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The Forbes’ mansion, now called the Forbes House Museum, was built in 1833 with profits from the China opium trade. Now, for the first time, the museum is focusing on that past. Its new exhibit is part of a slow reckoning of this dark and not well known piece of Boston’s legacy.
The journalist and author Patrick Radden Keefe will talk about his new book, “Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Family Dynasty. Evan Hughes, author of The Hard Sell: Crime and Punishment at an Opioid Startup,” on Thurs., March 24, at 7 p.m. at Pierce Middle School, 451 Central Ave.in Milton. His appearance, hosted by the Forbes House Museum, is a ticketed event
Heart of Los Angeles Youth, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
Award: Outright; $40,000
Planning to design three temporary exhibitions with public programs examining the history of Lafayette Park in Los Angeles.
Bears Ears: Living Land
Los Angeles, CA
Award: Outright; $75,000
Development of a temporary and traveling exhibition on the history and culture of tribes of the Bears Ears region in southeaster Utah.
Updating the Amache Interpretation Plan: Reframing Interpretation at a WWII Japanese Incarceration Site
Sonoma State University
Award: Outright; $40,000
Development of a master interpretive plan for exhibitions, site interpretation, and public programs for the Granada Relocation Center National Historic Landmark, known as Amache, and the Amache Museum.
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Over the past nine months, guidance from health and medical professionals has evolved as we have learned more about COVID-19. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH), in conjunction with the Center for Disease Control (CDC), recently issued revised guidelines related to quarantine requirements for individuals who have been identified as close contacts . There are now
shorter quarantine options for those individuals if certain conditions are met.
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The Milton Board of Health has confirmed that they are currently using the new CDC guidelines and will adopt the updated Department of Public Health guidance. The Milton Public Schools will also follow this new guidance.