Calls have been growing for some kind of response to people begging near busy intersections and grocery stores in Pittsfield. But Mayor Linda Tyer says there s little the city can
By State House News Service
January 7, 2021
State House News Service
Members of the Black and Latino Legislative Caucus, joined by municipal officials, marched down Joy Street on June 2 from the historical African Meeting House to the front steps of the State House, where Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz (second from left) and Rep. Russell Holmes (center) helped outline a policy agenda to prevent police brutality. Sam Doran/SHNS photo
Let’s face it. There’s not much suspense over last year’s top story. Without officially giving it away, it arrived like an unwelcome visitor in early March and has refused to leave since, touching every part of daily life in Massachusetts, and overtaking its politics.
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[Sam Doran/SHNS]. Gov. Charlie Baker pulled on a mask, branded with the state s #MaskUpMA slogan, after announcing a series of reopening rollbacks and other measures like tightened facemask requirements on Dec. 8.Â
[Sam Doran/SHNS]. U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren waded through a dense crowd of supporters on Super Tuesday, March 3, during a walk from her home to Cambridge s Graham and Parks School where she cast her primary ballot.
[Sam Doran/SHNS]. Speaker Robert DeLeo waved as he walked across the Mount Vernon Street archway to his car around 5:30 p.m. Dec. 29, half an hour before his resignation took effect.Â
By Chris Lisinski, State House News Service
December 24, 2020
Chris Lisinski, State House News Service
Justice Serge Georges (right) embraced Robert Bruhl who flew in from Hawaii to watch his friend be sworn in at the State House. Nancy Lane/Boston Herald/Pool photo
The ceremony to swear in Judge Serge Georges to the Supreme Judicial Court, like most events during the pandemic, was scaled back from the fanfare that accompanies such affairs.
But Georges, who wore a maroon Boston College Eagles facemask while taking the oath of office, still welcomed family and friends to mark the moment, including one former classmate from his undergraduate days who traveled all the way from Hawaii.