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Flavored tobacco sale ban, new excise tax goes into effect Monday
Monica Benevides June 1, 2020Monday marks the beginning of a permanent ban on the sale of flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes and chewing tobacco in Massachusetts.
Electrical contractor buys Holliston facility for $544K
Monica Benevides June 1, 2020Burlington electrical contractor B F Garvey & Sons purchased a $544,000 industrial building located at 72 Jeffrey Ave. in Holliston, according to an announcement Friday from O’Brien Commercial Properties, Inc. of Concord, which brokered the sale.
Tower Hill cancels holiday Night Lights over coronavirus uncertainty
Brad Kane June 1, 2020Due to concerns about a potential second surge in coronavirus cases and deaths later this year, Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston has canceled its popular Night Lights holiday event.
Eve Lindquist to retire as Visitation House executive director
Monica Benevides June 1, 2020Eve Lindquist, longtime executive director of Visitation House, Inc., will retire effective Aug. 31, the Worcester nonprofit helping women manage unplanned pregnancies announced on Sunday.
More than 500 Worcester County people died of coronavirus in May
More than 200 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Worcester County over the weekend to go along with 21 new deaths, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
Housing committee votes big for rent control bills
State House News Service June 1, 2020A Beacon Hill committee has endorsed two bills that would clear the way for rent control to return to Massachusetts more than two and a half decades after voters narrowly banned the practice statewide.
Worcester County sees 103 new coronavirus cases and eight new deaths Friday
Riley Garand May 29, 2020Worcester County recorded 103 new coronavirus cases and eight deaths Friday, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
Baker to announce restaurant, other Phase 2 ropening plans on Saturday
Restaurants and lodging businesses face a slew of new mandatory safety standards when they reopen or expand operations beyond current pandemic-forced levels, but the specific transition date will not become clear until next week at the earliest, Gov…
Worcester coronavirus testing site opens in Walmart parking lot
Monica Benevides May 29, 2020A COVID-19 testing site opened in the parking lot of the Walmart at 25 Tobias Boland Way in Worcester, the company announced in a Thursday press release.
JetBlue, American Airlines requested to stop Worcester airport service
Monica Benevides May 29, 2020The U.S. Department of Transportation appears to have approved further cuts to airline service requirements at the Worcester Regional Airport, according to a May 22 filing, although as of Friday morning it was not immediately clear what those cuts…
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Massachusetts is implementing a new lottery admissions system for vocational-technical high schools, starting with the 2026-2027 school year. Proposed by the Healey Administration, the new lottery system is an attempt to expand access to voc-tech schools, giving schools with more applicants than seats the choice of either a weighted lottery, which takes aspects like attendance and discipline records into account, or a non-weighted lottery, which does not take academic performance or discipline issues into consideration.
Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler and supporters of the lottery have defended the change to a lottery system, saying it will make admissions more equitable while the state works to expand access to voc-tech schools. The lottery system has been criticized by business groups and educational leaders, who have said lotteries will water down admission standards and disrupt the pathway of top students into high-demand trades.
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