Hampshire and Franklin counties are now experiencing “substantial” community transmission of COVID-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, down one level from the “high” designation that covered every county in the state for.
Franklin and Hampshire counties are now experiencing “substantial” community transmission of COVID-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), down one level from the “high” designation that covered every county in the state.
Face coverings likely when students return to school in Amherst >Published: 7/28/2021 12:29:05 PM
AMHERST Full-time, in-person instruction is anticipated at public schools in Amherst and Pelham this fall, while face coverings are likely to be required for students and staff when they are in the buildings, according to a letter Superintendent Michael Morris sent to families this week.
In the message sent to the public school community Tuesday, Morris gave a preliminary update in advance of the Aug. 30 first day of school indicating that measures aimed at controlling the spread of COVID-19 and variants, used when buildings reopened in the spring, remain in place.
Amherst ends COVID-19-related evening curfew
Updated Feb 26, 2021;
AMHERST The town’s public health director on Friday announced that an emergency COVID-19-related order that kept in place a 9:30 p.m. is no longer in effect in the town of Amherst.
Emma Dragon, the health director, issued a statement Friday, saying this also means the “Town of Amherst will once again be in alignment with the Massachusetts orders for capacity limits.”
Dragon and Town Manger Manger Paul Bockelman extended the curfew, and the stricter capacity limits, on Feb. 8 even though a Gov. Charlie Baker order had ended them.