Follow the latest reports on COVID-19 in Massachusetts below. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
Weather may have been a factor in N.H. crash that killed 15-year-old
The crash happened Friday in East Kingston as a storm passed through the state. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
A school bus driver shortage is posing challenges in Massachusetts
“The pandemic just changed everything.” Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
UMaine cancels baseball games during threat investigation
The university said in a statement that the campus is not in lockdown, but out of an abundance of caution, there are extra police patrols in the area. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
Mass. reports 1,265 new COVID-19 cases, 7 new deaths
The state also reported 701 hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Here’s the data reported Sunday, April 18, 2021. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
Mass. reports 2,037,794 people have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19
Overall, 3,041,808 people have received the first dose of either the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine. Here’s the data for Sunday, April 18. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
Alma Wahlberg, mother of Mark, Donnie Wahlberg, dies at 78
“My angel. Rest in peace,” Mark Wahlberg tweeted. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
Pembroke mourns deaths of 2 former high school hockey stars
“We lost two outstanding young men today who positively impacted everyone around them,” the Pembroke High School hockey team wrote in a tweet. “Our condolences to the Birolini and Hickey families. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.” Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
3 die in wrong-way crash on Interstate 84 in Sturbridge, Mass.
One driver was traveling west on the eastbound side of the highway in Sturbridge at about 6 p.m. Saturday. Police received a report of the wrong-way driver and headed to the area. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
Three Boston men arrested for Newton burglaries
The burglaries occurred throughout March. The Globe reported that at least 11 burglaries happened in that month in Newton. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
Two men seriously injured in Pembroke crash
Both men received first aid at the scene but were transferred to South Shore Hospital due to the severity of their injuries, police said. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
How art and mixing drinks come together at this Brookline bar
“I was surrounded by a new style of creativity,” Katie Hubbard, Taberna de Haro and Straight Law Bar’s bar manager, said. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
Five endangered turtles that were cold-stunned in Mass. returned to Gulf after being rehabilitated
The turtles were among 18 sent to the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in December after being stranded in Massachusetts, WLOX-TV reports. The other 13 are still being rehabilitated. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
Emily Rooney apologizes for ‘offensive remarks’ during ‘Beat the Press’ segment
“I have since received a lot of feedback, and now understand that my comments were uninformed, dismissive, and disrespectful.” Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
Mass. reports 1,962 new COVID-19 cases, 13 new deaths
The state also reported 699 hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Here’s the data reported Friday, April 16, 2021. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
Mass. reports 1,694 new COVID-19 cases, 10 new deaths
The state also reported 693 hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Here’s the data reported Saturday, April 17, 2021. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
US deports woman who lied about role in Rwandan genocide
“Her deportation means a lot in terms of justice delivery to genocide victims,” said Thierry Murangira, spokesperson for the Rwanda Investigation Bureau, according to The New Times. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
Man revived, hazmat team called to Chelsea apartment complex Saturday morning
While on scene, Chelsea police officers found three small bags of a white powdery substance believed to be fentanyl, Houghton said. A hazmat team was called in and neutralized the scene. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
Man seriously injured after crash on Route 130 in Sandwich
The man was driving near Burke Lane in the Forestdale section of the Cape Cod town when the crash occurred just before 7 p.m., police said in a statement. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
Clammers digging through pandemic, but shellfish are fewer
In Maine, the largest clam producing state, fishermen produced their lowest haul in more than 90 years at a little more than 1.3 million pounds in 2020. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
In a changing Boston, a new mayor challenges the police
Janey, one of six candidates running for election in November, was faced with a choice: Should she keep the internal police records private, as Walsh, her predecessor in City Hall, had, citing the accusers’ desire for privacy? Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
State pulls back on Revere Beach paid parking plans
Some of the spaces that were slotted for meters will now be marked for residents. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
