Opening up will be possible, but questions remain about economics of it all There is a bit of good news this week regarding the numbers of new COVID-19 cases in Chelsea day over day, with the numbers of new cases…
Tag: COVID-19
Good News: Testing at senior buildings reveals very few cases
With the rates of infections in Chelsea so high, for most they figured it was a given that the senior citizen buildings at the Chelsea Housing Authority (CHA) would be overwhelmed with COVID-19 infections – but after aggressive testing over…
State to provide COVID-19 Text Alerts in Spanish
The state today announced that its COVID-19 text message alert system “AlertsMA” is now available in Spanish. This expansion of the text-alert system means that the same text alerts that are distributed via the English-language system will now be available to…
GreenRoots establishes a 4 p.m. daily routine with conference call
It was a few weeks ago when one of the workers at GreenRoots told Directors Roseann Bongiovanni and Maria Belen Power that she though the coronavirus was going to be a major issue in Chelsea. No one doubted her, but…
State announces Command Center Advisory Board of Medical Experts, Infectious Disease Specialists
On Weds., March 25, the state announced the COVID-19 Advisory Board, a group of medical experts that will support the Response Command Center as the Commonwealth continues to respond to COVID-19. The Response Command Center, under the leadership of Secretary Marylou Sudders and reporting to Governor…
City Budget later this year will be a grim reminder of COVID-19 financial problems
Revenues for the City and state are down across the board – that coming with the announcement that the State Lottery sales are down 30 percent since the first week of March – and it’s a situation that City Manager…
Massachusetts Bar Examination Postponed
The Supreme Judicial Court and the Board of Bar Examiners today announced that, due to the ongoing public health emergency arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Massachusetts bar examination will not be administered on July 28 and July 29, 2020 as previously…
Housing Court standing orders will bar new eviction cases through April 21
Though it is an unintended consequence of the state court system trying to promote social distancing and health, there will also be an added protection for tenants affected by the COVID-19 response who are in fear of being evicted from…
Gov. Baker Orders All Non-Essential Businesses To Cease In-Person Operation, Directs the Department of Public Health to Issue Stay at Home Advisory For Two Weeks
Governor said administration does not believe in ‘home confinement’ and this is not that kind of measure After much discussion over the weekend and last Friday, Gov. Charlie Baker issued the order for state officials to begin enforcing a stay-at-home…