Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA), an academic community health system serving Cambridge, Somerville and Boston’s metro-north region, named Maren Batalden, MD, MPH, as its new Chief Quality Officer (CQO). Dr. Batalden has been at CHA for more than 16 years and…
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State Leaders Assure Cities on Budget Numbers, School Funding
State leaders have moved to provide some positive certainty this week in one of the most uncertain City and School Budget years on record – hopefully staving off job cuts and preserving school positions that have been eliminated during the…
DiDomenico’s Breakfast After the Bell Bill Passes Legislature
Last week, the Massachusetts Legislature overwhelmingly passed Senator Sal DiDomenico’s bill to fight childhood hunger and boost participation rates in school breakfast programs in schools with high percentages of students from low-income families in the Commonwealth, which was signed into…
Everett Man Charged in Connection With Damaging Property at Boston FBI Headquarters
An Everett man has been charged in federal court in Boston in connection with scaling the perimeter fence of the Boston FBI Headquarters in Chelsea and damaging property. Brian Ricardo Dennis, 52, was charged by criminal complaint with injuring or…
Sports Betting Is Off the Table for Now
A great deal of excitement brewed last week when the state House of Representatives included and passed an Economic Development Bill that included the approval of sports betting in the state – a huge gain for Encore Boston Harbor in…
Fall 2020 Bus Schedule Changes Virtual Meetings
The MBTA will host virtual meetings on Sunday, August 12, and Monday, August 13, from 6 to 8 p.m. to present details on fall bus schedule details and changes. The virtual meeting on August 12 will be in Spanish and the virtual…
Application Period Open for Citizenship and Assimilation Grant Programs
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is accepting applications for two funding opportunities under the Citizenship and Assimilation Grant Program. The grant opportunities, mandated by Congress and funded with appropriations rather than the agency’s operating funds, will provide up to $10…
Tie It Up: Mooring Study Shows Everett Is Ripe to Become Boating Community
One benefit of the renewed waterfront is boating – and Everett has the potential to squeeze in about 50 moorings on the Malden River and bring new boating to the community to the community for the first time in generations.…
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EPS Likely to Stay Online; Use Some In-Person Groups
The Everett Public Schools said if all remains the same with guidance from the state and the data on COVID-19, they would probably open up school with a completely virtual teaching model – albeit much different in look and content…