fifteen years ago to sail around the world. Excited that he’s found Blair…
Baker Deactivates the National Guard After a Few Days
After calling up the National Guard on Friday, Aug. 28, for up to 1,000 Guardsman to potentially help municipal leaders, Gov. Charlie Baker deactivated the National Guard on Monday. Baker said National Guard members were there to assist municipalities until…
Save the Harbor and Brain Arts Bring You Beats on the Beach Virtual Music Contest
The environmental advocacy organization Save the Harbor/Save the Bay and the non-profit Brain Arts Organization have teamed up this summer to connect people to the region’s public beaches during the pandemic through free virtual arts and wellness programs that amplify…
State Announces Policies to Support Families, Expand Childcare Options
The Baker-Polito Administration on Friday announced new policies that will provide families who require childcare while their children are engaged in remote learning additional options by allowing programs to offer supervised care during regular school day hours. Governor Charlie Baker…
Enjoy a Safe Labor Day Weekend
“Time and tide wait for no man,” wrote the poet. The summer of 2020 is entering its final week as we approach the traditional Labor Day weekend and once again the summer season has flown by much faster than any…
A Summer of Chaos And Tragedy
As America approached the Memorial Day weekend of 2020, the death toll from COVID-19 in the United States stood at just under 100,000 of our fellow Americans. But now, three months later, that number soon will have doubled, as our…
Obituaries 09-03-2020
Vincent Steriti Retired Revere Fire Department Deputy Chief Vincent A. Jim” Steriti, 94, died August 31 at his home in Nahant surrounded by his loving family. The husband of the late Elizabeth “Betty” (Oliver) Steriti, he was born in Revere,…