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State vaccination grants target harder-to-reach groups

Jun. 08, 2021 11:01 AM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — About $3.2 million in grants and contracts have been awarded to community-based organizations to increase awareness and access to the COVID-19...

Massachusetts to begin COVID-19 mobile and pop-up clinics

Apr. 01, 2021 12:16 PM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — The state is planning to launch a new strategy to bring COVID-19 vaccine shots to some of the state’s hardest hit areas. ...

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2021, file photo, Gov. Charlie Baker, right, tours a mass vaccination site at the Natick Mall in Natick, Mass., with Bill Hass, left, and Heather Provino of Labcorp. A year of battling the spread of the coronavirus has taken a political toll on Baker as he faces slumping popularity. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald via AP, Pool, File)
Pandemic takes a political toll on Massachusetts governor

By Steve Leblanc Mar. 23, 2021 07:43 AM EDT

Bob Workman, a board of directors member at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #1018, scratches a lottery ticket prior to a meeting, Monday, March 15, 2021, in Boston. Local bars and halls run by VFW and American Legion posts have fallen on hard times during the coronavirus pandemic. Organizers say many risk permanent closure after states ordered them, like other bars and halls, to shutter last spring. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
A year into pandemic, veterans halls 'barely hanging' on

By Philip Marcelo Mar. 21, 2021 10:17 AM EDT

Couple indicted for pandemic unemployment benefits fraud

Jan. 21, 2021 05:36 PM EST
BOSTON (AP) — A woman who worked for the Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance and her husband are facing charges they sought to illegally...

Labor organizers plan series of socially distanced rallies

Sep. 06, 2020 01:02 PM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — Labor organizers are planning to hold a series of socially distanced rallies across Massachusetts on Monday to mark Labor Day in response to the...

Massachusetts to offer rapid mobile testing units to schools

By Steve Leblanc And Mark Pratt Aug. 20, 2020 09:49 AM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts health officials will begin offering rapid mobile testing units to schools that request them in the fall as Gov. Charlie Baker...

Crew on the tugboat Jaguar, right, pass a tow line to the crew of the Mayflower II during final preparations for the two from Mystic Seaport Museum to New London Monday, July 20, 2020. The vessel, a replica of the original Mayflower that carried the Pilgrims to America in 1620, will be docked at City Pier for two weeks of sea trails before returning to Plymouth in August. The departure marks the end of a three-year restoration at the museum's Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day via AP)/The Day via AP)
State reports 110 new virus cases; Mayflower visit canceled

Aug. 06, 2020 10:37 AM EDT

The Mayflower II sails through the waters of Fishers Island Sound off Groton, Conn., Tuesday, July 28, 2020, on the seventh day of two weeks of sea trials. The vessel, a replica of the original Mayflower that carried the Pilgrims to America in 1620, left Mystic Seaport Museum last week after a three-year, $11.2 million restoration by the workers at the Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard. The 400th anniversary festivities scheduled for Boston and Cape Cod this spring and summer were all postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day via AP)
Mayflower II cancels scheduled stop in Rhode Island

Aug. 06, 2020 09:11 AM EDT