Families in Massachusetts with children who qualify for free or reduced-priced meals will soon receive some assistance from the federal government. The initiative is called Pandemic EBT and will cover…
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The families of roughly half the public school students in Massachusetts will soon receive payments totaling around $400 per child to help them cover the cost of meals on days…
Host Arun Rath started the show with the interim medical director of what’s believed to be the state’s sole COVID-19-only, in-patient psychiatric facility at UMass Memorial Medical Center. He also…
In an effort to boost Gloucester’s spirits during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Cape Ann Museum is presenting a CAM Contemporary exhibition involving the projection of an illuminated multilingual message beginning tonight and…
When all nonessential businesses were forced to close in March, Dean Cycon, founder and CEO of Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee in Western Massachusetts, noticed a surprising trend in sales at his company. Business…
In this expert briefing, President Steve Downey of Harmony Fuels explains why companies should continue to invest in renewable energy. Although COVID-19 will impact corporate sustainability in the short term,…
Dr. Kinari Webb believes this because she has witnessed it — up close: Amid this global pandemic, the health of the planet is intricately connected to public health around the…
College Bound Dorchester has started offering stipends to give former gang members a small basic income so they don’t have financial worries while finishing their education. Now it’s expanded its…
Massachusetts Coalition for Serious Illness Care’s Executive Director, Anna Gosline, published this op-ed in STAT News. She says, “we are being told to do a lot of things these days:…
While the transition from in-person to remote learning has been difficult for all institutions of higher learning, it has been particularly difficult for community colleges, which are used to accomplishing…
