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Movers & Shakers for May 11, 2020
Central Massachusetts organizations making hires and promotions recently include Cornerstone Bank, Rollstone Bank & Trust, UMass Memorial Health Care and Covectra.
Cultural institutions are responding to pandemic closures by going online
Grant Welker Updated: May 11, 2020Quickly picking up on technology has become a necessary skill these days for museums more accustomed to bringing in crowds to see artwork, watch and hear animals in their habitats, or experience first-hand the wonders of science.
How Central Mass. biz owners are taking over Instagram
Monica Benevides Updated: May 11, 2020Savvy Central Mass. social media managers all seem to report the same phenomenon, which is a business owner’s dream: post a product online and see it fly off the shelves.
Strained nonprofits are finding coronavirus pandemic is becoming a poor person’s crisis
Grant Welker Updated: May 11, 2020Central Massachusetts was already facing deep-rooted challenges with poverty. Add a pandemic forcing more than 800,000 Massachusetts residents to file for unemployment, and Central Massachusetts human services have been sent into overdrive.
Real estate industry reacting to short- and long-term consequences of pandemic
Grant Welker Updated: May 11, 2020This new way of life has rearranged the real estate and construction industries, just like practically every other part of the economy.
Spilka warned locals budget “may not be pretty”
State House News Service May 8, 2020There are many possibilities for how lawmakers might tackle next year's budget, Senate President Karen Spilka said, but the pandemic's shocks to state revenues may mean the idea of passing one-month budgets while a full spending plan is developed…
How the Paycheck Protection Program is keeping Sneakerama afloat
Monica Benevides May 8, 2020Before COVID-19, 2020 seemed to be a year like any other. Sneakerama owners Steve and Lisa Genatossio stocked up on inventory, preparing their Lake Avenue shop for the busy months ahead.
Total coronavirus cases in Worcester County surpasses 7,000, as Thursday brings 20 new deaths
Riley Garand May 7, 2020The Worcester County coronavirus death toll has risen by 20, with 204 new cases, according to Massachusetts Department of Public Health data.
43% of Worcester County residents have stayed home entirely
Grant Welker May 7, 2020Limited in how much they can — or want to — head out to work, get groceries or just leave the house during the coronavirus pandemic, 43% of Worcester County residents are staying home entirely, according to an analysis of electronic devices.
Tee times now open as Baker lifts ban on golf
State House News Service May 7, 2020The administration updated a COVID-19 essential services webpage Thursday morning and said that while golf courses are not considered essential businesses, "private operators of golf courses may permit individuals access to the property so long as…
Today's Poll
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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